Pilot2016-10-13
The premiere establishes McBride's degraded circumstances with economy: the motel room, the drinking, the distance from the career he once had. Thornton does the work without explanation - the character's intelligence is evident before any courtroom scene arrives. The wrongful death case that sets the season in motion is introduced as an underdog brief against a defence contractor, and the show trusts its premise to carry the pilot without over-engineering.






