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Presumed Innocent (2024)

2024 · Crime,Drama,Mystery · crime-psychological-profiler, crime-detective-puzzle, workplace-prestige

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Presumed Innocent is a slick, US prestige legal thriller built around Jake Gyllenhaal's performance as Rusty Sabich, a Chicago prosecutor accused of murdering his former mistress. Adapted from Scott Turow's novel and the 1990 Harrison Ford film, this 2024 Apple TV+ series stretches the source material into eight episodes that layer suspicion, marital fracture, professional rivalry, and courtroom jeopardy into a sustained whodunit. The show is best experienced as a character-anchored mystery where the central pleasure is repeatedly doubting the protagonist — the series actively engineers moments that make Rusty look guilty before pulling the rug again. Reviewers praise the ensemble (Sarsgaard's Tommy Molto and Negga's wife are frequent highlights), the propulsive pacing, and a finale that surprised even genre-literate viewers.

From the reviewers

Jake Gyllenhaal's performance is so powerful, I feel as if it is happening to me. He is just unraveling in this world and absolutely getting shredded apart.
Peter Saarsgaard's Monroe. He is just the perfect villain just oozing vileness. Everything he says just shoves pain and vitriole right in Jakes face without letting up, making it hard to even breathe.
Everyone seems genuine and the dialogue is unrelenting. Just an amazing show. My heart is still pumping.
It begins like a typical thriller or detective series, but it quickly distinguishes itself with each successive episode. Initially, it seems straightforward, but the intrigue deepens, and the complexity of the main character unravels in fascinating ways.
the part that really has me not fully liking the show is that the DAs are acting as squabbling lead detectives. A DA wouldn't be able to hide a path report and certainly wouldn't get it before a detective.

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