Storyline for Defending Jacob on Apple TV+

Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for over 20 years.

He is respected in his community, tenacious in the courtroom, and happy at home with his wife Laurie and son Jacob.

But when a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: His 14-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student.

Every parental instinct Andy has rallies to protect his boy. Jacob insists that he is innocent, and Andy believes him.

Andy must.

He’s his father.

But as damning facts and shocking revelations surface, as a marriage threatens to crumble and the trial intensifies, as the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son.

Andy will face his own trial: between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past he’s tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive.

Episodes of Defending Jacob on Apple TV+

S1.E1 ∙ Pilot
Assistant District Attorney Andy Barber is assigned as the lead prosecutor in the case of his son’s murdered classmate.

Episodes of Defending Jacob on Apple TV+, S1.E2 ∙ Everything Is Cool
When new evidence is discovered, Andy is taken off the case.

S1.E3 ∙ Poker Faces
Andy admits a family secret to Laurie before it becomes public.

S1.E4 ∙ Damage Control
Andy takes matters into his own hands. Laurie re-examines the life she knew.

S1.E5 ∙ Visitors
Andy visits his father, and learns some troubling information from Jacob’s friends Derek and Sarah.

S1.E6 ∙ Wishful Thinking
Andy and Klein explore two last-ditch efforts to prove Jacob’s innocence.

Episodes of Defending Jacob on Apple TV+, S1.E7 ∙ Job
As the trial begins, Jacob’s fate hangs in the balance.

S1.E8 ∙ After
Series finale. The trial comes to an end, but with unexpected consequences.