Your Honor is an American drama television series starring Bryan Cranston, adapted from the Israeli TV series Kvodo (). It premiered on Showtime on December 6, 2020 and ended on March 19, 2023. While ordered as a miniseries, in August 2021, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on January 15, 2023. In July 2022, it was reported that the second season would be its last.
Premise
Season 1: Michael Desiato is a prominent and respected New Orleans judge. When his teenage son Adam kills another teenager in an accidental hit-and-run collision, Michael encourages his son to turn himself in, but quickly changes his mind when he discovers that the boy whom his son hit was the son of a mob kingpin. Michael decides to protect his son which ignites a dangerous game filled with hiding, lies, secret keeping, and very difficult choices and leaves behind tragic and fatal consequences.
Season 2: After the death of his son, Michael is let out of prison early to finally put an end to the mob that has ruined many New Orleans citizens’ lives and many others. Concurrently, an enemy of the mob, a drug cartel gang, known as the Desire Gang, make their move. Meanwhile, the death of Adam impacts those close to him as truth begins to spread. Michael is forced to make risky decisions as he becomes an undercover agent spying on the mob while also finding the culprit(s) behind the death of his wife. Past consequences intrude, leading Michael down a dangerous rabbit hole with bad outcomes every which way.
Cast and characters
Main
Bryan Cranston as Michael Desiato, a New Orleans judge, willing to do anything to protect his son Hunter Doohan as Adam Desiato (season 1), Michael's son who is involved in a hit and run that resulted in the death of the son of the head of an organized crime family in New Orleans. Hope Davis as Gina Baxter, the ruthless wife of a New Orleans mob boss and the mother of the boy whom Adam killed Sofia Black-D'Elia as Frannie Latimer (season 1), Adam's love interest and teacher who knows his secret Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Charlie Figaro, a politician with connections to organized crime and Michael's best friend Michael Stuhlbarg as Jimmy Baxter, the boss of an organized crime family, Gina's husband and the father of the boy whom Adam killed Carmen Ejogo as Lee Delamere (season 1; recurring season 2), Michael's former protégé and a lawyer whom he convinces to take Kofi's case Andrene Ward-Hammond as "Big Mo" (season 2; recurring season 1), the leader of Desire, a criminal gang in the Lower Ninth Ward Keith Machekanyanga as Trey "Little Mo" Monroe (season 2; recurring season 1), Big Mo's nephew and right-hand man Benjamin Flores Jr. as Eugene Jones (season 2; recurring season 1), the younger brother of Kofi Jones and a member of Desire Lilli Kay as Sofia "Fia" Baxter (season 2; recurring season 1), Gina and Jimmy's daughter who becomes Adam's girlfriend unaware that Adam killed her brother Rocco Jimi Stanton as Carlo Baxter (season 2; recurring season 1), Gina and Jimmy's eldest son, who was released from Angola Prison after Adam killed his brother Rocco
Special guest stars
Margo Martindale as Elizabeth Guthrie, a state senator, Michael's mother-in-law and Adam's maternal grandmother Maura Tierney as Fiona McKee (season 1), a prosecutor at the same courthouse where Michael works Rosie Perez as Olivia Delmont (season 2), an assistant U.S Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana
Recurring
Amy Landecker as Nancy Costello, a detective Michael turns to for help
Tony Curran as Frankie, an associate of Jimmy's criminal organization
Lamar Johnson as Kofi Jones (season 1), a young man who was forced by Little Mo to take the fall for Adam's hit and run Chet Hanks as Joey Maldini, Carlo's best friend who also works for Jimmy David Maldonado as Lieutenant Brendan Cusack, a corrupt NOPD officer with ties to Jimmy, the Desire gang and Charlie Cullen Moss as Detective Rudy Cunningham, a corrupt officer who is connected to various crimes committed throughout New Orleans Melanie Nicholls-King as "Female" Jones (season 1), Kofi and Eugene's mother Sampley Barinaga as Wesley (season 1), Adam's best friend Lorraine Toussaint as Judge Sara LeBlanc (season 1), the chief justice at the same courthouse where Michael works Mark Margolis as Carmine Conti (season 2), Gina's father Mark O'Brien as Father Jay (season 2), the Roman Catholic priest of the Baxter family Ciara Renee as Janelle (season 2), Big Mo's love interest who is a singer Gavin 'Chief' Meredith as Chris (season 2), a former Desire member who becomes disgruntled with the way Big Mo does business
Episodes
Series overview
Season 1 (2020–21)