Hulu has reached a verdict on Reasonable Doubt, renewing the legal drama for Season 2, TVLine has confirmed.
Additionally, Morris Chestnut — whose recent TV credits include The Best Man: The Final Chapters and Our Kind of People — has joined the sophomore run as a series regular. According to our sister site Deadline, who broke the news, he’ll play Corey Cash, a charming and media-savvy defense attorney who Jax brings in to help on a new high-profile case.
Loosely based on celebrity attorney Shawn Holley, whose client roster has included the Kardashian and Jenner families, Lindsay Lohan, Justin Bieber, Tupac Shakur and Katt Williams, the series stars Emayatzy Corinealdi as Jacqueline “Jax” Stewart, a high-powered criminal defense attorney from Los Angeles. It follows Jax as “she fiercely bucks the justice system through wild interpretations of the law and sometimes questionable ethics, all while trying to deal with a failing marriage and the pitfalls of motherhood,” per the official synopsis.
The cast also includes Michael Ealy (Stumptown, Almost Human), Sean Patrick Thomas (The District), McKinley Freeman (Queen Sugar), Tim Jo (This Is Us), Angela Grovey, and child actors TJ Mixson and Aderinsola Olabode.
Created by Raamla Mohamed (Little Fires Everywhere, Scandal), Reasonable Doubt is the first scripted drama from Onyx Collective (an initiative to create “culturally specific, wildly entertaining content”) and counts Kerry Washington and Larry Wilmore among its executive producers. Washington also directed the premiere episode.
TVLine’s Streaming Renewal Scorecard has been updated with the news. Hit the comments with your reactions!
I only recently finished it. It’s really good. Enjoyed it and looking forward to season 2 and presumably Shanelle’s trial.
It was obvious though that Michael Ealy’s character was going to do something super crazy.
What happened with shanelle? I was doing laundry during the last episode, maybe I missed something?
This is fantastic news! The first season started a little wobbly, but it improved upon itself episode after episode and turned out to be a great show by the end. I was not ready for it to end. I’m so happy to see it continue!
I’m so happy about this! I was sadly prepared for the worst, but that cliffhanger had me! I need to see more
Oh yay!!! I will finish it now. Was enjoying it but when Hulu cancelled Kindred I wasn’t sure.
Sooo excited!!! Love, love this series.😊
Great, look forward to season 2, and specifically seeing Morris Chestnut. Just like to know when season 2 start.
Super excited to hear this news! I loved season 1 and can’t wait to see where Jax and company take us in season 2!
Very excited about this. It was a pleasant surprise, and Morris will make this next season better than I could’ve anticipated it already being.
Yes!yes!yes!…finally a continuation of a show that depicts educated-good-job having Africans in a light that is more realistic and down-to-earth with real problems that the lower-income version of us deals with too, like cheating, divorce, insecurities and family secrets
BTW:Adding some chocolate Chestnut to any recipe can only make it Better🥰🤫.
Season 1 was great! Looking forward to season 2!!!
Looking forward to season 2 please hurry, so exciting and thrilling. I can’t wait.