Michelle Dockery, Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend lead David E. Kelley and Melissa James Gibson's courtroom thriller about a high-profile politician accused of a shocking crime.
is not based on a single true story, but on a novel by Sarah Vaughan that seems to be pulling from countless true stories, seen in headline after headline. A prominent British politician, James Whitehouse , is reported to have carried on an affair with one of his aides, the much younger Olivia Lytton . Initially, the news looks like little more than a stain on his picture-perfect façade — embarrassing, but not disastrous.
Then the story takes the first of many big turns when Olivia accuses James not just of having sex with her, but of raping her. The case makes its way all the way to court — where James faces prosecutor Kate Woodcraft , who seems utterly determined to bring James to justice, for reasons of her own that she’s loath to admit.is set during James’ trial, and the question of whether James will be found guilty hangs over the series to its final minutes. But creators Melissa James Gibson and David E.
This approach can be effective, especially when it comes to the way it frames the characters’ recollections: Memories change depending on who’s telling the story, or blur with the details of other stories, or intrude on the present in particularly intense moments. Mostly, though, these extravagances serve to juice up the drama. They turn what might be a quiet moment of epiphany on a tamer series into a world-rocking reveal, or prime the audience for still more bombshells to come.
To the extent that the series draws us in, much of the credit goes to the actors — particularly Dockery and Miller, who manage to find something raw and human among the show’s most ridiculous excesses as two women pushed to emotional extremes by the pressures of the case. As for Scott, she does well enough with the material she’s given, but she’s given hardly any material at all. Despite being the victim whose account sets the rest of the story in motion, Olivia’s perspective on events is almost entirely limited to her testimony, and the character disappears from the story fairly early on.
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