Review of Anatomy of a Scandal

Because that's how I felt by the end, which was probably not the intent of the producers or the director. I think they were trying too hard to get us to hate these entitled, Oxford "blokes". What I couldn't figure out was if Michelle Dockery's character had the evidence needed to actually charge anyone with rape. It was essentially a "he-said, she-said" case. Then we find out why she pursued prosecution near the end of episode 4, and that's when most folks may say "huh"? It would have made more sense if Holly's (aka Kate's) rape came up at trial, but since the real Holly was the prosecutor who should have recused herself or risk losing her law license, no chance of that happening. And then there's the wife, who uses hubby's confession and trust in her, then immediately turns him and his BFF in to Holly and the police for a death that happened decades earlier that may have been a drug-related accident. None of these events were worthy of prosecution, unless you want to prosecute someone for being a reckless, thoughtless jerk. If viewers could only have speculated or solved the question of whether he did it or not, this would have been so much better. In the end, we see Holly's self-satisfied smirk, that she can finally prosecute her violator for a different "crime", and yet she still does not recuse herself. Looks like she's just as entitled as the rest of them.