Apple TV+'s Presumed Innocent is another winning series from David E. Kelly, reimagining a familiar story in a refreshing way.
will make you feel just like its lead character. At first, what you’re viewing makes sense and seems simple enough. Prosecutor Rusty Sabich is investigating the murder of someone he’s intimately familiar with. Then, slowly, much like Rusty, after each episode your obsession will become more and more obvious.tells the story of Chicago’s chief deputy prosecutor who’s accused of murder. If the title sounds familiar, the book was turned into a 1990 film starring Harrison Ford.
The series begins as a typical murder mystery, but viewers quickly learn that Rusty should have recused himself. He not only had an affair with Carolyn, but fell in love with her. Things get worse when Tommy, who has a contentious relationship with everyone in the office except for Nico, learns of the affair and makes Rusty the prime murder suspect. The intensity gradually ramps up from there.acts as an individual tug on the noose of suspicion around Rusty’s neck.
In the film and the novel, Rusty is more stoic, and his affair with Carolyn is never proven by the prosecution. Horgan works against Rusty, not with him. Tommy and Nico are mostly inept, losing a key piece of evidence. And Rusty’s defense attorney Sandy Stern, played by Raul Julia in the film, is an important player; Sandy’s only mentioned in passing in the series.
Barbara, played by the incomparable Ruth Negga, is Rusty’s tortured wife. She loves her husband and their kids and wants to stay together for her family but struggles to get over her heartbreak and anger. Barbara also has her own contradictions, feeling some responsibility for the troubles in her marriage and understanding that she’s partially to blame for letting the two drift apart. She also believes in his innocence. It’s a nuanced role that Negga excels in.
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