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For Life

2020–2021 · 2 seasons

A tense, emotionally charged legal drama that keeps you rooting for justice against a flawed system.

Tagline
Father. Prisoner. Lawyer. Warrior.
Overview
A prisoner becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit.
Stream in the UK
  • Sky Go
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • corruption
  • family
  • survival
  • redemption
Places
  • prison
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • procedural
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Created by
Hank Steinberg
Written by
Zach Calig, Kirk A. Moore, Terri Kopp, Karen Struck
Starring
Nicholas Pinnock, Indira Varma, Joy Bryant, Mary Stuart Masterson, Dorian Missick, Tyla Harris, Glenn Fleshler, Boris McGiver
Music
James S. Levine
Cinematography
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Length
2 seasons, 23 episodes, 43 min each
Network
ABC
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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