My instincts as a private investigator are good, but I lack direction and is the black sheep of my family. At the insistence of his strong-willed mother, Margaret, I reluctantly agree to work at her Portland, Oregon, law firm as an in-house investigator. Margaret believes in strictly adhering to the law, which is at complete odds with my tendency to bend the law to navigate sticky situations. Margaret's youngest child, a former private detective hired by Margaret's firm.