Body of Evidence

This Hallmark film features Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Tom Cavanaugh, and Wendie Malick. With that lineup, how can you go wrong?

The crew thinks a woman convicted of murdering her husband could be innocent. When they look into the case, there is some damning evidence, but they find cracks in the case against the woman.

This is like a police procedural, but conducted by attorneys and after the fact, because the wife has been in prison for a year.

This is a light-hearted story, with all three leads providing humor. A fun watch.

Claire takes the case of Laura Graham (Jordana Largy) who is arrested and then convicted for her husband Tom Graham's alleged murder after she herself reported him missing. It has been a year since the incident but her husband's body remains missing and when the case is brought to Claire, she begins suspecting if he died at all. Claire now seeks to overturn the murder conviction and is assisted by Laura's former lawyer Guy Hanson (Matthew Harrison) who suggests there may be no leads to follow. As Claire works to develop the defense's case, Miles goes through a period of questioning his career as the ADA, working for the prosecution. Meanwhile, Claire tries to downplay her growing personal relationship with Miles and Joanna strikes an unlikely friendship with Lou's baseball coach, Coach Reed.

A pleasant light mystery that is quite intriguing, complex, but the witty banter between the two lawyer protagonist is what makes this appealing. There's some good humour, and Wendy Malick steals the scene with her character and has some neat cutting remarks.

I am liking all the episodes in this series. A lot! It's not complex mystery solving but there are enough twist and turns to keep it interesting. Plus the writing is funny and witty and the lead characters and stories remind me of those in "Thin Man" series of old. The series is well cast, well directed, and enjoyable. The plots are light and easy to follow which is a nice respite from the many many shock value, slap in your face shows out there these days. Looking forward to the next episode!

This is the 3rd installment and this one will actually have you guessing who the suspect is. Two romances are in swing between Cavanagh & Williams-Paisley as well as Malick & McGillion. I can't wait to watch the rest of the series. No bad language or nudity. Everything is done tastefully. Great writing. Great family watching James Welch Henderson, Arkansas 12/30/2020

6/10 - pretty on-par with the rest in the Darrow & Darrow series