We totally understand the miserable situation happened to the Barbers, and we are still questioning if Jacob did it or not. However, the way he behaves just shows how spoiled he was and is. I feel sorry for his mother.
6 Reviews
A decent episode, probably saved me from giving up on the show !
Ubermensch011 May 2020
I was not impressed after watching the first three episodes and I had started to lose interest slowly as the show went on but this episode kept me engaged throughout the episode. I think they can conclude the season nicely in the next four episodes. If you haven't watched this episode yet, please do so, and don't give up on the show yet if you were thinking off doing so just like myself. I am not going into details because I am trying to keep this review spoiler-free. In a nutshell, we get to learn a bit more about our protagonist that sets a tone for the episodes ahead. Laurie is pretty good in the episode too, her acting in this episode is pretty good.
Still excellent
joshculusbruh30 January 2022
Continues to be a great character focused thriller-mystery-drama with excellent stressful moments mixed with little nice moments that give you hope. Many subplots that are interesting but I'm afraid that they might not be expanded on later in the series but I hope I'm wrong.
Chris Evans blows the audience away
moviesfilmsreviewsinc25 September 2022
Finding Jacob returns this week as we dig deeper into the mystery of who killed Ben, with the show adding more pawns to the story. The drama carries on with its slow pace though, revealing too little during each episode which hurts the pacing of the narrative. Episode 4 of Defending Jacob starts with the family returning to Joanna's office. Joanna first mentions the knife and explains that the prosecution will use this as revenge for being bullied, mentioning what Derek said. Jacob doesn't know why his friend blamed him and reveals that a lot of kids didn't like Ben. Joanna then finds out from Andrew that he threw Jacob's knife away as he thought it was a dangerous weapon.
Joanna then starts questioning Jacob about the day of the murder. He explains what happened when he found the body and that he didn't call 911 because he was worried he would get in trouble. After questioning him further, she tells him that it will be worse on the stand as his story has holes, which makes them decide not to put him on it. Their plan is to attack their case until there is nothing to attack. After Jacob leaves with his mum, Joanna tells Andrew that they need to give the jury another story and reveals that the knife found wasn't a match. After driving by her work party, Laurie decides to stop by a diner. There, she meets a woman called Janine who she quickly becomes friendly with and ends up confiding in. Unfortunately, she eventually finds out that she is a reporter while Jacob spends his evening watching TV with his dad. He talks about Derek liking Sarah and reveals she thinks that Derek may have done it after the police interrogated him. In his room, Jacob makes a new profile on social media and messages Sarah as he wants to listen to her songs. As Andrew relays to his wife that he is planning to do his own investigation, we cut back to the present in court. Neal reads an article about his father's judgement. He asks Andrew if he was scared that some part of him or his son might be like him while growing up. He tells him that he has always been sure that his son is not a murderer. Back in the past, Jacob has a CT scan. The doctor tells them that if he has the murder gene and is found guilty, they could file for mitigation and ask for a shorter sentence. She then takes a swab from Andrew and mentions that she tried to get one from his dad but he refused and wants his son to ask for it. This makes Andrew angry and he refuses at first. However, Laurie tells him to go for Jacob and the episode then ends with glimpses of Andrew's father in prison.
Joanna then starts questioning Jacob about the day of the murder. He explains what happened when he found the body and that he didn't call 911 because he was worried he would get in trouble. After questioning him further, she tells him that it will be worse on the stand as his story has holes, which makes them decide not to put him on it. Their plan is to attack their case until there is nothing to attack. After Jacob leaves with his mum, Joanna tells Andrew that they need to give the jury another story and reveals that the knife found wasn't a match. After driving by her work party, Laurie decides to stop by a diner. There, she meets a woman called Janine who she quickly becomes friendly with and ends up confiding in. Unfortunately, she eventually finds out that she is a reporter while Jacob spends his evening watching TV with his dad. He talks about Derek liking Sarah and reveals she thinks that Derek may have done it after the police interrogated him. In his room, Jacob makes a new profile on social media and messages Sarah as he wants to listen to her songs. As Andrew relays to his wife that he is planning to do his own investigation, we cut back to the present in court. Neal reads an article about his father's judgement. He asks Andrew if he was scared that some part of him or his son might be like him while growing up. He tells him that he has always been sure that his son is not a murderer. Back in the past, Jacob has a CT scan. The doctor tells them that if he has the murder gene and is found guilty, they could file for mitigation and ask for a shorter sentence. She then takes a swab from Andrew and mentions that she tried to get one from his dad but he refused and wants his son to ask for it. This makes Andrew angry and he refuses at first. However, Laurie tells him to go for Jacob and the episode then ends with glimpses of Andrew's father in prison.
Meh! 5 stars for the ever watchable Chris Evans, 0 for this dud of a show
gareth-7544210 May 2020
Warning: Spoilers
Always a little disconcerting when there are so few reviews, yes it's a new show but 4 reviews each for the last 3 episodes & only 1 for the pilot is really poor.
To be honest I had very little interest in this show even before it aired, 4 episodes in & I'm still of the same mind.
I like Chris Evans, long before his marvel involvement & would like to see him do well in everything he does, there is nothing wrong with his acting in this but the whole story is as dull as ditch water, in this episode quite literally nothing happens to progress the story, no twist, no new evidence, no new perspective from any of the characters at all, just more of the intense eye twitching from the mother, yes she looks guilty, she has from episode 2.
This is dull by anyone's standards, zero redeemable quality's in any of the characters, the son is so layed back he could slip into a coma, the mum looks like she's been popping too many pills & Chris Evans looks thoroughly fed up, there is absolutely no on screen chemistry between Evans & dockery.
Let's hope the addition of J K Simmons character Billy Barber will liven this show up, but honestly right now all this show is is overly dramatic furtive glances.
Yes it's supposed to be a gripping thriller/drama/whodunit not an action show, yet there is zero that is gripping, its void of any thrills, the drama is over played & 4 episodes in I don't think anyone really cares whodunit.
To be honest I had very little interest in this show even before it aired, 4 episodes in & I'm still of the same mind.
I like Chris Evans, long before his marvel involvement & would like to see him do well in everything he does, there is nothing wrong with his acting in this but the whole story is as dull as ditch water, in this episode quite literally nothing happens to progress the story, no twist, no new evidence, no new perspective from any of the characters at all, just more of the intense eye twitching from the mother, yes she looks guilty, she has from episode 2.
This is dull by anyone's standards, zero redeemable quality's in any of the characters, the son is so layed back he could slip into a coma, the mum looks like she's been popping too many pills & Chris Evans looks thoroughly fed up, there is absolutely no on screen chemistry between Evans & dockery.
Let's hope the addition of J K Simmons character Billy Barber will liven this show up, but honestly right now all this show is is overly dramatic furtive glances.
Yes it's supposed to be a gripping thriller/drama/whodunit not an action show, yet there is zero that is gripping, its void of any thrills, the drama is over played & 4 episodes in I don't think anyone really cares whodunit.
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