DJariya

15 episode season. It's based on a BBC Crime anthology series. It's from Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa, who produced 24 and Homeland. And David Shore, who created House and The Good Doctor.

MLBFan24

I’ll check it out, since my OC crush Rachel Bilson is in this haha

DJariya

This premieres tonight after the football game. After 10pm ET.

Paff

So I watched Accused We Need To Talk About Devin tonight, and for some reason the local affiliate cut in with commercials during the hostage scene. By the time the commercials were over, it cut back to the trial where the judge was giving her ruling. I can kind of guess by context, but how did the hostage scene resolve. Spoiler it if you need to.

Goldberg74

I saw the first 35 minutes of this premiere before I got a phone call from my son.

Curious to how it ended, I found and read this article over at Deadline that has an interview tacked on at the end with the creator. Pretty interesting article.

https://deadline.com/2023/01/accused...235229632/amp/

I saw the plot going one way and wasn't surprised reading how it ended. Shocking, but different. Tough, but timely.

I guess the next new ep is on Tuesday.

Goldberg74

Here you go. This is from the article above:


So if you can help me out, what was the verdict? (That’s what the article doesn’t say.)

DJariya

I was initially planning to DVR this post football game. But, I don't want to deal with padding anymore and this gets dropped on Hulu Monday morning, so I'll just watch it then.

Paff

Goldberg74

Thanks… and when you said “Claire Kincaid”, I was like, “oh, he means Jordan Cavannah.”

🤣

Count Dooku

I just watched this on Hulu. Excellent one episode drama. Makes you think.

If you're like me and losing patience for how movies and even streaming shows drag their stories out, then you should check this out.

Jill Hennessy looks good.

DJariya

Wow that was excellent. Really gut wrenching and it really made you think about the dilemma Chiklis’ character was going through. I did not expect that answer at the end. A really well done one and done episode.

Goldberg74

Tonight's episode (S01E02, "Ava's Story") was great too.

Marlee Matlin's directing was fantastic.

Great acting by a stellar cast of Megan Boone (from The Black List), Aaron Ashmore (not Shawn), Stephanie Nogueros, Lauren Ridloff (from TWD), and Josh Castille (never seen hm before)... so far Accused is 2 for 2 with me.

Paff

I only caught the very end of the Tuesday episode so I really can't comment on it. As for Sunday,

Just curious, have either of you seen the 2011 film We Need to Talk About Kevin? That's the source of the joke I made earlier, and the plot of the movie and the Accused pilot are very similar (not to mention the rhyming names of Kevin and Devin). In the film, Tilda Swinton plays the mother of a sociopathic boy (Ezra Miller, probably an example of absolute perfect casting) who massacred a bunch of fellow high school students. What made the film so compelling is that it's never quite answered whether Kevin's emotional issues are nature or nurture; Swinton was clearly enjoying a childfree marriage and career, and was thrust into motherhood due to an unplanned and unwanted pregnancy. But it's also not an easy watch, I don't know if I'd want to subject myself to it again.

Count Dooku

I have not seen that movie

Noonan

Really enjoyed both of the aired episodes. Rare quality written show on FOX.

Seeing Wesley from The Rookie in the 2nd episode threw me off a bit but not enough to distract from the story.

Deftones

You didn't see him. You saw his twin brother Aaron..

Noonan

Oh, shit. I had no idea they were twins or that Shawn had a brother. Never had a reason to look him/them up.

Red Dog

Yep. I've been impressed with these first 2 episodes. Rare quality from FOX.

Paff

Oh, you should. Fantastic piece of cinema. Just know going in that it's a real kick-in-the-groin of a movie, one you will not be compelled to ever rewatch

Gizmo

Both of them appeared in just as many recognizable shows, so they are pretty on par, so it really makes confusing. Was this the one from X-men and The Following? Or Killjoys and Smallville?

MrX

This kind of reminded me of In Justice, a show that was on ABC that had Kyle MacLachlan in it.

I really liked the first one, I thought the ending of the second one was a bit eyerolling, but otherwise good.

Goldberg74

Yes, Shawn is currently on The Rookie and we know him from the X-men and The Following.

Aaron - who was in this show - is from Killjoys and Smallville.

I knew that it wasn't Shawn because his arms aren't that big. Seems Aaron likes to workout a bit more than his twin.

MrX

I thought the latest episode, with Rachel Bilson, was the first dud of the series.

Dan1boy

Agreed. It felt like more of a bizarre Twilight Zone episode. We were both scratching our heads at the ending.

DJariya

I haven't seen the latest episode from this week yet, but I agree about the 2nd. It was pretty solid up until the ending. I was like C'Mon now that would never happen! But all the actors were good including the deaf woman, the guy who played her partner and Megan Boone.