Conviction Review: Mother’s Little Burden (Season 1 Episode 4)

Conviction Season 1 Episode 4, “Mother’s Little Burden,” finally breaks down the barrier between me caring and not caring about Hayes Morrison.

The scandal that Hayes and Wallace were trying to keep under wraps has finally seen the light, and it is not a good thing for either of them. Or her mother’s Senate campaign.

Here’s where Jackson swoops in to save the day, after all, it is his job to make sure that everyone stays squeaky clean in the public eye. You would think that Hayes would just focus on getting through this and going back to normal, but we all know that is not how she rolls.

When Hayes goes down, she goes down hard, taking anything and everything with her.

Hayes hitting rock bottom – which for most people would be getting caught with cocaine, but for her, it is losing her brother – is so emotional because Jackson is that one person she never thought she would lose. Heck, I never thought she would lose him. However, he tried and tried, and Hayes just couldn’t take it seriously. Unfortunately, there’s a maximum for everyone.

I am very interested to see where she will go from here and how this will affect her career at the CIU. Not only does she lose Jackson, but she also loses Wallace. Granted, he was not much, but to her he was something. He was both a good and bad thing about her past, and they were just starting to re-kindle a friendship.

No Jackson, no Wallace, and no mother means that Hayes is going to have to make herself pull it together, put her big girl pants on, and make this situation right again.

As far as the pace of the show, I think they do a better job of that this episode. I feel like it flows together when it comes to the case of the week, but also the Hayes drama that she has to deal with.

The case this week is personal for almost everyone in the CIU; Maxine relating because of her son, concerning Tess because she had to take care of her mother when her aunt died, and Hayes relating because this type of mother is something that she desperately wanted growing up. She does not say it out loud, but through facial expressions, you can tell that it is something she needs.

Honestly, it is something she could use right now.

Conviction is slowly pulling me in more and more after every week. The emotional drama between Hayes and everyone around her is so intriguing because it is something that isn’t going to go away until she wants it to change. It is throwing her into the fire and hoping that she will rise above, seeing the wrong in her actions and changing it, instead of sinking any lower.

One thing I still want is more storylines for the others. We have seen Hayes outside of the CIU, now let us see the others. Show us what makes Sam tick, and what personal demons Tess is dealing with. Show us what Maxine goes home to at the end of the day. I want to see her spending time with her children. Moreover, I want to see Frankie with his boyfriend in prison, as well as finding out why he is in jail in the first place.

Other Thoughts:

• How long will Jackson put Hayes on the back burner after this ordeal? I am hoping that it is not long because I live for the relationship between Hayes and her brother.
• Could Wallace being fired possibly be something that might happen with the investigation? If he gets fired, what will that do to the CIU?
• This case is a win but is also a loss to the public eye because the mother took the fall for the daughter so she would not have to go to prison. Technically, this is their fourth win even if the win was not made public. How much longer can they go until a case completely tanks?

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Conviction airs Monday at 10/9c on ABC.

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