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Defending Jacob (2020)
Popularity 15.2
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A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
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Top Cast
Chris EvansAndy Barber
Jaeden MartellJacob Barber
Michelle DockeryLaurie Barber
Cherry JonesJoanna Klein
Pablo SchreiberNeal Logiudice
J.K. SimmonsBilly Barber
Daniel HenshallLeonard Patz
Betty GabrielPam Duffy
Sakina JaffreyLynn Canavan
Jordan Alexa DavisSarah Grohl
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Ben TaylorDerek Yoo
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Adam ShulmanExecutive Producer
Chris EvansExecutive Producer
Mark BombackExecutive Producer
Morten TyldumExecutive Producer
Rosalie SwedlinExecutive Producer
William LandayNovel
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Miniseries
8 episodes · First aired 2020-04-24 · ★ 7.9
E01
Pilot
2020-04-24 · 45 min
Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber is assigned as the lead prosecutor in the case of his son's murdered classmate.
E02
Everything Is Cool
2020-04-24 · 45 min
When new evidence is discovered, Andy is taken off the case.
E03
Poker Faces
2020-04-24 · 52 min
Andy admits a family secret to Laurie before it becomes public.
E04
Damage Control
2020-05-01 · 48 min
Andy takes matters into his own hands. Laurie reexamines the life she knew.
E05
Visitors
2020-05-08 · 48 min
Andy visits his father, and learns some troubling information from Jacob’s friends Derek and Sarah.
E06
Wishful Thinking
2020-05-15 · 46 min
Andy and Klein explore two last-ditch efforts to prove Jacob's innocence.
E07
Job
2020-05-22 · 53 min
As the trial begins, Jacob's fate hangs in the balance.
E08
After
2020-05-29 · 65 min
The trial comes to an end, but with unexpected consequences.
