February/March TV Finales - Your Honor

Your Honor is limited series, streaming now on Stan. Starring Breaking Bad king, Bryan Cranston whilst being adapted from the Israeli TV series Kvodo (Hebrew: כבודו‎).

The ten episode thriller premiered back in December, 2020. With a chain reaction plot based on when the teenaged son of a prominent New Orleans judge accidentally kills another teen in a hit-and-run. The judge urges him to turn himself in to the police, but changes his mind when he learns the victim was the son of a local mafia kingpin. The judge's attempts to dispose of the evidence leads to tragic consequences for another teen.

Joining Cranston, Michael Stuhlbarg, Sofia Black-D'Elia, Carmen Ejogo and Isiah Whitlock Jr., Hope Davis, Lilli Kay, Amy Landecker, Tony Curran, Keith Machekanyanga, Lamar Johnson and Benjamin Flores, Jr. and The Affairs Maura Tierney also rounding out an all star cast.

Only taking a week off around the Australia Day holiday, this has been a welcome Sunday night addition to Stan. Showtime (in the USA) has had limited hits of late. With Shameless being drip fed over the couple of months, City on a Hill returning late next month whilst a reboot of Dexter is on the cards in 2021.

Bryan Cranston plays a Michael Desiato who is put in the most awful position. The final is bold, to the point and ultimately a bit of a tragedy.

The show unravels for a number of characters, who are all mostly unlikable. This tradition of shows having mostly unlikable leads is a bit tough. You as the viewer don't know who to root for.

If you have missed Your Honor over the previous weeks on Stan, maybe give the ten episodes a binge. It's high class drama based outside New York or LA which is also a nice change.