Abby and Dan try to undo some drastic budget cuts by taking on City Hall and a bureaucrat who lives to say "no". Olivia and Gurgs stumble on a business opportunity and quickly realize why friendship and discontinued soda don't mix.
Unapologetically optimistic judge Abby Stone, the daughter of the late Harry Stone, follows in her father's footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding.