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Defending Jacob
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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.
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8 Episodes
Pilot
E1
Pilot
Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber is assigned as the lead prosecutor in the case of his son's murdered classmate.
Everything Is Cool
E2
Everything Is Cool
When new evidence is discovered, Andy is taken off the case.
Poker Faces
E3
Poker Faces
Andy admits a family secret to Laurie before it becomes public.
Damage Control
E4
Damage Control
Andy takes matters into his own hands. Laurie reexamines the life she knew.
Visitors
E5
Visitors
Andy visits his father, and learns some troubling information from Jacob’s friends Derek and Sarah.
Wishful Thinking
E6
Wishful Thinking
Andy and Klein explore two last-ditch efforts to prove Jacob's innocence.
Job
E7
Job
As the trial begins, Jacob's fate hangs in the balance.
After
E8
After
The trial comes to an end, but with unexpected consequences.
Cast of Miniseries
Chris Evans
Andy Barber / Producer
Jaeden Martell
Jacob Barber
Michelle Dockery
Laurie Barber
Cherry Jones
Joanna Klein
Pablo Schreiber
Neal Logiudice
J.K. Simmons
Billy Barber
Daniel Henshall
Leonard Patz
Betty Gabriel
Pam Duffy
Sakina Jaffrey
Lynn Canavan
Jordan Alexa Davis
Sarah Grohl
Ben Taylor
Derek Yoo
William Landay
Writer
Morten Tyldum
Producer
Rosalie Swedlin
Producer
Adam Shulman
Producer
Mark Bomback
Producer
Miniseries Ratings & Reviews
ChrisStuckmann.com
Chris Stuckmann
The show can drag a bit, but the performances are absolutely great.
Mama's Geeky
Tessa Smith
Defending Jacob is a crime thriller mini-series that will certainly keep you guessing about what actually happened. A little bit of a slow burn, but worth it in the end.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Neal Justin
The ambiguous ending to the eight-part series is a bit frustrating, but it sets the stage for a possible second season.
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
It's a crisply tailored crime and courtroom mystery designed to keep its audience guessing while also highlighting the cast's performances.
AV Club
Danette Chavez
The result is a story that feels both overstuffed and underdeveloped. Like its namesake, Defending Jacob is brought down just as it's taking off.
Los Angeles Times
Lorraine Ali
Part legal thriller, part whodunnit, the eight-part series stars an A-list cast, adheres to familiar crime genre convention and steps so carefully toward the finale reveal that it often feels more sleepy than suspenseful.
Vanity Fair
Richard Lawson
Mission mostly accomplished: the acting is strong, the music is effectively forbidding, Cherry Jones plays a lawyer. That's all good, and makes Defending Jacob a worthy little binge for these stuck-at-home times.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
Defending Jacob is not bad so much as the result of what happens when you try to reverse-engineer a bestseller into a conversation-starter, and prestige-TV it to death.
RogerEbert.com
Brian Tallerico
Defending Jacob suffers greatly from its format, stretching 120 minutes of story max into eight hours of episodic television.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
Chris Evans does some of the best work of his career as Andy... He expertly conveys Andy's desperate, ferocious need to protect his son, his genuine love for his wife - and the haunting memories that jolt him awake in the middle of the night.
New York Times
Mike Hale
"Defending Jacob" has great ingredients, but the portion size is off.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Well cast and twisty, it's an earnest if mostly undistinguished effort, one that relies heavily on the one-time Avenger's star power in serving its mission to bring viewers to Apple TV+.
Variety
Daniel D'Addario
This limited series strains for impact. But it's unserious about the aspects of its story that are genuinely potentially interesting, and sillier than one might have any reason to expect.
Washington Post
Hank Stuever
The result is imitation-flavored television - a chronic occurrence, six months after the streaming service's launch. There's a larger mystery there, and someone needs to solve it.
Boston Globe
Matthew Gilbert
You've seen it before, perhaps, but don't let that stop you. "Defending Jacob..." is gripping enough in its own way, despite some of the familiar moves, and the acting is consistently fine.
The Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Fienberg
Better to leave audiences craving more than demanding less, I suppose, but Defending Jacob boasts a tremendous ensemble of actors who make you wish they had the rich characterizations they deserve.
IndieWire
Ben Travers
For a show so devoted to stringing you along for answers, "Defending Jacob" doesn't leave you with much once it's over.
Wall Street Journal
Dorothy Rabinowitz
It's a story of the torment of enduring suspicion, seductive in its detail, abetted by a thriller-sized plot twist, and worth all the fatigue its eight hours of uncertainty can induce.
Observer
Brandon Katz
The high-profile names involved and impressive production are what really separate it from your standard basic cable crime dramas and not necessarily the content itself.
Paste Magazine
Amy Amatangelo
All the ingredients are in place to make Defending Jacob one of the year's best shows. Instead it's an average outing into an already crowded medium. And that's kind of indefensible.
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