The Whole Truth

Genre	Drama
Created by	Tom Donaghy
Starring	Rob Morrow Maura Tierney Eamonn Walker Sean Wing Anthony Ruivivar Christine Adams
Composer	Sean Callery
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 ^[1]
Production
Executive producers	Jerry Bruckheimer Jonathan Littman
Production location	Los Angeles^[2]
Running time	42 minutes
Production companies	Jerry Bruckheimer Television Bonanza Productions Warner Bros. Television^[2]
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 22 (2010-09-22) – December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01)

The Whole Truth is an American legal drama series that ran on ABC from September 22, 2010, to December 1, 2010.^[3] Episodes aired on Wednesdays at 10:00 pm ET/9:00 pm CT.^[4] The show, which starred Rob Morrow and Maura Tierney, chronicled legal cases from the points of view of both the prosecution and the defense;^[5] it was set in New York City and shot in Los Angeles.^[2]

ABC canceled The Whole Truth, in October after four episodes had aired. Initially it planned to air the remaining episodes.^[6] Two months later, the network pulled the show from its schedule with seven episodes unaired.^[1] The unaired episodes later aired on the Nine Network in Australia^[7] and in the Netherlands on NET 5^[8] in 2012 and in Brazil on SBT.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Rob Morrow as Jimmy Brogan
Maura Tierney as Kathryn Peale
Eamonn Walker as Sr. ADA Terrence "Edge" Edgecomb
Sean Wing as Chad Griffin
Anthony Ruivivar as Alejo Salazar
Christine Adams as Lena Boudreaux^[9]

Guest cast

Stephanie Lemelin as Rhonda (13 episodes)
Jack McGee as Stan Klotz (2 episodes)
John Aylward as Judge Jeremiah Studley (2 episodes)
Christine Healy as Judge Anna Mae Harmon (2 episodes)
Allison Smith as Corinne Sellards (1 episode)
J. Kenneth Campbell as Larry Combs (1 episode)
Skyler Day as Brianna Sellards (1 episode)
Paul Greene as Kevin (1 episode)
Shane Coffey as John Sellards (1 episode)
Grey Damon as Todd Engler (1 episode)
Judd Hirsch as Judge Wright (1 episode)

Production

When ABC announced its 2010 fall schedule in May 2010, The Whole Truth was set to star Morrow and Joely Richardson in the two lead roles. Richardson filmed the original pilot^[10] After the show was picked up, Richardson dropped out for personal reasons and was replaced by Maura Tierney, who went on to re-film all the Katie Peale scenes from the pilot.^[11] Tierney took on the role in addition to her recurring role on Rescue Me.^[5]

