This is an anthology crime series. Each year is a new case and the cast takes on different roles. It is highly ripped-from-the-headlines and hits a lot of hot-button issues. Race is definitely at the top of the agenda but it is not the only one. Felicity Huffman, Regina King, Timothy Hutton, Richard Cabral, Elvis Nolasco, and Lili Taylor return year after year.
The first two years are the most compelling. They follow a central crime. The show does push buttons and sometimes they push the wrong ones. The third season loses the thread with no central crime mystery. Instead, it's a bunch of loosely connected people, each with a hot button issue. It becomes scattered and disconnected. The actors are always game. The idea of an anthology series with a set cast could work but each year needs superior writing. This show ran out in the third year.
The first two years are the most compelling. They follow a central crime. The show does push buttons and sometimes they push the wrong ones. The third season loses the thread with no central crime mystery. Instead, it's a bunch of loosely connected people, each with a hot button issue. It becomes scattered and disconnected. The actors are always game. The idea of an anthology series with a set cast could work but each year needs superior writing. This show ran out in the third year.