Overview

• The 10-episode legal drama, based on John Grisham’s 1995 novel, debuted on USA Network on August 15 with weekly episodes and Peacock streaming one week later
• The adaptation expands the original story by gender-swapping a key role, adding arson and serial-killer subplots and stretching plotlines across a full season
• Milo Callaghan’s turn as Rudy Baylor has met with mixed reactions, while supporting performances from John Slattery, Lana Parrilla and Dan Fogler are widely praised
• Critics are divided over the show’s pacing and its softened institutional critique, even as it embraces the colorful, character-driven tone of USA’s early-2000s “blue sky” era
• The launch coincides with Comcast’s spin-off of linear channels into Versant, raising questions about the network’s long-term commitment to original scripted programming