Television series
Cupertino
A legal drama about a scrappy lawyer taking on a tech giant in Silicon Valley. Expect high stakes, moral complexity, and the particular exhaustion of fighting corporations with unlimited resources. For anyone who loved the cat-and-mouse games of prestige legal TV but wants the villain to be something we actually recognize from the news.
Should you watch it?
Watch it if you like courtroom stories that take the corporate side seriously, with a scrappy underdog who loses sleep over the paperwork as much as the verdict.
Skip it if you'd rather judge something finished, since this is still in development and its premise is the only thing on offer for now.
What it asks of you: Each episode runs about an hour, and only three are listed, so it asks for a small, contained stretch of attention rather than a long binge.
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Cast
Production
- Liz GlotzerExecutive Producer
- Michelle KingExecutive Producer
- Robert KingExecutive Producer