The limited drama series is a gripping, character driven thriller based on the 2012 New York Times best selling novel of the same name by William Landay. An assistant DA's world is shattered when his beloved son gets charged with murder.
Stars: Chris Evans, Michelle Dockery and Jaeden Martell
Full Cast: Cherry Jones, Pablo Schreiber, Betty Gabriel, Sakina Jaffrey, Daniel Henshall, Ben Taylor, Jordan Alexa Davis, Megan Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Patrick Fischler, Poorna Jagannathan, Tamara Hickey
Episode Guide
Season 1
May 15, 2020Episode 6 Wishful Thinking
May 1, 2020Episode 4 Damage Control
April 24, 2020Episode 3 Poker Faces
April 24, 2020Episode 2 Everything Is Cool
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April 24, 2020
8.4 1876 votesS1E3 Poker Faces
8.4 1876 votesS1E3 Poker Faces April 24, 20208.3 1940 votesS1E2 Everything Is Cool
8.3 1940 votesS1E2 Everything Is Cool May 15, 20208.2 1598 votesS1E6 Wishful Thinking
8.2 1598 votesS1E6 Wishful Thinking May 1, 20208.0 1686 votesS1E4 Damage Control
8.0 1686 votesS1E4 Damage Control Defending Jacob Trailer
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User Reviews
Watchseries; The theme music in this beautifully produced series reminds me of Dexter and so does the asinine ending! Short of one of the principal characters becoming a lumberjack, it's one of the worst endings I've ever seen. Stop watching this series about 15 minutes into the last episode and you'll be glad that you did! Superb acting all around, but Cherry steals the show!
The theme music in this beautifully produced series reminds me of Dexter and so does the asinine ending! Short of one of the principal characters becoming a lumberjack, it's one of the worst endings I've ever seen. Stop watching this series about 15 minutes into the last episode and you'll be glad that you did! Superb acting all around, but Cherry steals the show!
Defending Jacob watchseries. The last episode, matters a lot, if not most, in any series. If you ruin it, you ruin the whole series. "Defending Jacob" did the same. A lot of things went quick in the last episode, and rest of the episodes in series move slower than my gradma. If the finale was good, I would have rated it 8. I'm sorry.
I'd only read the book a few weeks before this started so the plot was still fresh in my head, I knew there would be changes but I was really hoping they wouldn't make it completely unrecognisable (Virgin River did this). I was pleasantly surprised that for the first 7 episodes the changes weren't too bad at all, Andy and Laurie were much younger than in the book, Laurie was a homemaker, formerly a schoolteacher and Pam Duffy and Joanna Klein were both originally male characters. There was more but nothing that would have made me switch off in a huff.
Then we got to episode 8 where they completely changed a major plot line that was essential to our understanding of both Jacob and Laurie. Then they changed the ending. So the 8 I was originally going to rate it went down to a 5.
Why are final episodes so often a let-down?
WHY? why would they end the show like this?!!! Seriously had great potential for a satisfying ending and then out of nowhere they leave it like that? So disappointed.
Beautifully acted - I am becoming a serious fan of Chris Evans. He's not just a pretty faced superhero. He really stood out in Gifted and I'm really excited to see more. Well done. This is a superbly designed series, I think it is a solid 9 - don't listen to the naysayers ... honestly, it's worth watching just to see the incredible segues in the opening credits. Watch it, binge it, worth it 😎👌ðŸ»