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An Honorable man who found himself in a trap; as a father his only ill child who's without a mother made an unforgivable mistake; could he seeks justice from the wrong people ? Bryan is genius as always, we will see more good acting from Stuhlbarg too; in the big picture the story isn't new but I'll wait for more thriller in it's events.

Great cinematography and acting. Also, Bryan Cranston is brilliant!

Right from the very first moments, you know something bad is going to happen. The suspense doesn't stop, not even for a second.

This is all helped by amazing cinematography, a fantastic score, and breathtaking acting from the two leads.

I don't know how the rest of the series is going to go, but this first episode is a 10.

I thought this was a great fucking pilot episode honestly, dunno why the reviews have been so bad. The show has a very dark and oppressive feel to it that I dig, reminds me of Ozark in that way. And Cranston was great as always, looking forward to seeing what the rest of the season holds.

Very interesting start, strong acting, Bryan is a genius.

This was hard to watch. Edge of your seat knuckle biting intensity pretty much throughout the entirety of the premier. Things escalated quickly. Honestly, it's probably better that you don't even know what you're getting into until you watch it because you know something terrible is coming , but you aren't 100% sure what & when until it happens- then BANG! It's a train wreck that you can't look away from. It's intense to say the least.

Your Honor is a 10 episode limited series from Showtime. It stars Bryan Cranston as Michael Desiato who is a judge in New Orleans. This first episode was a great start to the series. The cinematography is breathtaking and the acting is on great especially Bryan Cranston. His son Adam Desiato (played by Hunter Doohan) is also good. The suspense throughout the pilot just builds and builds and doesn't let go. Michael Stuhlbarg and Hope Davis play Jimmy and Gina Baxter. Jimmy is a crime lord operating in New Orleans and both Michael and Jimmy's worlds collide in a tragic way. If you're a fan of Breaking Bad, Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos, or any other crime dramas check out Your Honor. This is definitely a series I'll be watching till the end.

This is one of the best examples of a truly compelling story that hits the ground running. No wait for long build up or slow rising crescendo which sometimes serves well, but this is done brilliantly. This is like a arrow that hits the target in less than 5 minutes. Outstanding job by Hunter Doohan who plays the son. I dont know how many shots it took to get this opening scene done, but he nails it as a nervous asthmatic that clearly has an underlying story line moving him through the scene. His response to his very large catastrophe is haunting, harrowing and you can literally feel your heart hurting for what you know is coming for him. He literally seems to have no options from the start. You know right out the gate that there is a deeper story line at play adding an immediate complexity. Bryan Cranston, is well Bryan Cranston as he always is brilliant, intense and captivating. This is a show I have been waiting for and havent not been as excited about since The Killing, The Bridge or Ozark but it gets there much faster!

The British writer Peter Moffat has a long standing interest in writing about lawyers and the criminal justice system.

In Your Honor, he examines just how far a honourable judge will go to betray his faith in the justice system to protect his son.

You know Michael Desiato (Bryan Cranston) is a decent judge when he takes down a lying cop who is giving false evidence.

His son Adam is a precocious young man. While going to pay respects to his late mother. Adam runs over another young man called Rocco on a motorbike and he then flees the accident scene.

Rocco is badly injured and dies an agonising death.

Turning to his father for help. Michael arranges to turn Adam in to the police. Until he discovers that Rocco's father is Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg.) A local gangster.

Realising that Adam not only faces legal reprisals but revenge by gangsters. The judge crosses the line and starts to get rid of the evidence.

An intriguing story and a good opening episode but not something that blew me away.

The cross examination by the Judge did not look realistic. It looks laughable that even in 21st century America. A white judge would expose a white cop as a liar to protect a black family.

It seem the only reason the defence lawyer was there was for the mention of prostate cancer.

Rocco's post accident scene was strong stuff. You can imagine just what Jimmy Baxter would do when he got hold of the culprit.

The series is really going to be about just how much the judge and Adam can stay ahead from the cops and the gangsters.

I was gripped from minute one. So touched by the love and support the judge showed his son. Well filmed and all put together, slowly but surely this will all come to a head, for sure. Enjoying, and relishing, every minute of it.

Cranston is superb, great to see him in a new role. The story line is gripping start to finish, you just don't know what comes next. However the streets in this big city have zero traffic. The only vehicles seen are part of the story. Combined with the dark theme it feels a lot like the Walking Dead set.

Can't really start a series much better than this, shades of breaking bad, hopefully it can continue in such form. Really well acted first episode displaying anxiety and it establishes the characters. The main focus is on the accident and how a judge is able to bend the rules when it concerns one of his loved ones with regards to doing what is right. Leaving questions over what one would do in a state of panick. Protecting his son becomes the only objective from a crime boss who will believe no such innocence will exist. Very well shot from a cinematic perspective with great direction too. Flying on all cylinders for an opener can't wait to see where this leads.

See the title, it says everything. Nothing else to add, your honor.

I am a huge fan of Brian Cranston. He has been his usual best in this S1: E1. The collision of two different scenarios, one mourning a loss and the other celebrating an early birthday gift.. two extreme conditions of emotions.. collides. The plot begins there with tremendous acting by everyone in the cast.

I decided to binge watch season 1 before I began watching E1. With the Emotional, suspenseful start I guess I made the inevitable right decision to binge. I'm loving this.. With Cranston he carries the scenes himself and I am seeing that already in E1. Great Actor!! Less Celebrated in my opinion.

I wanted to like this show. I really did. Yeah there's some of the usual left-wing anti-cop politics, but I could get past that if the story is good enough. The great Bryan Cranston, of course, could make almost any show watchable. The underrated Michael Stuhlberg is a terrific piece of casting as a mob boss. But, as some other reviewers have mentioned, there's a gigantic hole in the story that I simply cannot get past, that makes this show unwatchable, and that is...

Where the heck was everybody when the accident happened? There was not another soul on the roads - not ONE - for the entirety of the accident and its aftermath. Did nobody in those houses see or hear the accident? It makes absolutely no sense, and - for me, at least - makes the rest of the show unwatchable. A shame, really, as it had potential.

Hope the rest of the series isn't as slow as this. For a first episode everything was in slow motion with artistic camera work.