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The Staircase

200449m / epDocumentary · Crime

First aired

October 7, 2004

7.6

TMDB Score

76% match · 209 votes

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S01 · E01

Crime or Accident?

Season 1 · Oct 7, 2004 · 47m

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E01Playing

Crime or Accident?

Oct 7, 2004 · 47m

E02▶

Secrets and Lies

Oct 7, 2004 · 45m

E03▶

A Striking Coincidence

Oct 14, 2004 · 46m

E04▶

A Prosecution Trickery

Oct 14, 2004 · 44m

E05▶

A Weak Case

Oct 21, 2004 · 47m

E06▶

The Prosecution's Revenge

Oct 21, 2004 · 47m

E07▶

The Blow Poke Returns

Oct 28, 2004 · 50m

E08▶

The Verdict

Oct 28, 2004 · 49m

E09▶

Reopening the Case

Jan 30, 2013 · 55m

E10▶

The Last Chance

Jan 30, 2013 · 52m

E11▶

Looking for Closure

Jun 8, 2018 · 52m

E12▶

Between Anger and Despair

Jun 8, 2018 · 46m

E13▶

Flawed Justice

Jun 8, 2018 · 46m

Following his wife's suspicious death, Michael Peterson speaks about his version of the events while lawyers and expert witnesses prepare for trial.

About the Series

DocumentaryCrime

Synopsis

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.

CreatorJean-Xavier de Lestrade