‘American Crime’ season 2 spoilers: Longer look at premiere episode
After seeing the synopsis for the season 2 premiere of ABC’s “American Crime,” one thing feels clear: This is a show not too worried about giving some details away in advance. This is a show that does probably realize that it needs to be proactive to get people watching, especially since each season is effectively its own separate entity. It doesn’t have the luxury of explaining in its title what each season is about like “American Horror Story,” and it also does not have the most creative titles.
The premiere episode of this show will air on Wednesday, January 6. Take a look at what to expect:
“Issues of sexual orientation and socioeconomic disparity come to a roil when lurid photos of a high school boy, Taylor Blaine, are posted on social media following a school party … After the shocking photos of Taylor are posted, circumstances become more complicated when he accuses two players on an elite private high school’s championship basketball team – Kevin LaCroix and Eric Tanner – of drugging, assaulting and then posting the pictures of him online. The team’s head coach, Dan Sullivan, tries to unite the players while overlooking the dysfunction of his own family. Headmistress Leslie Graham struggles to maintain the school’s reputation in the face of these accusations of privilege and cover up. Taylor’s mother, Anne, remains a steadfast supporter of her son despite being publicly assailed by the school’s wealthy families. Taylor’s girlfriend, Evy, deals with racial tension at her own school, led by Principal Chris Dixon. And while the two schools at the center of the story are worlds apart in status, the lives of the students and teachers at both become inextricably linked.”
If the story itself does not capture your attention, ABC may be banking on the fact that the cast will. The series features Timothy Hutton, Felicity Huffman, Connor Jessup, Andre Benjamin, Regina King, and so many others. It is following a first season that was critically-acclaimed, so the pressure is obviously high that this story finds a way to deliver in its own way with a very different sort of story.