[Update for the seventh episode] The court play is extremely exciting, and the details of the characters are portrayed into the wooden three points. As the last episode before the ending, it can be said to be full of gimmicks. The story written by Jacob is really frightening. It seems to point to the possibility of Jacob committing a crime, but Leonard Patz cried and wrote "I killed Ben." in the letter to the Rifkins, but maybe it was only under the persecution of William Barber. fear. Where does the suspense ultimately go? Wait another week.
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As an important piece in the strategy of Apple TV+ to challenge Netflix and Amazon Prime with diverse themes and original quality, it was just launched on April 24. Defending Jacob, who has updated 6 episodes (total 8 episodes) so far, is undoubtedly remarkable. of. From the pre-launch trailer that swelled people’s appetite, to the title and poster that still held the pipa halfway through the plot, to the full-textured movie tone and the deep soundtrack of piano and strings after the film was completed, plus The family of three is composed of American team Chris Evans, Miss Michelle Dockery of "Downton Abbey" and child star Jaeden Martell, who is already very experienced in acting. Regardless of his highly acclaimed original story and suspenseful elements, Defending Jacob is worthy enough Looking forward to it. The score of 8.9 at the beginning of the article fell to a lower position after more people watched it, but at least it proves that the audience who are early adopters have praised the whole work.
The first few episodes were all dressed up with the opening hearing scene of the prosecutor Neal confronting the protagonist Andy, and I kept looking back on the story after Andy and his wife Laurie discovered that their teenage son Jacob was accused of murdering classmate Ben 10 months ago. There were also flashes in the process. Back to Andy's perspective at the hearing. In the course of the three episodes, we knew almost nothing about Jacob's murderer or not, and what Jacob was thinking in his heart. We could only hold back curiosity and follow the slow pace to experience everything that Andy and Laurie experienced: in a small town. The eyes of others, the distance from colleagues and friends, the insatiable pursuit of the media, and their torture of themselves and each other, and even their doubts about whether their son is really a murderer. This kind of suspicion is stinging. When Laurie told the counselor "A mother knows her child. I know what he's capable of, what he isn't.", he was constantly brained during the morning jog. The scene of Jacob trying to hit his playmate’s head with a bowling ball in the bowling alley when it flashed in, and tortured—"My child, is he really innocent?"
The depiction of the human nature of the outside world in a three-person family is also worthy of attention. For example, even in the United States, where the “presumption of innocence” is the default, people still use rumors and malicious speculations, the eyes of idlers in restaurants, the irresponsible social network speeches of school children, and even the fan page created for Jacob on the Internet. , Is undoubtedly a great irony of human nature.
In the next two episodes, the direction of the suspense will first be pushed to a climax and then gradually become clear. The current guess is that the murderer is not Jacob but Leonard Patz, who was previously arrested as a suspect and released. There are several scenes showing him. The evil hiding under the innocent face and his phone full of Ben's photos.
But maybe, this is just a trick by the screenwriter trying to lead us, we'll wait and see.
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