For a large segment of Gen X and Millennials, legal thrillers have an undeniable comfort food quality. These generational cohorts grew up with the genre dominating best-seller lists, so it wasn’t long before the legal thriller came to screens, large and small, via adaptations. Presumed Innocent, an 8-part limited series arrives with that wind at its back for a considerable portion of the audience. Creator David E. Kelley and star Gyllenhaal don’t exactly reinvent the wheel, but they offer a solid series to slip into. The adaptation makes several changes from the source material, none of which feel especially devastating to the story’s heart. But the cost is present primarily in the thriller aspect, with the story feeling less propulsive, more deliberate. Part of this is undoubtedly length, but Kelley has chosen a more inward-looking approach to telling this story. That being said, that attention to not just plot, but the emotions underneath elevates Presumed Innocent above junk food television. It’s still solidly in the realm of comfort food television, but it goes down easy, with no regrets.