JUDGEMENT DAY

Bryan Cranston plays a New Orleans judge who breaks the law to protect his son from prison

-  ELAINE REILLY

NEW DRAMA

Your Honor

Tuesday, Sky Atlantic HD, 9pm

When it comes to picking roles, Bryan Cranston can do no wrong – unlike many of his characters…

In Sky Atlantic’s new 10-part thriller Your Honor, developed by Criminal Justice and Silk creator Peter Moffat, Cranston stars in his first major TV series since Breaking Bad ended in 2013. Once again, he’s playing a morally compromised character – New Orleans judge Michael Desiato, a widower and father who finds himself on the wrong side of the law.

On the anniversary of his wife’s murder, Michael learns that his son Adam (Hunter Doohan) has killed another teenager in a road accident, fleeing the scene in a panic.

Michael drives his remorseful son to the local police station with the intention of turning him in – until he learns that the victim of the crash is Rocco Baxter, son of vicious crime boss Jimmy Baxter (Michael Stuhlbarg), a man who likes to execute his own version of justice.

Michael makes the momentous decision to turn his back on the law and begins to cover his son’s tracks, while a grief-stricken Baxter appears on TV to vow that his son’s killer will be found.