As kids, Frank and his adoptive sister Sara watched their parents die in a car bombing. The perpetrator was never caught, and the two siblings were split up to be raised in separate foster homes. Frank has matured into an ambitious defence attorney. But when offered a job by star lawyer Svend-Erik Wisén, Frank is quick to turn the position down. Contrary to Svend-Erik, whose moral flexibility has earned him the local crime boss Thomas Waldman as a client, Frank would much rather lose a case than bend or break the rules. Sara does not share her brother's reverence for the law, despite having followed in her father's footsteps to become a police officer. When Sara tracks down one of her father's old colleagues, Jarnu, he tells them he is certain it was Thomas Waldman that killed their parents, long before he became the top criminal he is today.

Frank is determined to use Bogdan to get to Waldman, so when he learns that one of Bogdan's decoys is under trial for tax evasion, he cleverly tricks his colleague into giving him the case. Unfortunately, the prosecution is led by none other than Patricia Staaf, who up until their recent breakup had been Frank's lover. Before he can get on the case, a beat-up Brian shows up on Frank's doorstep and begs for his help. Since Frank got him off the hook so quickly, Bogdan is certain that Brian is a snitch and is sure to have him killed unless Frank helps him out. Frank agrees on one condition, that Brian testifies against Bogdan.