In her new job at a family violence legal service, Phoebe makes a terrible mistake that puts a client's life at risk. Meanwhile in a small town in country Victoria, hardworking grandmother Diana struggles to adjust to life after working.
While celebrating a win Phoebe has in media coverage for FVLS, she bumps into her ex-colleagues out at a bar. Awkwardly this includes her ex-lover Julian and his wife and her former boss Grace.
Phoebe tries to help a family violence victim close to her, but discovers things are not as they seem; a murder changes Phoebe and her co-workers' lives forever.