JUSTICE FOR ALL

Hot shot attorney Jax Stewart bucks the system to defend her clients, protect her family and crush her enemies in the thrilling third season of Reasonable Doubt

- BY DYLAN FORD

Reasonable Doubt, Hulu's twisty, steamy legal drama, is exactly halfway through its third season of “Oh, f---!” moments both in and out of the courtroom. Emayatzy Corinealdi stars as high-powered L.A. criminal defense attorney Jax Stewart, whose brilliant but sometimes ethically questionable legal strategies win even the toughest of cases.

Season 3 picked up with Jax itching for a new challenge. “She’s a little frustrated with the lack of excitement,” creator and showrunner Raamla Mohamed tells TV GUIDE MAGAZINE. “Some people say, ‘Oh, I don’t want any drama,’ and then it goes away. Then they’re like, ‘More drama, please!’”

“That’s what she thrives on,” Corinealdi agrees, “even though someone else, looking in, would think, you just had your husband’s mistress serve you papers. Is that not enough excitement?”

She’s referring to Toni (Tristan Cunningham), who sued Jax and husband Lewis (McKinley Freeman) for the tragic death of her and Lewis’ premature son Jaden. But after a year of negotiation, all Toni really wanted was for Lewis to truly acknowledge her grief and finally share his own.

With the suit dropped and that chapter closed, Corinealdi is hopeful Jax and Lewis can finally break their long cycle of hurting one another. “They’ve been in therapy and they’re applying these tools to their marriage, and you get to see them actively working through things.”