About this season
After the First 48 is an American documentary television series on A&E. It is the companion series to The First 48. While the original series deals with the steps taken to discover, locate, and apprehend the person or persons involved in a homicide, After the First 48 continues by shedding light on the judicial aspects of the case including the verdict and sentencing from the trial along with behind the scenes interviews with detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys and family members of the victim.
Episodes (12)
1. Chat Trap
Aired 26 January 2023 • 42 min
Gwinnett County detectives investigate the murder of an innocent fifteen-year-old, caught up in a petty crime. But how will the prosecution take on a witness who claims the shooter acted in self-defense?
2. Out of the Darkness
Aired 2 February 2023 • 43 min
Detectives in Tulsa, Okla., have only one witness -- a 12-year-old girl -- to a domestic dispute that has escalated to a double homicide; at trial, their case hangs on whether or not she will be able to testify.
3. Escape Plan
Aired 9 February 2023 • 43 min
When Gwinnett County detectives find a mother stabbed to death, the job of identifying her killer falls to her young son; testifying at trial could be difficult for the child, putting the prosecution's case at risk.
4. Buried Secrets
Aired 16 February 2023 • 43 min
A mother goes missing after blowing millions at the casino; at trial, the DA and detective take a gamble of their own to bring her killer to justice.
5. Close to Home
Aired 23 February 2023 • 43 min
When a Tulsa man is killed by a bullet to the head, detectives discover guns hidden in the garage next door. The neighbour's role becomes a question in a case of cousin against cousin.
6. Mother of Two
Aired 13 April 2023 • 43 min
When two boys find their mother in the back of her car, Tulsa detectives turn to her family for help catching her killer. But at the defendant's trial, his explosive testimony leaves the prosecution's case hanging on one key piece of evidence.
7. End of the Road
Aired 20 April 2023 • 43 min
In Tulsa, a rookie detective is pushed to the brink searching for a beloved man who ultimately turns up brutally murdered. After a grinding two-year investigation, bringing the killer to justice could hang on the testimony of a jailhouse informan.
8. Backslide
Aired 6 July 2023 • 43 min
When a Tulsa father of two is shot just blocks from his ex-girlfriend's house, detectives have to decide which two persons of interest should be charged with his murder; a conflicting account challenges the result of the court case.
9. Bloodline
Aired 13 July 2023 • 42 min
After a former Marine is gunned down in broad daylight, Tulsa detectives must track down a family of three, suspected in the killing. But, at trial, justice hangs on whether the gunman and victim are actually who they appear to be.
10. One Good Deed
Aired 27 July 2023 • 43 min
Tulsa detectives believe the victim of a shooting was a good Samaritan who'd been robbed; at trial, the jury must decide if his killer actually acted in fear of his own life.
11. Among Friends
Aired 3 August 2023 • 43 min
Evidence at the crime scene leads detectives in Mobile, Ind., to believe a young victim was murdered by two gunmen; a high-stakes trial leaves the jury wrestling with the question of whether one of the suspects could be found not guilty.
12. Lips Are Sealed
Aired 10 August 2023 • 43 min
After a man is gunned down at an after-hours club, investigators and the prosecutor are left with no witnesses who are willing to say they saw the shooting; that leaves the case hanging on the defendant's claim of self-defense.