It’s an alarming trend as of late. Men and women—incarcerated for years upon years—are being set free after discovering they’ve been doing someone else’s time in prison. To say such a realization is both infuriating and soul-crushing is an understatement. It also calls into question the legal system as a whole. Are all parts doing their due diligence in seeing that an accused individual is truly innocent until proven guilty? A question like this and circumstances like these form the backbone of the upcoming Apple TV+ series “Truth Be Told.”
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Created and written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman (“The Good Wife” & “Justified”), the show is based on “Are You Sleeping: A Novel” by Kathleen Barber. Serving as executive producers for the series are Spellman, Octavia Spencer, Reese Witherspoon, and others. Additionally, founder and host of the true-crime podcast “Serial”—Sarah Koenig—consults on the show.
Here’s a synopsis:
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Truth Be Told (formerly, “Are You Sleeping“) provides a unique glimpse into America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts and challenges its viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage. Spencer plays a disgraced journalist who returns to her hometown and revisits a case in which she played a pivotal role in her early career. Paul plays a man Spencer’s character helped put behind bars — but he could potentially be innocent of the crime.
Spencer plays journalist Poppy Parnell, and Aaron Paul portrays convict Warren Cave. Other members of the cast include Lizzy Caplan, Elizabeth Perkins, and Mekhi Phifer.
“Truth Be Told”—distributed by Apple—will arrive on Apple TV+ on December 6. Check out a first look at the series below and see it have its day in court.