Bull is hired by a doctor, Samir Shadid, who's accused by the Manhattan U.S. attorney of bribing his way into college, just as Bull's ex-wife, Isabella, is due to give birth. As Bull waits for Izzy to go into labor, he contends with the trial's national news, due to its connection to a high-profile college admissions conspiracy case.

Bull aims to convince a jury to put the law aside, when he represents a woman guilty of kidnapping her niece years ago to stop the girl's father from abusing her. During jury selection, Bull looks for people who believe that when his client abducted her niece, she was saving the young girl's life.