On-location production began in August: the show, set in New York City, was shot in Los Angeles, with Los Angeles City Hall, for example, standing in for the New York City Criminal Court.^[2]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	"Pilot"	Alex Graves	Tom Donaghy	September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22) (US) January 21, 2012 (2012-01-21) (Netherlands)	296775	4.9^[12]
Attorneys Jimmy Brogan and Kathryn Peale argue of the case of a teacher having an affair with one of his students and then murdering her.
2	"Thicker Than Water"	Christine Moore	Tom Donaghy	September 29, 2010 (2010-09-29) (US) January 28, 2012 (2012-01-28) (Netherlands)	2J5752	4.6^[13]
Jimmy and Kathryn face off in the case of a woman suspected of rolling her wheelchair-using father off the Staten Island Ferry.
3	"Judicial Discretion"	Rob Bailey	Kevin J. Hynes & Hannah Shakespeare	October 6, 2010 (2010-10-06) (US) February 4, 2012 (2012-02-04) (Netherlands)	2J5755	4.4^[14]
When a beloved judge (Judd Hirsch) is charged with murder he asks Jimmy to represent him. When a wiretap on a drug lord, which was approved by the judge, reveals a larger conspiracy Kathryn considers filing charges in federal court for murder for hire.
4	"True Confessions"	Eagle Egilsson	Ian Biederman & Jordana Lewis Jaffe	October 20, 2010 (2010-10-20) (US) February 11, 2012 (2012-02-11) (Netherlands)	2J5754	4.5^[15]
An Upper West Side couple is found lying in a pool of blood in their home. Their 16-year-old son is accused of their murder. After an 11-hour interrogation the boy confesses. When Jimmy discovers a gap in the video recording of the interrogation he attempts to get the confession thrown out.
5	"When Cougars Attack"	Ken Fink	Story by : Ian Biederman Teleplay by : Jonathan Kidd & Sonya Winton	October 27, 2010 (2010-10-27) (US) February 18, 2012 (2012-02-18) (Netherlands)	2J5756	4.4^[16]
Jimmy and Edge again face off when a 45-year-old fashion designer (Annabella Sciorra) is accused of murdering another of her younger boyfriends. Jimmy got her acquitted of the previous murder charge three years before. Kathryn and Lena pose for a "sexy lawyer" magazine spread.
6	"Liars"	Jeffrey Hunt	Jeffrey Lieber & Jordana Lewis Jaffe	December 1, 2010 (2010-12-01) (US) February 25, 2012 (2012-02-25) (Netherlands)	2J5758	3.6^[17]
A dentist is found dead in his chair and his "Stepford wife" is accused of murder. Complications arise when it is discovered that the victim was doing more than just dentistry at work.
7	"Uncanny"^[18]	Karen Gaviola	Hannah Shakespeare	March 3, 2012 (2012-03-03) (Netherlands) May 28, 2012 (2012-05-28) (Australia)	TBA	TBA
Paul Braun (Harold Perrineau), who claims to be a psychic, is arrested because he knows too many intimate details about a homicide.
8	"Cold Case"	Gwyneth Horder-Payton	Ian Biederman	March 10, 2012 (2012-03-10) (Netherlands) June 18, 2012 (2012-06-18) (Australia)	TBA	TBA
After a comatose woman dies, Kathryn brings a new charge of murder for the crime - now 10 years old.
9	"Young Love"	Karen Gaviola	Ed Zuckerman	March 17, 2012 (2012-03-17) (Netherlands) July 25, 2012 (2012-07-25) (Australia)	TBA	TBA
Kathryn charges a young couple with manslaughter in the shaken death of an infant - while Jimmy and Alejo each represent one of the defendants.
10	"Perfect Witness"^[19]	Nathan Hope	Jeffrey Lieber & Jonathan Kidd & Sonya Winton	March 24, 2012 (2012-03-24) (Netherlands) July 3, 2012 (2012-07-03) (Australia)	TBA	TBA
The case against an accused killer from Jimmy's old neighborhood, Hell's Kitchen, rests on the memory of a child with a photographic memory.
11	"Lost in translation"	Paul McCrane	Tom Donaghy & Kevin J. Hynes	March 31, 2012 (2012-03-31) (Netherlands)	TBA	TBA
Jimmy represents an old friend from law school who's been charged with arson and murder. But a Chinese gang and an Italian mobster are also involved.
12	"The State Calls Kathryn Peale"	Tucker Gates	Paul J. Levine	April 7, 2012 (2012-04-07) (Netherlands) July 10, 2012 (2012-07-10) (Australia)	TBA	TBA
Jimmy represents an ex-con implicated in a drive-by shooting of a defense attorney. It turns out, however, that the target may have been Kathryn.
13	"The End"	Rob Bailey	Sonya Winton & Jonathan Kidd	April 14, 2012 (2012-04-14) (Netherlands) July 17, 2012 (2012-07-17) (Australia)	TBA	TBA
Kathryn & Jimmy relate the story of their first case opposing each other. Meanwhile, a retiring judge offers Kathryn an opportunity that's hard to refuse.

Reception

Before the show's premiere, Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe said, "Having seen the original Richardson pilot, which was re-filmed to add in Tierney, I can tell you that Tierney saves the show from near worthlessness. She brings a passion, a finely gauged sense of humor, and a strong chemistry with costar Rob Morrow that were missing before."^[20] In general, though, the show has received mixed reviews, with Metacritic assigning it a score of 57.

According to Joe Flint of the Los Angeles Times, the "solid" ratings of the second-season premiere of Modern Family and "disappointing numbers" for the second-season premiere of Cougar Town were followed by "just 4.9 million" viewers for The Whole Truth.^[12] In comparison, the legal comedy-drama The Defenders, in the same time slot as The Whole Truth, was the "highest-rated new show for the night, with 12.1 million viewers."^[12]