The main story of "Defending Jacob" is a murder case. Mr. Tao plays an assistant district attorney, Andy Gbagbo. He has a capable style, excellent performance, and has a happy family. His wife, Lori, is a staff member of the Children's Home. She not only has outstanding work ability, but is also the most popular among children. They have a teenage son, Jacob. He has excellent academic performance and is in harmony with his father like a brother. In the eyes of outsiders, the Andy family, who live in a big villa, have a bright job and a happy family, are a proper upper class. But the peaceful life is interrupted by a murder case. Jacob's classmate Ben was found dead in the park next to the school, stabbed three times in the chest. Andy, the assistant prosecutor, is investigating the case. When they got home, the couple worried that their son was emotionally unstable because his classmate was killed. But Andy found that his son's behavior seemed a bit abnormal. After such a big incident, the son still plays games as usual with his good friend Derrick. His classmates who had taken classes together were killed, and he did not have any emotional waves. What's even more strange is that, as a prosecutor, when Andy was talking to his son's classmates, all of them said they didn't know anything. But they kept asking: Are you Jacob's father? After getting an affirmative answer, they all hesitated. That night, Andy found out why they were asking. A classmate sent him an anonymous email. In the school forum, many students are mourning Ben. But Jacob left a message: Ben is dead, why did you leave a message for him? It's like you're all his best friends. This mean comment immediately attracted many attacks. Others said that Jacob was the murderer, and he had seen Jacob with a knife with his own eyes. The accusation was made by Derrick, who was playing games with Jacob on the night Ben was killed. What surprised Andy even more was that he actually found a knife in his son's room. Early the next morning, they talked to their son. But he apparently did not realize the seriousness of the problem. Regarding the allegations against him on the forum, he only thought that everyone was running the train and talking nonsense. At this time, both the husband and wife believed that their son must not be a murderer, and thought he was just an ignorant adolescent child. But at this time, Andy made a wrong decision. He did not seriously discuss the seriousness of the incident with his son, nor handed over the knife to prove his innocence to the police. He secretly threw away the knife when someone had already "accused" his son as the murderer - an act that has since turned into very unfavorable evidence. Knowing that the matter is very sensitive, he Still self "hypnotized": this is just being stupid, not a crime. Since it was just a misunderstanding that his son was not the murderer, why did he throw away the knife? This is a suspense left by the director. And then, we'll see a lot of bad decisions made by different people. It turned out that the son also hid something from them. The fingerprints taken by the police on the victim's sweater matched Jacob's. Therefore, Jacob was arrested as a suspect. Only then did he admit to the police that he had seen Ben lying on the ground before, thought he was injured and wanted to help him up. However, he had never told his parents or anyone about it before. His reasoning: He was terrified at the time and felt that others would find Ben's body, so he didn't report it. If he was telling the truth, it was this "stupid" decision that killed him. Looking at it, we will find that he has hidden more. At school, Jacob was bullied by Ben. And this, he never told his parents, and deceived them that he was not familiar with Ben. And as a father, Andy also concealed. That was Andy's own father, a murderer who was sentenced to life in prison. For more than ten years, he has never mentioned this to his wife or son. He didn't tell his wife until his son got into trouble. Because the prosecutor's lawyer is likely to use "family violence history" as a piece of evidence for the accusation. Your grandfather is a murderer and a rapist, so you are very likely to kill, although it is difficult for a judge to accept such a statement. But there is a good chance that it will affect public opinion, because it is a good "story" for the media. The beauty of this show is, on the one hand, the suspense. Almost every episode, a new suspect appears, but who the murderer is is always a mystery. In the first four episodes, we've seen two other possible "murderers." One is a suspect who has sexually assaulted a minor. He claimed that he did not know the deceased, but there were many pictures of the deceased on his phone. The other is Derrick, who accused Jacob. Although he and Jacob are friends, because the girl he likes likes Jacob, he also has the motive to blame Jacob. But who is the murderer, it is estimated that only the last episode will be revealed. I even suspect that, until the finale, we may not fully know who the killer is. Because, although this is a suspense drama, who is the real murderer is not the only thing to watch. Another nice thing about "Defending Jacob" is that you don't see any real bad guys, but things go for the worst. Everyone has made some "little mistakes", It is these small mistakes that, cumulatively, lead to tragedy. Andy, as a father, his mistake was dereliction of duty in the education of his children. He always wanted to build a golden bell for his son to protect him from any harm, but he never regarded the child as a rational person. He did not teach his children about the law, the most basic common sense about society, and even chose to hide his past. Because of his dereliction