British trials aren't live-streamed as are American trials so I have no idea of what goes on in a British courtroom, English or Scottish, and I can't know whether the representations in this series are accurate or cartoonish; but I do watch a lot of American trials and I can see how lack of evidence leads to failure to reach justice for heinous crimes. This show is not inaccurate in that regard. How I wish we Americans had the option of the Scottish "Not Proven" verdict!
Nor is it inaccurate as to the behavior of a sociopath, though I doubt anybody thought to be so dangerous as Liam Foyle would be allowed to throw a threatening temper tantrum in an American lawyer's office without the cops being called, charges filed, and the publicly-appointed lawyers asking to be removed from the case.
The show's message is that little details matter even as they leave out much that would make it more realistic. That the messenger is David Tennant is the cherry on top, watching him makes me wish the series had been given the additional episodes they would have needed to properly flesh out the story.
Nor is it inaccurate as to the behavior of a sociopath, though I doubt anybody thought to be so dangerous as Liam Foyle would be allowed to throw a threatening temper tantrum in an American lawyer's office without the cops being called, charges filed, and the publicly-appointed lawyers asking to be removed from the case.
The show's message is that little details matter even as they leave out much that would make it more realistic. That the messenger is David Tennant is the cherry on top, watching him makes me wish the series had been given the additional episodes they would have needed to properly flesh out the story.