The murder of a high and mighty archbishop leads to the involvement of Martin Vail, Chicago's best attorney. As he studies the suspects, he becomes convinced of certain aspects, but there's more to the story than meets the eye.
A wannabe actor has a hard time moving on from a break-up, but he is lucky to have supportive friends.
The U.S. government decides to go after an agro-business giant with a price-fixing accusation, based on the evidence submitted by their star witness, vice president-turned-informant Mark Whitacre.
John and Max resolve to save their beloved bait shop from turning into an Italian restaurant, just as its new female owner catches Max's attention.
An aspiring director and the marginally talented amateur cast of a hokey small-town Missouri musical production go overboard when they learn that someone from Broadway will be in attendance.
An ambitious reporter gets in way-over-his-head trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.