The show received strong reviews for everything from the performances to the plot twists, with the latter showing how gripping the not-so-true story was. Who's in Defending Jacob, and where have ...

In those initial episodes, the plot meanders in different directions ... If all three of them make it out of Defending Jacob without being sent down for murder, this should be a lesson to them.

It’s also the plot, right down to the state and name of the potential demon-spawn son, of William Landay’s novel Defending Jacob and the Apple TV+ limited series adaptation that premieres this ...

In Defending Jacob, the plot is full of uncertainty, making people wonder the characters are innocent. It portrays different people as possible suspects. Chris Evans plays Andy Barber, Jacob's ...

Apple TV+’s Defending Jacob — starring Chris Evans ... may have a few shocks in store that differ from the original plot. In the novel, Andy and Laurie assume that Patz confesses to prevent ...

I can’t defend all the late plot machinations in “Defending Jacob,” but it’ll keep you in its grips throughout.

“It really allows itself to have detours that are about theme and character and not beholden to where we are in the plot all the time.” Dark and haunted, “Defending Jacob” burns ...

If you came to “Defending Jacob” with even the tiniest understanding ... with an inexcusably crummy plot and lots of stiff dialogue, that it becomes ridiculously agitating, going far past ...

To fully flesh out the mystery part of “Defending Jacob,” Bomback couldn’t just have one suspect. So although the adaptation does follow the book’s plot of seeing Jacob arrested and on ...

Uninvested in its characters and leaning on some wild twists, Mark Bomback's limited series strings out a parental nightmare for eight hours. In the rich tradition of “The Rainmaker ...

It was all fun and games on the "Defending Jacob" set outside Boston ... podcasts created a lighthearted dynamic despite the grim plot of the Apple TV+ limited series adapted from the bestselling ...

Defending Jacob is a crime drama series that ran from ... along with many other familiar faces. The plot revolves around a lawyer whose son Jacob is suspected of killing his classmate.