Sybil White Brown returns from Boston to the small West Coast city where
she once lived, hoping to heal after a terrible loss. Summoned to jury
duty, she is dismayed to be assigned to the jury of a murder trial
alongside her ex-husband with whom she had a rancorous divorce. As the
trial progresses, she and her ex tiptoe around each other but eventually
become disastrously entangled. Meanwhile, Sybil obsesses about the
female defendant, whom she believes is innocent. The situation explodes
during jury deliberations when Sybil comes face-to-face with her own
unexpressed rage.