So the basic premise of this show was to highlight injustices with NO IDEA how they got there but it is clear from the first 3 of these episodes every accused has a pretty good idea why, but not quite how and then we get an explanation of it via flashbacks / court scenes explaining or we get what would be considered a ' set up '.
People put in an extraordinary situation where everyone is judging them with foresight / judgement based on limited facts and leaping to conclusions based on incorrect assumptions or in later cases ( ep3 so far) the plan of a killer.
Ep1 is about a brain surgeon who is on trial for accessory to murder when his son and a 'friend' where behind a mass shooting at their school'. The father was blamed for supplying them with money to fund the attack'.
His lawyer basically does nothing and lets the prosecution rail road the father in to an untennable position of guilt.
And somehow the judge just see's right through it and lets him off.
During this episode we do see clear signs of the son being guilty and manipulative, and the father/ mother trying their best to save their son. 8/10 (points deducted for cliches)
Ep 2 a deaf women is on trial for kidnapping, she was the surrgate mother of the child and they pick the only lawyer who isn't aware of deaf rights, untill 90% of the way through the court case, but he suddenly wakes up and calls in a 'friend' who is a deaf lawyer. And in the space of 5 minutes has the accussed explain everything and the case is dismissed.
In this episode we see how the accused decided on her actions and why she felt the need to risk going on the run.
9/10 not to cliche ridden really good acting and uses real deaf actors from what i can tell ?
Ep 3 the premise gets completly thrown out of the window for a low rent thriller story that even a child of 5 would predict and unlike the previous two episodes gets the cliche ' open ending '.
The accused is a young man on trial for an attack on his soon to be step mother after his real mother died of cancer and he was suspicious of the events that followed, his mothers 'nurse' seemed to act strangely and his mother suddenly took a turn for the worse, we later see his father kissing the nurse in the car and for alot of people they can guess where it goes from there. .
6/10 i can't remember the movies that did this story but there are plenty of them out there.
So based on these 3 i'll probs watch more cos frankly there isn't much else to watch in this genre and it's mostly well acted, good direction, music is well placed and it's better than a lot of films trying the same thing.
So i expect some happy endings and some not so happy, and then the trying to kick start a franchise open ending.
People put in an extraordinary situation where everyone is judging them with foresight / judgement based on limited facts and leaping to conclusions based on incorrect assumptions or in later cases ( ep3 so far) the plan of a killer.
Ep1 is about a brain surgeon who is on trial for accessory to murder when his son and a 'friend' where behind a mass shooting at their school'. The father was blamed for supplying them with money to fund the attack'.
His lawyer basically does nothing and lets the prosecution rail road the father in to an untennable position of guilt.
And somehow the judge just see's right through it and lets him off.
During this episode we do see clear signs of the son being guilty and manipulative, and the father/ mother trying their best to save their son. 8/10 (points deducted for cliches)
Ep 2 a deaf women is on trial for kidnapping, she was the surrgate mother of the child and they pick the only lawyer who isn't aware of deaf rights, untill 90% of the way through the court case, but he suddenly wakes up and calls in a 'friend' who is a deaf lawyer. And in the space of 5 minutes has the accussed explain everything and the case is dismissed.
In this episode we see how the accused decided on her actions and why she felt the need to risk going on the run.
9/10 not to cliche ridden really good acting and uses real deaf actors from what i can tell ?
Ep 3 the premise gets completly thrown out of the window for a low rent thriller story that even a child of 5 would predict and unlike the previous two episodes gets the cliche ' open ending '.
The accused is a young man on trial for an attack on his soon to be step mother after his real mother died of cancer and he was suspicious of the events that followed, his mothers 'nurse' seemed to act strangely and his mother suddenly took a turn for the worse, we later see his father kissing the nurse in the car and for alot of people they can guess where it goes from there. .
6/10 i can't remember the movies that did this story but there are plenty of them out there.
So based on these 3 i'll probs watch more cos frankly there isn't much else to watch in this genre and it's mostly well acted, good direction, music is well placed and it's better than a lot of films trying the same thing.
So i expect some happy endings and some not so happy, and then the trying to kick start a franchise open ending.