The half-hour 10-episode series follows Beth as she attempts to salvage her career by helping a young mother, Toni Plimpton (Jules Latimer), who has been sentenced to life in prison for maiming and murdering her husband—crimes she says she didn’t commit.
A teaser released during the show’s TCA panel on Tuesday revealed the show will tackle the “white saviour” aspect of Beth and Toni’s relationship, something creator Rebecca Addelman didn’t take lightly. “As a creative team and myself as the creator, it’s something we’ve taken very seriously and have thought a lot about,” Addelman said. “It was very intentional decision making on the show’s part to go at the idea of white saviour-ism and to present what may seem like stereotypes initially and take those stereotypes and develop very real and very dimensional characters that evolve to truly unexpected boundary-breaking places. And that the relationship between Toni and Beth goes to a very emotional and deep unexpected place.”
Season one focuses on the relationship between Beth and Toni and the male actors are keen to spotlight theirs in the future should the series continue. Addelman shared that season 1 ends in a way that could continue with more episodes. “We do leave the season in a place that is begging for a season two,” Addelman said.
