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The Brief Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

4 Episodes 2004 - 2004

Episode 1

The Road to Hell

71 mins

Alan Davies, a brilliant lawyer, has made a mess of his personal life. He is separated from his wife and son living in Austalia, estranged from his alcoholic father, having an affair with the wife of a dying man, and in debt from his compulsive gambling habit. In order to close his financial shortfall, he has taken on three cases at once including an immigrant rug dealer accused of false advertising, an alleged fence dealing in stolen property, and a former mental patient accused of drowning her boyfriend's two children.

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Episode 2

So Long, Samantha

70 mins

Henry deals with new money troubles, an increasingly tangled affair, and accusations of misconduct in his latest case. This time he's helping an angry dad who believes his daughter was raped and murdered at a party overseas, but things aren't as they seem.

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Episode 3

Children

71 mins

Henry switches over to a prosecution role, but he's far from happy about it. The defendant is a 12-year-old girl accused of murdering a nine-year-old child, and the trial becomes a choice between one bad verdict and another that could be even worse.

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Episode 4

A Sort of Love

71 mins

Henry works on the appeal for a man convicted of killing his partner in a twisted sexual triangle, while his own love triangle takes on a few new twists of its own. A missing Ferrari, long-hidden secrets, and difficult clients all push Henry to his limits.

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