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Series Details & Credits
| Sundance | Sundance Channel | SundanceTV | Sundance TV | Release Date: April 4, 2005 |
Summary:
An 8-part documentary series about the celebrated trial of Michael Peterson, a writer who is accused of murdering his wife, executive Kathleen Peterson, who was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home.
Genre(s):
Drama, Talk & Interview, Documentary
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Recent Episodes
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S1:E10. Chapter 10: Last Chance - Final Appeal
Air Date: March 11, 2013
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S1:E9. Chapter 9: Last Chance - Reopening the Case
Air Date: March 4, 2013
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S1:E8. Chapter 8: The Verdict
Air Date: April 25, 2005
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Apr 20, 2018
The documentary keeps adding layers of complexity to the tale until one is entirely hooked by its ambiguities and twists and turns -- and soon, as with a great novel, one can't wait to see what happens next.
Apr 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018
It may seem ludicrous to say that a movie running more than six hours is well edited, but The Staircase, by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, is. And not only is the editing prize-worthy, but the whole film is also so brilliantly conceived, reported, filmed and paced that you may come to wish it were twice as long.
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Apr 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018
Apr 20, 2018
The Staircase is the scariest portrait of criminal justice since the nonfiction film that helped launch the modern innocence movement, Errol Morris’s The Thin Blue Line. It’s scarier, in fact, because The Staircase isn’t based on re-creations but on original footage, a front-row view of legal truth as it’s feathered into existence, manufactured from guesses and conjecture, and sold to a jury as more or less believable fiction.
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Apr 20, 2018
There's a surprising amount of humor in the series, as when a sassy male prostitute admits in court that his client base included many professionals, including attorneys and at least one judge, but the series' power, gravity, and urgency come because viewers are never allowed to forget that a man's life and a family's future is at stake.
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Seasons & Episodes
- Series Overview
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Season 1
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Season 1 Overview
Air Date: April 4, 2005
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S1:E10. Chapter 10: Last Chance - Final Appeal
Air Date: March 11, 2013
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S1:E9. Chapter 9: Last Chance - Reopening the Case
Air Date: March 4, 2013
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S1:E8. Chapter 8: The Verdict
Air Date: April 25, 2005
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S1:E7. Chapter 7: The Blowpoke Returns
Air Date: April 25, 2005
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S1:E6. Chapter 6: The Prosecution's Revenge
Air Date: April 18, 2005
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S1:E5. Chapter 5: A Weak Case
Air Date: April 18, 2005
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S1:E4. Chapter 4: A Prosecution Trickery
Air Date: April 11, 2005
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S1:E3. Chapter 3: A Striking Coincidence
Air Date: April 11, 2005
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S1:E2. Chapter 2: Secrets and Lies
Air Date: April 4, 2005
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S1:E1. Chapter 1: Crime or Accident?
Air Date: April 4, 2005
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Season 1 Overview