of duty in education, Jacob's ignorance was caused. As the case developed, we found that although his father was a well-known prosecutor, Jacob's knowledge of the law was almost equal to a "legal illiterate". He even thought that his father could still be his defense lawyer in such a serious murder case. Because whether in peacetime or after the case, Andy never thought of explaining any legal issues with Jacob, nor did he think about telling him how this society works. He always hides the truth about himself and the world, intentionally or not, in an attempt to build a beautiful world without harm, darkness and cruelty for his children. He thought that he had carried everything and resisted the darkness of this world for his son. But in the end, it was found that the children who grew up under the layers of wrapping were cynical and terrifyingly ignorant, and finally paid a huge price for this ignorance. And as a mother, is there anything wrong with Lori? Her son is being treated as a murderer, and she also faces enormous pressure. The work unit asked her to suspend her job, and her best friend left her. Others painted graffiti on her doorstep, cursing her son. Yes, she is a poor mother, but the "mistake" she made was that she took such pressure on her son. The son just complained: Eating together at home every day is boring. She complained a lot: After a word, her son had to say sorry and end the conversation. As an ordinary person, her complaint is not a big mistake. But she forgot that the son who was regarded as a suspect was the one who was most stressed. As a mother, she may still wonder: why did her son not tell herself in the first place when he encountered such a serious matter, why should he hide it from himself? But she did not reflect: it may be her "little fault" that is easy to be hysterical, which makes her son close the door to her. Speaking of others in this matter. Such as those "onlookers". Before the case was tried, it was determined that Jacob must be the murderer, and he wrote a letter to curse their family. Maybe everyone who sends a letter or comments on the Internet will not think that they have done something wrong, and even feel that justice is awe-inspiring. But they don't know that all these irresponsible criticisms combined will give a How much damage a family and a minor can do. And the media. As the fourth power, the media has enormous power to influence public opinion. But there are very few media that can truly be fair and objective. When the facts are unclear, many media ethics trials go first. As Jacob's lawyer warned the Andys, any of their expressions could be maliciously interpreted by the media. Later TV news really confirmed the lawyer's experience. What makes people hopeless is that not only can't smile, cry, but also expressionless. Because of prejudice, any performance of yours will be interpreted maliciously by the media. In the name of excavating the truth, they are doing things like chasing traffic, making it more difficult to obtain the truth. Literary critic Xu Zidong once said that one criterion for judging serious literature and popular literature is whether there are absolutely bad people. If there is an absolute villain in a novel, it can basically be said that this is popular literature. I think this judging rule can also be applied to movies and TV shows. In serious and profound film and television works, there are often no absolute negative characters. In the whole incident, everyone may not have made any big mistakes, and in "Defending Jacob", maybe at the end, you can't find who is the real murderer. But it is the forgivable "little mistakes" that every imperfect person makes that ultimately brews tragedy. So if I want to say, what can be seen from this show at present, it is a seemingly trivial choice for each of us, and it is possible to go through the butterfly effect and have serious consequences. Therefore, how to make every tiny decision is not so easy, and it all depends on whether we can stand the test of our principles of life and conduct. characters, that is basically popular literature. I think this judging rule can also be applied to movies and TV shows. In serious and profound film and television works, there are often no absolute negative characters. In the whole incident, everyone may not have made any big mistakes, and in "Defending Jacob", maybe at the end, you can't find who is the real murderer. But it is the forgivable "little mistakes" that every imperfect person makes that ultimately brews tragedy. So if I want to say, what can be seen from this show at present, it is a seemingly trivial choice for each of us, and it is possible to go through the butterfly effect and have serious consequences. Therefore, how to make every tiny decision is not so easy, and it all depends on whether we can stand the test of our principles of life and conduct. characters, that is basically popular literature. I think this judging rule can also be applied to movies and TV shows. In serious and profound film and television works, there are often no absolute negative characters. In the whole incident, everyone may not have made any big mistakes, and in "Defending Jacob", maybe at the end, you can't find who is the real murderer. But it is the forgivable "little mistakes" that every imperfect person makes that ultimately brews tragedy. So if I want to say, what can be seen from this show at present, it is a seemingly trivial choice for each of us, and it is possible to go through the butterfly effect and have serious consequences. Therefore, how to make every tiny decision is not so easy, and it all depends on whether we can stand the test of our principles of life and conduct.
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