After finishing law school, Ellen Plainview is looking forward to spending some much needed time with her seventeen-year-old daughter, Julie. But when Julie is charged with the murder of a teacher she was rumored to be having an affair with, Ellen stops at nothing to clear her daughter's name, even when all the evidence seems to point to Julie’s guilt.

都市爱情故事在布朗克斯的硬街道设置。陷入困境的女皮条客，命名为周三，长大后学习从她的爸爸比赛。一旦他走了，她的离开看出来她的妓女的母亲和女友尼基。