Genre: Crime Drama, Legal drama
Based on Kvoda
by Ron Ninio, Shlomo Mashiach (Israel)
Developed by Peter Moffat
Starring: Bryan Cranston, Hunter Doohan, Hope Davis, Sofia Black-D’Elia, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Michael Stuhlbarg & Carmen Ejogo.
Music by Volker Bertelmann
Country of origin: United States
Executive producers: Peter Moffat, Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Bryan Cranston, James Degus, Alon Aranya, Rob Golenberg, Ron Ninio, Shlomo Mashiach, Ram Landes, Ron Eilon, Danna Stern, Edward Berger
Producers: Debra Lovatelli, Todd Lewis, Dewayne Darian Jones, Joey Hartstone
Cinematography:
- James Friend
- John Lindley
- Richard Rutkowski
Editors: Tim Murrell, Michael Ruscio, Lynne Willingham, Jennifer Barbot, Diva Magpayo
Production companies: King Size Productions, Moonshot Entertainment, CBS Studios
Plot: A respected judge’s son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices.
I was intrigue with this new series because Bryan Cranston is staring in it.
Your Honor was Very Good.
Pros: This series doesn’t holdback on the intensity of what’s going on in the show. Bryan Cranston was very believable as a honourable judge & as a concerned parent & I was impressed how they keep you thinking & on your toes of what’s going to happen.
Cons: The pacing is too slow to keep you interested at times & I needed to take breaks in-between episodes.
Casts:
Main:
- Bryan Cranston as Michael Desiato, an honorable New Orleans judge, willing to do anything to protect his son
- Hunter Doohan as Adam Desiato, Michael’s son who is involved in a hit and run that killed the son of the head of an organized crime family in New Orleans
- Hope Davis as Gina Baxter, the ruthless wife of a New Orleans mob boss
- Sofia Black-D’Elia as Frannie, Adam’s teacher who is having an affair with him
- Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Charlie, a politician with connections to organized crime and Michael’s best friend
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Jimmy Baxter, the mob boss of the organized crime family and Gina’s husband
- Carmen Ejogo as Lee Delamere, Michael’s former protégé and a lawyer whom he convinces to take Kofi’s case
Recurring:
- Lilli Kay as Fia Baxter, Gina and Jimmy’s only daughter who becomes Adam’s girlfriend
- Amy Landecker as Nancy Costello, a detective Michael turns to for help
- Tony Curran as Frankie, an associate of Jimmy’s criminal organization
- Keith Machekanyanga as Little Mo, the right-hand man of the Desire gang leader in the Lower Ninth Ward
- Lamar Johnson as Kofi Jones, a young black man who was forced by Little Mo to take the fall for Adam’s hit and run
- Benjamin Flores Jr. as Eugene Jones, Kofi’s younger brother
- Jimi Stanton as Carlo Baxter, Gina and Jimmy’s eldest son, who was serving a sentence for a brutal assault on another black gang member at Angola Prison. Was released after his brother was killed despite killing Kofi in his cell
- Chet Hanks as Joey Maldini, Carlo’s best friend who also works for Jimmy
- Andrene Ward-Hammond as Big Mo, the leader of the Desire gang
- David Maldonado as Lt. Brendan Cusack, a corrupt NOPD officer with ties to Jimmy, the Desire gang and Charlie
- Melanie Nicholls-King as Female Jones, Kofi and Eugene’s mother
Special guest stars:
- Lorraine Toussaint as Judge Sara LeBlanc, the chief justice at the same courthouse where Michael works
- Margo Martindale as Elizabeth Guthrie, a senator and Michael’s mother-in-law
- Maura Tierney as Fiona McKee, a prosecutor at the same courthouse where Michael works
Your Honor is highly recommend watching this series on your sky Q Boy or Now TV to those who are Bryan Cranston fans.
Rating: 8 OUT OF 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe.
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