Twelve ordinary Australians are selected for jury duty in a murder trial.
Detective Sam Chedid takes the stand as various pieces of evidence are introduced to the Court, some of which raise questions about Nathan Spears' involvement.
The Crown calls Claire's best friend, Amita, to the stand. As the trial gets more complex, so too do the jury room dynamics, as their personal lives become increasingly entangled.
Kate Lawson's provocative artwork takes centre stage in the courtroom. The Crown raises questions around her artistic methods, as well as revealing a complicated mental health diagnosis.
Claire's father, Nathan Spears, takes the stand. He paints Kate as a sexual predator who groomed Claire, but reveals his temper when Colby gets under his skin.
The jurors are taken to Kate's house to observe a demonstration of the Crown's case theory, before Kate's brother, Robbie, takes the stand.
Claire's mother, Diane, takes the stand. In support of her sister Kate, she throws suspicion onto Nathan as she further reveals the tumultuous relationship between him and Claire.
When Claire’s boarding school mistress, Fiona, takes the stand, a shock revelation changes the course of the trial. Jury room dynamics are tested as tensions reach boiling point.
When Nathan lies under oath, an enraged Kate refuses Colby’s advice not to testify but will the secret between Kate and her sister explode under the pressure of the revelations?
As the trial comes to an end, the jurors are sequestered as Kate's involvement in a historic crime could effect the case. As Georgina struggles with a decision to either stay or leave her husband Jamie.
When local landowner and respected town matriarch Bernice Price is found dead at the bottom of her farm’s pump well, two ex-lovers stand accused of her murder. Twelve ordinary citizens from diverse backgrounds have been plucked from the township and its surrounds to decide the fate of the co-accused – was Bernice the victim of a crime of passion, a workplace accident or just misfortune?
The prosecution present the jury with a convincing motivation for murder.
Colby throws suspicion onto two prosecution witnesses. Pressure mounts for Meredith when her husband unexpectedly shows up at court.
New details come to light during three witness testimonies, while Colby gets creative in undermining the prosecution's theory. Meanwhile, things go from bad to worse for Joey.
It's Meredith's turn to present her case. Colby finds some new evidence that could turn things around.
Colby convinces Patrick to stay the course, promising his new evidence will strengthen their case.
Colby delivers some damning evidence, leaving the Jury shellshocked and ready to make some big life decisions.
After heated deliberations, the jury finally reach a verdict.
A cold case from 1968 is re-opened for jury consideration when a man is charged with the murder of a woman who was researching the case for a true crime novel.
Colby has his work cut out when the wife of the accused and the ex-partner of the victim recount the events leading to Amanda Taylor's murder.
As the trial continues, a series of experts bring the grisly details of Amanda’s murder into sharper focus, while Colby continues to hunt for the mysterious new witness.
Colby goes head-to-head with veteran cop Bob Stephenson, who is convinced Alan is guilty of the cold case he’s spent a lifetime investigating. Has Colby met his match?
On the first day of the Defence case, Colby pokes holes in the Prosecution’s theory against Alan and is buoyed by a breakthrough in the search for the mysterious ‘John’.
Tensions rise in and outside the court and the jury room, as Nicholls manipulates a friend of the victim and complications gain momentum in the jurors’ personal lives.
As Colby presents a crime writer as a possible suspect in Amanda’s murder, the pressure begins to take its toll on everyone, and the jury explodes.
