Family is unconditional.
A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.
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Character
Earnest, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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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
Crew
- Mark BombackCreator
- William LandayNovel
- Jonathan FreemanDirector of Photography
- Atli ÖrvarssonOriginal Music Composer
- Ólafur ArnaldsOriginal Music Composer
- Tanya SwerlingEditor
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Seasons
- Miniseries8 eps · 2020
Pairings
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