Doubt has effectively pleaded guilty to cancellation after one episode, but the first and (likely) only season wont leave fans in two minds over the central mystery, series creator Joan Rater assures E!:
“You’re going to know whether or not he’s guilty or innocent [by the end of Season 1]. So, here’s what was interesting to us: The idea that you’re a guy who’s accused of something and arrested and you didn’t do it—from your point of view. And you’re stuck in jail—he was stuck in jail for four months—and his lifeline was Sadie. And they developed this deep friendship, this relationship that went beyond attorney-client, and that’s a line, do you know what I mean…and I’m like, what if the line is blurred? What if? All those ‘What if?’s came to play.”
Adds co-creator Tony Phelan:
“And I think we’re going to play those ‘What if?’s as long as you grapple with the consequences. And we always grapple with the consequences. t’s never easy. For both characters, it’s very difficult. And then as the circle begins to widen about people who begin to understand this relationship, the consequences are pretty dire.”
While closure is promised, Rater hints that their original plan for the ending changed during the course of the show’s development:
“It was just Tony and I writing this pilot, right? Well, suddenly you have ten amazing, smart writer people to go, ‘No! What about this?’ So we are sort of always open and continue to want make stories we would want to watch.”
Can Doubt end as a satisfying one-and-done story? Is it too early to write off a second season? Stay tuned…
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