Assistant district attorney Andy Barber has built a stable suburban life until the unthinkable arrives at his own door: his fourteen-year-old son Jacob is charged with the brutal murder of a classmate. As the case ignites their affluent Massachusetts town, Andy and his wife Laurie are forced to confront how little they may truly know about their child, and how far a parent will go to defend one. Adapted from William Landay's novel, this taut legal drama unfolds as much in the family home as the courtroom, probing guilt, denial and the poisonous question of inherited darkness. Somber and unnerving, it lets doubt fester where certainty should be.