TV series

Conviction

Name: Conviction
Released: 2016
Cast: Hayley Atwell, Shawn Ashmore, Eddie Cahill, Emily Kinney, Merrin Dungey

2016–2017· 1 season· 42 min episodesTV-14★ 6.8Canceled

On ABC — From The Mark Gordon Company · ABC Studios

For the wrongly convicted, there's one last hope.

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Synopsis

A brilliant young attorney, who is also the daughter of a former U.S. president, is blackmailed to head up LA's new Conviction Integrity Unit. She and her team investigate cases where people may have been wrongly convicted.

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Episodes

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E1 PilotNext upOct 3, 2016 · 42 min · ★ 7.0
Synopsis
Hayes Morrison needs to dig herself out of what could be a publicly embarrassing situation. She makes a clandestine deal with her adversary, Conner Wallace, to take on the Conviction Integrity Unit and justice system in order to save face for herself and her family. The first case Hayes pushes her team to consider is that of Odell Dwyer, a handsome former high school football player who has been in prison for eight years for murdering his girlfriend.
Guest stars: Fodé Bangoura (Delivery Guy), Dylan Taylor (Gene Reynolds), Sarah Allen (Lisa Crozier), Bess Armstrong (Harper Morrison), Maurice Williams (Odell Dwyer), Murray Bartlett (Victor Bonotto), John Kapelos (Jim McNally), Marisol Ramirez (Lupe Ramos)
E2 Bridge and Tunnel VisionOct 10, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
Wallace's career-making case is reexamined by CIU team, but there are unforeseen complexities in this rape and robbery case, and the woman at the center of the crime becomes victimized again, this time by the press.
Guest stars: Nick Baillie (Detective #1), Brian Dunstan (Reporter), Paul De La Rosa (Middle-Aged Man), Sarah Allen (Lisa Crozier), Bess Armstrong (Harper Morrison), Ian Paola (Rey Armas), Cassandra Freeman (Zadie Daniels), Carl Lundstedt (Mike Kurtzman)
E3 Dropping BombsOct 17, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
The CIU team tries to exonerate a political activist with suspect views who is serving a life sentence for bombing a mosque and killing an influential Imam and three followers.
Guest stars: Mike Doyle (Rodney Landon), Sarah Allen (Lisa Crozier), Patrice Goodman (Soraya), Frank Deal (Stan Sowinski), Nigel Gibbs (John Bohen), Anna Khaja (Kadisha Abdullah), Thomas Mitchell (Prof. Peter Shaunessy), Nneka Elliott (News Anchor)
E4 Mother's Little BurdenOct 24, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
Hayes and the team tackle the case of a mother convicted in the death of her autistic son.
Guest stars: Daniel Franzese (Jackson Morrison), Teri Polo (Penny Price), Tim Guinee (Greg Price), Michael Pemberton (Judge McCutcheon), Sheila McCarthy (Dr. Jane Soto), Mary Ashton (Candace Randall), Andy Boorman (Doorman), Edsson Morales (Eduardo Peligro)
E5 The 1% SolutionNov 7, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
Hayes launches into damage-control mode following her controversial nationally televised interview, seeking to limit the repercussions within her family and to her mother's Senate campaign. Meanwhile, the CIU takes on the case of a young man from the wrong side of the tracks, convicted for killing a wealthy woman whose privileged family took him in and treated him as one of their own.
Guest stars: Severn Thompson (Erin Blackstock), Thomas E. Sullivan (Sean Porter), Bess Armstrong (Harper Morrison), Ian Paola (Rey Armas), Daniel Franzese (Jackson Morrison), Kelly AuCoin (David Porter), Grayson DeJesus (Will Jarrett), Sarah Stevens (Debra Porter)
E6 #StayWokeNov 14, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
The accidental death of a young African American boy, shot by a cop, sparks a racial firestorm and inspires Hayes to re-examine the controversial case of Porscha Williams. Williams, a devoted African-American civil-rights activist and leader, is serving time for killing a white female cop at a race equality rally five years ago.
Guest stars: Tony Nappo (George Stayner), Ian Paola (Rey Armas), Nigel Gibbs (John Bohen), Ilfenesh Hadera (Naomi Golden), Susan Heyward (Porscha Williams), Nicholas J. Coleman (Officer Daniel Blake), David Patrick Flemming (Charlie Rossmore), Sam Kalilieh (Dr. Zahid Kassar)
E7 A Simple ManNov 21, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
