One of the many new spring TV shows my husband and I are enjoying is Proven Innocent, a legal thriller focused on wrongful convictions.
Madeline
Scott, played by Rachelle Lefevre, and her brother, Levi, played by
Riley Smith, were convicted of the murder of their friend, Rosemary,
when they were just teenagers. The pair spent ten years in prison and
then were finally freed, when a lawyer named Easy Boudreau, played by
Russell Hornsby, overturned their conviction. Madeline got her law
degree and is now in practice with Easy, focused on wrongful
convictions. The man who put Madeline and her brother in prison is Gore
Bellows, played by Kelsey Grammer, and he is now a powerful District
Attorney running for State Attorney General, so Madeline finds herself
going head to head with him in many of her cases. He still believes she
is guilty and has no respect for her innocence project, but she could
definitely get in his way of climbing the political ladder, as the
overturned convictions make headlines.
Each episode
features a different case, with a prisoner or someone who believes in
their innocence asking the team to take on the case. In that way, it
plays like many legal thrillers, with mysteries, evidence, and a
courtroom scene or two. There are also flashbacks and a secondary
investigation, running throughout the season, as Madeline is determined
to find out who really killed Rosemary all those years ago. Many of the
cases feature details that you could find in today's newspapers, making
them current and relevant. Lefevre is convincing as the determined and
single-minded Madeline, and Grammer makes a menacing evil politician,
all the more frightening because he truly believes he is doing the right
thing. We are nine episodes into season one, and so far, the team has
won most of their cases and gotten wrongful convictions overturned, but
we figure they can't always be successful, and a recent episode
did end in a devastating loss. We are enjoying the suspense and action,
as well as the personal drama behind the scenes and the varying stories
in each episode. It might be a little bit too optimistic in the team's
success rate, but it's fun to root for the good guys!
Proven Innocent
airs on Fox Fridays at 9 pm, and we have been watching it On Demand (we
are 9 episodes into the 13-episode season). All of the episodes have
aired now, and all are still available On Demand or on the Fox website,
but I see that the last episode expires on May 17 (I hate when they do
that), so you might have to binge this week, like we will! I believe it
is also airing on Hulu or you can watch on Amazon for $1.99 an episode or $19.99 for the first season.
Have you seen Proven Innocent yet? Are you enjoying it?
I have had Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) since March 2002. Both of my sons also got ME/CFS at ages 6 and 10. Our younger son fully recovered after 10 years of mild illness. Our older son still has ME/CFS and also has Lyme disease plus two other tick infections. This blog is about how our family lives with chronic illness, with a focus on improving our conditions and enjoying our lives in spite of these challenges.
Tuesday, May 14, 2019
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This is on my watch list!
We just finished it this weekend. Hope you enjoy it!
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