Defending Jacob

2020 TV-MA 6h 42m 7.8

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.

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for over 20 years. He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife Laurie and son Jacob. But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His 14-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. Every parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy. Jacob insists that he is innocent, and Andy believes him. Andy must. He's his father. But as damning facts and shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, as the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face his own trial: between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he's tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Pilot

1. Pilot

Aired: Apr 24, 2020

Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber is assigned as the lead prosecutor in...

Episode 3 Poker Faces

3. Poker Faces

Aired: Apr 24, 2020

Andy admits a family secret to Laurie before it becomes public.

Episode 4 Damage Control

4. Damage Control

Aired: May 1, 2020

Andy takes matters into his own hands. Laurie re-examines the life she knew.

Episode 5 Visitors

5. Visitors

Aired: May 8, 2020

Andy visits his father, and learns some troubling information from Jacob's fr...

Episode 6 Wishful Thinking

6. Wishful Thinking

Aired: May 15, 2020

Andy and Klein explore two last-ditch efforts to prove Jacob's innocence.

Episode 7 Job

7. Job

Aired: May 22, 2020

As the trial begins, Jacob's fate hangs in the balance.

Episode 8 After

8. After

Aired: May 29, 2020

Series finale. The trial comes to an end, but with unexpected consequences.

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Info about Defending Jacob

Current Status: Ended

Network: Apple TV+

Genres: Drama, Crime, Thriller, Mystery