The next case Hayes accepts for the CIU is that of Leo Scarlata, a man with diminished mental capacities, imprisoned for burning down his family’s restaurant with fatal repercussions. Hayes realizes she may have taken on more than she bargained for, especially when a documentary crew approved by Wallace begins following the team.
Guest stars: Christian Campbell (Paul Slatkin), Jason Cerbone (Anthony Scarlata), Carlo Rota (Vince Scarlata), Jason Furlani (Leo Scarlata), Kecia Lewis (Judge Melissa Hinds), Jeff Knight (Glen Powell), Scott Gibson (Karl Wimer), Nola Martin (Rita Scarlata)
E8 Bad DealsNov 28, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
CIU revisits the case of Sierra Macy, a teenage girl who was kidnapped ten years ago and assumed dead—until she manages to escape her captor’s home after he suffers a heart attack and dies.
Guest stars: Daniel Franzese (Jackson Morrison), Ilfenesh Hadera (Naomi Golden), Kathryn Erbe (Carla Macy), Sean Kleier (Josh Fleck), Alexandra MacDonald (Sierra Macy), David Bronfman (AUSA Edward Marchand), Michael Brown (Detective Vince Quinn), Ellora Patnaik (Dr. Lorraine Maltin)
E9 A Different Kind of DeathDec 5, 2016 · 42 min
Synopsis
Wallace brings the case of a death-row inmate, Earl Slavitt, to the CIU. Earl was convicted of murdering federal prosecutor Tom Simon, one of Wallace’s best friends. Simon did not believe in the death penalty, and Wallace, along with Simon’s widow, want to ensure that Earl did in fact commit the crime. With only days left before the execution, the CIU team shifts into high gear, looking for possible errors in the case.
Guest stars: Kevin Hanchard (Jack Braemer), Matthew Bennett (AUSA Bill Newton), Richard Thomas (Earl Slavitt), Stephane Garneau-Monten (Dean Slavitt), Catherine McNally (Dorothy Slavitt), Amy Robach (Self / Newscaster), Marcia Bennett (Judge Nora Burby), Pui-Ling Tam (Nina Chen)
E10 Not OkayJan 1, 2017 · 42 min · ★ 6.2
Synopsis
After Hayes and Wallace share a passionate night together, Hayes returns to reality and cautiously considers sticking her toe into relationship waters with Wallace. Simultaneously, she also tries to make amends for her bitter loss in the death penalty case of Earl Slavitt. Hayes implores the CIU team to aggressively pursue the case of Sophie Hausen, a young woman serving a life sentence for murdering a popular college basketball player, whom she accused of raping her.
Guest stars: Jordan Hayes (Sophie), Melanie Nicholls-King (Elyse), Martin Roach (Detective John Moore), Daniel Franzese (Jackson Morrison), Ski Carr (Oscar Zapala), Alex Mallari Jr. (Matty Tan), Laura de Carteret (Dawn Carter), Deklon Roberts (Elevator Man)
E11 Black OrchidJan 8, 2017 · 42 min
Synopsis
While Hayes and Wallace struggle to balance their professional and personal lives, they are summoned to a crime scene that fits the M.O. of the infamous “Black Orchid Killer.” Is the latest murder the work of a copycat? Or is the man now in prison for the earlier crimes actually innocent? As the investigation accelerates, the CIU team, spearheaded by unlikely serial-killer expert Tess, closes in on a suspect who may have committed all the murders – but will it be too late?
Guest stars: Jennifer Gibson (Sonya Kaplan), Elena Shaddow (May Defranco), Nneka Elliott (News Anchor), Patrick Breen (Clark Sims), Berto Colon (Detective Nick Cestero), Shawn Parsons (Joe Kaplan), Mya Michaels (Attorney), Diego Fuentes (Basil Lewis)
E12 Enemy CombatantJan 15, 2017 · 42 min
Synopsis
Former President Morrison pays Hayes an unexpected visit and lobbies her (and CIU) to take on the case of Omar Abbas, a Muslim-American citizen held for years without trial in a military facility for allegedly planning a chemical attack on Manhattan. But taking on the federal war on terror is a hot-button issue, and Hayes and the CIU find themselves battling the authorities in their search for the truth.
Guest stars: Daniel Franzese (Jackson Morrison), Martin Donovan (President Theodore 'Ted' Morrison), Karan Oberoi (Omar Abbas), Armin Amiri (Tariq Abbas), Clark Jackson (Agent Cole Sexton), Elias Edraki (Asif Khan), Phillip Jarrett (Emilio Guzman), Canute Gomes (Harry Banga)
E13 Past, Prologue & What's to ComeJan 29, 2017 · 42 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Tammy Isbell (Emma Johns), Mike Doyle (Rodney Landon), Sadie LeBlanc (Dr. Kelly Crawford), Rob Stewart (Paul Lund), Mark Moses (Gerard Harrison), Michael Torontow (Handsome Guy), Anthony Sherwood (Judge Trumble), Thomas Hauff (Man / Judge Shore)