History Series / MurderOne

* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: The series ends with the arrest of the real murderer. Subsequent captions tell us that he was convicted and is currently on death row, that the doctor who had worked for him to frame Neil is serving a ten-year prison sentence for perverting the course of justice, and that Richard Cross died of AIDS a few days after speaking at Neil's appeal.

* GoodLawyersGoodClients: Nuh-uh. Teddy Hoffman, as played by Daniel Benzali, is a ''good'' lawyer, but he's not a Good Guy. Not a Bad Guy, either, mind you: he's in a class of his own. And although there are a few innocent people scattered about, most of the clients that Hoffman and Associates are seen to represent are guilty, and require good defense lawyers to get them the best possible deal, rather than a not guilty verdict.

* HelloAttorney: Multiple examples, with Creator/MaryMcCormack as Justine Appleton being the most apparent.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: A good number of them, as the legal process is mostly depicted in a good light. In particular ADA Miriam Grasso is a shining light of fairness. She might be prosecuting Neil Avedon, but she doesn't hold this fact against anyone in Hoffman and Associates or their many other defendants. Some of the trial judges in the single episode cases also stand out, such as the judge that does his level best to settle a neighborly dispute without court time, and then issues the guilty party with a lenient sentence that reflects the true facts of the case.

* BaldOfAwesome: Ted Hoffman is played by Daniel Benzali, so this is pretty much a given. Also he is recognized in universe as an awesome defense attorney, hair or no hair.

* AmoralAttorney: The firm's lawyers often walk down the knife edge of acceptable behavior, staying just out of this trope. One divorce lawyer that we meet, however, not only embodies this trope but gleefully embraces it. The morality is made even grayer by the fact that, while defending people they may know to be murderers, the lawyers genuinely believe in what they are doing, that every individual deserves the best legal aid they can get.

* HelloAttorney: Multiple examples, with Mary [=McCormack=] as Justine Appleton being the most apparent.

* InspectorJavert: Arthur Polson comes across this way at first, since he is the lead detective investigating the Costello murder.

''Murder One'' is LawProcedural that broke new ground during its run in the late 90s. Rather than follow a [[MysteryOfTheWeek new crime each week]], the show dedicates an entire season of 23 episodes to a single case, along with a number of side-plots. This provides an extremely detailed view of the central case, more akin to how actual lawyers would approach them. For example, several episodes are spent on the process of jury selection, something rarely covered on other shows at the time.

The first season was a hit, but the second season floundered with several key cast changes and a softening of the previous tight focus, causing its cancellation after the second season's conclusion.

A LawProcedural like no other; the first season follows a single murder case across twenty three episodes, covering ground almost never seen in any other legal drama (several episodes are spent on the process of jury selection, for instance). The second season, with several key cast changes and a softening of the previous tight focus, was not as successful, but it's hardly devoid of interest.

* BaldOfAwesome: Ted Hoffman is played by Daniel Benzali, so this is pretty much a given. Also he is recognised in universe as an awesome defense attorney, hair or no hair.

* HollywoodLaw: Averted. The lengthy process of trials and appeals are shown without obvious errors in law.

* WhereAreTheyNowEnding: The series ends with the arrest of the real murderer. Subsequent captions tell us that he was convicted and is currently on death row, that the doctor who had worked for him to frame Neil is serving a ten-year prison sentence for perverting the course of justice, and that Richard Cross died of AIDS a few days after speaking at Neil's appeal.

* GoodLawyersGoodClients: Nuh-uh. Teddy Hoffman, as played by Daniel Benzali, is a ''good'' lawyer, but he's not a Good Guy. Not a Bad Guy, either, mind you: he's in a class of his own. And although there are a few innocent people scattered about, most of the clients that Hoffman and Associates are seen to represent are guilty, and require good defense lawyers to get them the best possible deal, rather than a not-guilty verdict.

* StrawFeminist: {{Deconstructed}} in episode ten. A woman who works at a women's health clinic is a potential juror in the case, who's counseled rape victims in the past. The defense is afraid she might be biased given their client is charged with the rape and murder of a woman he was sleeping with, thinking she's a feminist who will have hostile views of him. Their jury consultant points out things she might feel which are in their favor though, showing they shouldn't assume this just on the basis of her (inferred) feminism.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: A good number of them, as the legal process is mostly depicted in a good light. In particular ADA Miriam Grasso is a shining light of fairness. She might be prosecuting Neil Avedon, but she doesn't hold this fact against anyone in Hoffman and Associates or their many other defendants. Some of the trial judges in the single episode cases also stand out, such as the judge that does his level best to settle a neighbourly dispute without court time, and then issues the guilty party with a lenient sentence that reflects the true facts of the case.