When a dead body shows up in Midnight Blues the casino, run by Big Shirley Duncan, her brother Floyd and her son Marquis, all hell breaks loose when his brother Jean puts out a $100K reward for information.

While the LeBlancs hold Pierre's funeral, the Duncans work to handle the situation as backup comes from New York.

As the city enjoys Midnight Blues annual masquerade ball, little do they know, the night's events will create romances that cross the line between families in the most unusual way.

Big Shirley meets a man from a past she thought she had all but erased, the Duncans and LeBlancs are headed for a showdown and Skunk reveals the truth to Jean about his brother, Pierre.

The walls close in on the Duncans as their past choices begin to haunt them in the most unexpected ways, while present-day choices could have crushing consequences.

Marie and Curtis face a crucial choice upon Jean's prison release, while Prince weighs revealing risky information and Gabriel tries a new approach to win Shirley's affection.

Jean shows everyone that he's playing chess, not checkers, as he finally makes moves to own a piece of Midnight Blues.

Malicious secrets are revealed as Big Shirley, Marquis and the Duncan clan get dragged further into a brutal power struggle between the city's most dangerous people on both sides of the law.