The Whole Truth
Legal drama about the prosecution's and the defense team's take on each criminal case.
- Metascore56
- 2010-2012
- 1 season
- ABC
- Suspense, Drama
Legal drama about the prosecution's and the defense team's take on each criminal case.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 2010 - 2012
Episode 1
Pilot
Wed, Sep 22, 2010 44 mins
Jimmy Brogan, born and raised in Hell's Kitchen, is and one of New York's rising criminal defense attorney stars. Kathryn Peale, the product of a New England background and a sheriff father, is a Deputy Bureau Chief in the Manhattan District Attorney's office. These two have been friends (but enemies in the courtroom) since their days at Yale Law School, and face off in a case of a high school history teacher and family man who's arrested for the rape and murder of a female student.
Episode 2
Thicker Than Water
Wed, Sep 29, 2010 44 mins
When a man in a wheelchair is found dead in New York Harbor, Assistant District Attorney Kathryn Peale brings a charge of Murder Two against the man's daughter. Jimmy Brogan defends the young woman against the charge.
Episode 3
Judicial Discretion
Wed, Oct 6, 2010 60 mins
JUDD HIRSCH guest stars as a much-loved judge accused of murder, who chooses Jimmy to represent him - and Kathryn Peale must prosecute, despite severe misgivings.
Episode 4
True Confessions
Wed, Oct 20, 2010 60 mins
When a prosperous couple is found lying in a pool of blood in their Upper West Side brownstone - the wife dead, the husband barely hanging on - Kathryn charges their 16-year-old son with the crime. A night of intense interrogation elicits a confession from the obviously shaken teenager. Now Jimmy must prove that the boy was bullied into a false confession by an aggressive detective.
Episode 5
When Cougars Attack
Wed, Oct 27, 2010 60 mins
Madeline Durand, 45-year-old fashion designer is accused of murdering her young male model boyfriend. Jimmy Brogan defends her - and it's not the first time; Brogan represented her three years earlier when a previous young boyfriend was murdered under eerily similar circumstances.
Episode 6
Liars
Wed, Dec 1, 2010 60 mins
Jimmy and his team defend a woman accused of murdering her soon-to-be-ex-husband, but they soon discover the late dentist had many secrets.
Episode 7
Uncanny
43 mins
HAROLD PERRINEAU and WAYNE KNIGHT guest star when a psychic is arrested for displaying a little too much knowledge about an open murder case.
Episode 8
Cold Case
Wed, Dec 15, 2021 60 mins
After a comatose woman dies, Kathryn brings a new charge of murder for the crime - now ten years old. MANDY PATINKIN guest stars.
Episode 9
Young Love
44 mins
Kathryn charges a young couple with Manslaughter in the shaken death of an infant -- while Jimmy and Alejo each represent one of the defendants.
Episode 10
Perfect Witness
60 mins
Jimmy represents an accused killer from his old "Hell's Kitchen" neighborhood, while Kathryn's entire case relies on the testimony of a 12-year-old, special-needs kid with a memory like a camera.
Episode 11
Lost in Translation
43 mins
Jimmy represents an accomplice from law school (RALPH MACCHIO) who's been charged with arson and murder. But a Chinese gang and an Italian mobster are also involved.
Episode 12
The State Calls Kathryn Peale
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 43 mins
Jimmy represents an ex-con (NICK CHINLUND) implicated in a drive-by shooting of a defense attorney. It turns out, however, that the target may have been Kathryn.
Episode 13
The End
Fri, Sep 11, 2026 44 mins
In the series finale, Kathryn & Jimmy relate the story of their first case opposing each other. Meanwhile, a retiring judge offers Kathryn an opportunity that's hard to refuse.