Playing a conflicted dad who treads into a moral gray area is a natural fit for Cranston, of course, and his haunted face, creased with worry, does its best to sell it as Michael frantically lies, cheats and steals in order to protect his son.īut Your Honor‘s dramatic potential is squandered by the brutally grim and badly contrived developments that follow. Not ever,” he sternly instructs his son as he plots out how to cover his tracks before the authorities - or worse, the mob boss - gets to him. (The death scene is so harrowing and bloody, it’s actually hard to stomach.) As soon as Adam confesses his crime to his dad, Michael’s wheels start turning. The premise is intriguing, to be fair: Cranston plays respected New Orleans judge Michael Desiato, whose son Adam ( Truth Be Told‘s Hunter Doohan) accidentally strikes and kills a mob boss’ son in a hit-and-run car accident. Graphically violent and morose, it rubs our noses in the ugly side of humanity for no good reason, and for a legal thriller, it’s remarkably dumb, with its characters making unforgivably boneheaded decisions at every turn.
6 at 10/9c I’ve seen the first four episodes - is such a letdown. It’s a shame, then, that his new Showtime limited series Your Honor - premiering this Sunday, Dec.
Bryan Cranston‘s return to dramatic television should be cause for celebration, right? After all, his turn as Breaking Bad‘s Walter White, a meek chemistry teacher who transformed into a sinister drug lord before our very eyes, is one of TV’s all-time great performances.
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