Mattes quits his job as a public defender to defend Flaco, Kerry gets public hearings of his own, and Mattes defends Morales in a case, and Mattes, again, finds himself in danger.

While the Kerry Investigation is targeted and spied upon by the US Government, the story of the Contra War blows up in the news, and hearings are held, but there is suspicion that the hearings themselves are a cover-up.