“Episode Eleven” ends American Crime’s first season by trading closure for a surprisingly hopeful sense of moving on.

Tony’s release offers American Crime a genuine bright spot in “Episode Ten,” a penultimate episode that offers a glimpse of what the show could be.

“Episode Nine” reins in American Crime’s overwrought dramatics, delivering its strongest, most grounded hour yet.

Even with a striking final sequence, American Crime’s “Episode Eight” leans on pandering, forced character turns.

American Crime’s “Episode Seven” hits some genuinely powerful moments, but its relentless pessimism keeps undercutting the show’s own points.

American Crime remains a relentlessly dour, mixed bag, occasionally striking but often undone by its own heavy-handed agenda.