Winter's Cumin' Streaming 24' - Reasonable Doubt - Season One

Reasonable Doubt is just another show I slept on. Cause it landed all the way back in September 2022!

Created by Raamla Mohamed for Hulu, streaming in Australia on Disney+, the series stars Emayatzy Corinealdi as a corporate defense lawyer navigating challenging high-profile cases.

Reasonable Doubt stars McKinley Freeman, Tim Jo, Angela Grovey, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Aderinsola Olabode, and Michael Ealy. 

Reasonable Doubt was renewed for a second series back in April of last year. One year ago and still no word on the second series. However the first nine episodes were an easy ass binge. I did all nine this past weekend. Yes I watched a lot of TV and a few films in the mix this past weekend.

The first season has generally received positive reviews from critics. The series was created by former Scandal writer Raamla Mohamed, while loosely based on the experiences of celebrity attorney Shawn Holley.

Holley is also a producer for the show, with Kerry Washington directed the series pilot. Kerry Washington received a nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series at the 2023 Black Reel Awards for Television

So what's it about?

Jax Stewart (Corinealdi) is a successful defense lawyer at an up-scale Los Angeles law firm. She navigates difficult cases amid a separation from her husband (Freeman) and the reappearance of a former client (Ealy) she worked with in her previous job as a public defender.

What did other critics say? Daniel D'Addario of Variety asserted, Reasonable Doubt plays like the juicy soap Shonda Rhimes would never write; its excesses, often, grab and hold our attention. Yes it totally has Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder vibes.

Nina Metz of Chicago Tribune gave the series a grade of 3 out of 4 stars and said, "There's a lot to like about "Reasonable Doubt," which is sharp and fun and moves at a good clip. And it's smart about keeping things just this side of ridiculous." Yep the old HTGAWM six months earlier flashback after a cliffhanger we work towards, does keep you guessing, however there is some trashy side stories to work through across the nine episodes.

But Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly hit the nail on the head. She gave the show a B+, stating, "Reasonable Doubt is enjoyably Shonda-esque, in that it's a steamy, speed-plotted soap built around a morally ambiguous female power player whose life is filled with ridiculously attractive men. But Mohamed also weaves in frank and nuanced stories about marriage, parenting, and the importance of (and challenges with) female friendships," and complimented Corinealdi's performance.

Yep the men are sure attractive!

This was a fun, easy escape from the day-to-day working 9-5 life.

If you have Disney+ and need something new to watch, give Reasonable Doubt a try!