History Series / Accused2023

* InsaneTrollLogic: PlayedForDrama with Joanna and her followers. Many of the "reasons" given for their refusal to believe the shootings were real instead of staged come from thoughts along these lines, like the fact the mother of one victim just happens to share the same name as a European reporter, that some of the victims were adopted and could "therefore" be crisis actors, or that the coroners office refuses to release autopsy reports, ignoring plenty of logical counterarguments such as breaking the OneSteveLimit, adoption certificates dating back long before the incident, or that coroners offices don't typically release autopsies to the general public. [[IRejectYourReality Any attempts at challenging there beliefs with physical evidence will lead to accusations the evidence was doctored and that the challengers are involved in the conspiracy itself.]]

* AmbiguousEnding: Several episodes end in manners that makes clear the story ''isn't'' other yet for the characters, but what exactly happens after that is left unknown to the viewers due to the overall self-contained nature of the episodes, leaving them as both this trope ''and'' other types of endings.

** "Morgan's Story". [[spoiler:Morgan is acquitted of all charges and she retains full custody of Ari, and she and Kashir can finally be together. Jason however makes clear he's ''not'' done with trying to ruin Morgan though, and has been stalking them, even revealing himself to Ari at the park they're at. Whether this is just a scare tactic meant to terrify Morgan or if he's planning to try and kidnap Ari now that he couldn't send Morgan to prison is unknown, nor is the idea if Jason will ''ever'' be stopped.]]

** In "Morgan's Story", [[spoiler:Morgan is cleared of all false charges against her, Ari is returned to her full custody, and they and Kashir can begin to live happily for now. Eric however, who was already reluctant to be involved in Jason's schemes, is arrested for his role in the FrameUp, and Jason is ''still'' {{stalk|erWithoutACrush}}ing Morgan and Ari, making clear to everyone he is ''not'' done with trying to ruin Morgan.]]

** In "Morgan's Story", Jason's brother Eric is an NYPD detective, and normally a morally upstanding one. After Jason comes to him and preys on his familial bond after Eric initially refuses, he reluctantly frames Morgan, Jason's ex-wife, for drug dealing so Jason'll get sole custody of their son. [[spoiler:It gets exposed at the end, with him being arrested.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: Jason is a rich asshole who's uninterested in really doing anything with his son or wife at first. He seeks sole custody when they get divorced simply to spite her as a power play. When that fails, he has his cop brother ''frame'' her on drug dealing charges, and then threatens to drag him down with him after he starts getting second thoughts.

* SympatheticAdulterer: Morgan begins dating Kashir after growing very unhappy with Jason, her very cold husband. As he's a colossal {{jerkass}} who'd cheated on herself in the past, it's hard not to sympathize. Later he proves himself even worse by having her framed on ''drug dealing'' charges when they get divorced.

* KnightTemplarBigBrother: {{Inverted|Trope}}, as Jiro is Osamu's ''younger'' brother. Jiro is very protective of Osamu due to Osamu suffering brain damage when he was nine via a car accident, leaving him mentally handicapped, and gets panicked when he finds bruises on Osamu that none of the staff caring for him noticed, and instead accused him of being paranoid. [[spoiler:So when he finds out the caretakers themselves are the ones abusing him, he attacks the caretaker and illegally takes Leon out of the center, resulting in criminal charges.]]

** "Danny's Story" mixes this with DownerEnding. [[spoiler:Danny is convinced to plead to insanity and is sent to a mental institution, and Alison has successfully convinced everyone that Danny has schizophrenia ''and'' killed Danny's father. The episode ends however with her partaking in VillainousGloating while revealing that Danny's brother, Matthew, is ''still'' alive, albeit being poisoned by Alison, leaving it open-ended as to whether Alison will succeed in killing Matthew too, or if she'll be caught and Danny exonerated.]]

MurderByInaction: After finding [[spoiler:Leo overdosed on the couch, Anne hesitates in giving narcan and eventually destroys the needle. Billy takes the blame and gets convicted as a result.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: A very mild example. However, in the [[Series/{{Accused}} original show's]] episode "Kesha's Story" this is based on, the people responsible for framing the lead are worse than here. The husband in the original raped her, rather than attempting to as here and his father (not brother) showed no problem with framing her.

[[folder:Tropes in "Danny's Story]]

[[folder:Tropes in "Kendall's Story]]