Top billed cast

1. 

   Chris Evans

   Andy Barber

2. 

   Jaeden Martell

   Jacob Barber

3. 

   Michelle Dockery

   Laurie Barber

4. 

   Cherry Jones

   Joanna Klein

5. 

   Pablo Schreiber

   Neal Logiudice

6. 

   J.K. Simmons

   Billy Barber

7. 

   Daniel Henshall

   Leonard Patz

8. 

   Betty Gabriel

   Pam Duffy

9. 

   Sakina Jaffrey

   Lynn Canavan

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Current Season

Season 1

2020 | 8 Episodes

Reviews

A review by chigh

Written by chigh on 2026-06-22

Unsure of the point of this show. How true to the book is it? If this is anything like the book, Ill be sure to avoid that, too. The ending was not satisfying, despite the "twist".

Recommendations

1. HIS & HERS72%
2. The Undoing73%
3. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder74%
4. Missing You61%
5. Cross70%
6. Murder in a Small Town69%
7. Fool Me Once71%
8. 56 Days73%
9. The Better Sister68%
10. The Outsider73%
11. I Will Find You82%
12. The Witness61%
13. The Stranger71%
14. One of Us65%
15. Imperfect Women62%
16. Presumed Innocent78%
17. Mare of Easttown81%
18. Dalgliesh67%
19. Pretty Little Liars80%
20. Cardinal69%

Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Defending Jacob

Keywords

• detective
• based on novel or book
• husband wife relationship
• knife
• investigation
• high school
• bullying
• murder
• lawyer
• miniseries
• teenage boy
• murder suspect
• distressing