Jacob - Season 1 - Defending

: In both versions, the family takes a vacation after the trial where a girl named Hope goes missing [8, 13, 29]. In the book, Hope is found dead, heavily implying Jacob killed her; in the show, she is found alive, having been drugged by others, which keeps Jacob's guilt ambiguous [29, 36].

Defending Jacob is a crime drama miniseries on Apple TV+ based on William Landay's 2012 novel [10, 20]. The eight-episode first season originally aired in early 2020 and follows a high-stakes legal battle that tears a family apart when a teenager is accused of murder [9, 10, 31]. Defending Jacob - Season 1

The experienced defense attorney hired to represent Jacob [20]. : In both versions, the family takes a

The story centers on Andy Barber (), a respected Assistant District Attorney in Newton, Massachusetts [10]. His life is upended when he is assigned to investigate the murder of 14-year-old Ben Rifkin, a classmate of his son, Jacob ( Jaeden Martell ) [10, 18]. The eight-episode first season originally aired in early