JakeCornell毕生致力于经营Seattle篮球队，这是他父亲的功劳，但他疏忽大意的婚姻破裂了，现在他的孩子们和母亲Frances在一起，并与之交谈，Frances决定参加所有的足球俱乐部。Jake无法说服他们，所以他向Jake Shorry推荐了一个对体育运动、市场营销和公关毫无价值的团队，但在接下来的比赛中，她比巴顿和莱克桑德拉更愤世嫉俗，因为她更容易得到支持。仲裁法庭必须决定俱乐部和家庭的命运。

Jake Cornell devoted his life to running the Seattle basketball team he inherited from his father, but his neglected marriage broke down and now his kids Barton and Alexandra side with mother Frances, who is determined to sell the ailing club. Jake can't bully or persuade them, so the board puts Frances in charge, who is clueless about the sports but enjoys modernizing marketing and PR, to Jake's horror. His last shot is winning his family back, but is out of the courting game and she's more cynical then Barton and Alexandra, whose goals he can more easily support. A arbitrage court must settle the club's and family's fate.

Will Dormer（阿尔·帕西诺 Al Pacino 饰）与搭档Hap Eckhart（马丁·唐文 Martin Donovan 饰）来到远离洛杉矶一处日不落的小镇阿拉斯加，调查一名17岁少女被活活殴打致死的案件。阿拉斯加一名女警察llie Burr（希拉里·斯万克 Hilary Swank 饰）对Dormer的办案手法由衷感到敬畏，努力在查案过程中学习。而此刻的多莫其实已经麻烦缠身，他在洛杉矶抓获了一个案件嫌疑人，因为要将其定罪，不得不捏造了假证据，此事已被内务部调查。Hap想向内务部坦诚真相并认为对Dormer也是好事，不过Dormer不这样想。在引诱真凶的围捕中，Dormer在大雾中失误打死Hap，Hap临死前认为Dormer是故意打死自己的。在陈述事件时Dormer本能性地说那枪是凶手开的。然而在良心的压力和日不落的环境下，他患上了严重的失眠症。这时有人开始给他打电话，声称看见了雾中的一切。Dormer最后将凶手锁定在侦探小说作家Walter Finch（罗宾·威廉斯 Robin Williams 饰）身上，对方也没打算和他捉迷藏的游戏。一场心理和良心的对决开始了。