Season 1 • Episode 2
LatestA college student and two friends are accused of murdering one's stepfather and injuring his mother whom refuses to believe her son had anything to do with the attack.
Acting
Blythe Danner's denial hits harder than the verdict.
Production
That 1992 TV-movie grit: cheap, sweaty, unforgettably sleazy.
Blythe Danner
Bonnie Von Stein
Matt McGrath
Chris Pritchard
Denis Arndt
Leith Von Stein
Adam Baldwin
Det. John Taylor
Dennis Farina
Tom Brereton
Miguel Ferrer
Lewis Young
William Forsythe
Police Chief John Crone
David Arquette
Josh Duggan
Kathy Kinney
Skeptical Neighbor
Neal McDonough
Neal Henderson
Ben Masters
Frank Johnston
Kenneth Welsh
Attorney Wade Smith
Gwyneth Paltrow
Angela Pritchard
G.D. Spradlin
George Bates
Ed Asner
Bill Osteen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Joe McGinniss's true crime book; he also wrote 'Fatal Vision' about the Jeffrey MacDonald case. Guy had a type.
This aired during peak 'Satanic Panic' era—D&D as murder motive felt dangerously plausible to 1992 audiences.
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