The Staircase
The Staircase Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | ||
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| S1 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.6 |
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About
"The true-crime documentary that built the genre's rulebook"
This documentary series follows the case of Michael Peterson, a novelist charged with murdering his wife after she was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Filmed over more than a decade, it embeds with the defense team through trial, conviction, and appeals, watching legal strategy unfold in real time. The pace is patient and procedural rather than sensational, built on courtroom footage and quiet observation. What carries it is the slow accumulation of doubt, contradiction, and human behavior under pressure rather than any twisty reveal.
the unprecedented access to a real defense team building its case over years.
you want tidy answers or fast-paced, verdict-driven storytelling.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Crime or Accident? | 7.4 | 669 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Secrets and Lies | 7.4 | 608 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | A Striking Coincidence | 7.4 | 583 | 47 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | A Prosecution Trickery | 7.5 | 547 | 45 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | A Weak Case | 7.6 | 541 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Prosecution's Revenge | 7.5 | 534 | 48 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | The Blowpoke Returns | 7.6 | 530 | 49 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | The Verdict | 8.0 | 551 | 51 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Reopening the Case | 7.5 | 472 | — | |
| ▶ | 10 | The Last Chance | 7.7 | 485 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Looking For Closure | 7.2 | 450 | — | |
| ▶ | 12 | Between Despair and Anger | 7.3 | 433 | — | |
| ▶ | 13 | Flawed Justice | 7.6 | 445 | — |