Episode 1: The Thing

The city of Akron, Ohio reels from rising violence and stalled investigations until arrests suddenly begin to happen. A mysterious new AI-powered tool called Cybercheck has arrived. Criminal defense attorney Don Malarcik first encounters the technology when it’s used to implicate his young client in a murder. With no clear explanation of how it works, and no public record of its existence, Don and his team begin digging into Cybercheck, uncovering unsettling questions about whether this powerful new technology is delivering justice—or quietly reshaping it.