Conviction
A brilliant attorney and former First Daughter is blackmailed to heading a unit that investigates cases of wrongful conviction.
Genre: Drama
Cast:Hayley Atwell , Eddie Cahill , Shawn Ashmore , Merrin Dungey , Emily Kinney , Manny Montana , Daniel Franzese , Ian Paola , Bess Armstrong , Sarah Allen , Alex Mallari Jr. , Mike Doyle , Ilfenesh Hadera , Nigel Gibbs , Nneka Elliott , Christian Campbell , Matthew Bennett , Patrick Breen
S1.E1 ∙ Pilot
Hayes Morrison agrees to lead the Conviction Integrity Unit to save herself from an embarrassing situation.
S1.E2 ∙ Bridge and Tunnel Vision
The CIU re-investigates a case that Wallace personally prosecuted with alarming results.
S1.E3 ∙ Dropping Bombs
The CIU works to clear a political activist who was sentenced to life in prison for setting off a bomb at a mosque.
S1.E4 ∙ Mother's Little Burden
The CIU examines the case of a mother who killed her autistic son, while Hayes is forced to do a prime time interview to save her job.
S1.E5 ∙ The 1% Solution
Hayes launches into damage-control mode following her controversial nationally televised interview, seeking to limit the repercussions within her family and to her mother's Senate campaign. Meanwhile, the CIU takes on the case of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, convicted for killing a wealthy woman whose privileged family took him in and treated him as one of their own.
S1.E6 ∙ #StayWoke
The CIU teams scrambles to find the truth behind the conviction of a black rights' activist, jailed for the murder of a white police officer.
S1.E7 ∙ A Simple Man
The CIU investigates the case of a man with an IQ of 73 who has been imprisoned for burning down his family's restaurant, resulting in a death. Meanwhile, Hayes and her team must fend off a documentary crew that has been covering the case.
S1.E8 ∙ Bad Deals
A teacher, 10 years lost to prison. A mom's search for her girl, turns hopeless.. The system, lies obscure truth, justice lost. A young woman escapes the cell that's hid her for a decade. An honest search for truth - finally.
S1.E9 ∙ A Different Kind of Death
The CIU attempts to prove a man's innocence with only five days until his execution.
S1.E10 ∙ Not Okay
After Hayes and Wallace share a passionate night together, Hayes cautiously considers sticking her toe into the relationship waters with Wallace. Hayes implores the CIU team to aggressively pursue the case of Sophie Hausen, a young woman serving a life sentence for murdering a popular college basketball player, whom she accused of raping her.
S1.E11 ∙ Black Orchid
While Hayes and Wallace struggle to balance their professional and personal lives, they are summoned to a crime scene that fits the M.O. of the infamous "Black Orchid Killer." As the investigation accelerates, the CIU team closes in on a suspect who may have committed all the murders.
S1.E12 ∙ Enemy Combatant
Former President Morrison pays Hayes an unexpected visit and lobbies her (and CIU) to take on the case of Omar Abbas, a Muslim-American citizen held for years without trial in a military facility for allegedly planning a chemical attack on Manhattan. But taking on the federal war on terror is a hot-button issue, and Hayes and the CIU find themselves battling the authorities in their search for the truth.
S1.E13 ∙ Past, Prologue & What's to Come
Hayes revisits a case from her days as an attorney.
