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 (11)
1. Cruel Intentions
Aired 26 October 2023 • 60 min
In Mobile, a woman in a volatile relationship is found dead in her car. Detectives suspect her boyfriend, but, at trial, he takes the stand to brazenly claim she was actually the victim of a drug deal gone bad.
2. Flashing Colors
Aired 2 November 2023 • 60 min
A massive, gang-related melee outside a nightclub leaves Gwinnett County detectives struggling to identify just who shot a young murder victim. And the death of one of the witnesses makes that challenge even harder for prosecutors.
3. Jealous Heart
Aired 9 November 2023 • 60 min
When a Mobile mother of four is shot just blocks from her home, detectives look to her loved ones to identify her killer. But, at trial, his attorneys claim he acted in self-defense.
4. End Game
Aired 16 November 2023 • 60 min
In Mobile, a professor is murdered in his own home. It takes a missing gaming console, and a strategic game of cat and mouse with the suspects, for detectives and prosecutors to get justice.
5. Friends & Enemies
Aired 14 December 2023 • 60 min
When three people are gunned down in a Tulsa home, detectives face two suspects, and a web of lies. Prosecutors are left with circumstantial evidence to clinch the case against a calculated, cold-blooded killer
6. Murder in Mobile
Aired 21 December 2023 • 60 min
When a transient man is gunned downed, the only eyewitness Mobile detectives have is also a suspect. At trial, reluctant witnesses, defendants pointing fingers at each other, and a surprise ruling from the judge leave a novice prosecutor struggling to clinch his case.
7. Raw Deal
Aired 9 May 2024 • 60 min
In Gwinnett County, a beloved rapper is gunned down in a hail of bullets from a drive-by shooting. With little hard evidence, detectives and prosecutors need to rely on a tipster to testify--despite the risks--and bring the suspect to justice.
8. Ringside Seat
Aired 16 May 2024 • 60 min
Tulsa homicide delves into a dark world of drugs and prostitution to solve the murder of a man executed in his car in a motel parking lot.
9. Vengeance
Aired 23 May 2024 • 43 min
A man shoots four people in broad daylight, leaving Tulsa detectives, attorneys, and everyone impacted struggling to explain his mental state. His case hangs on the question, and on the heated reaction of the victims' families to the course of justice.
10. The Invitation
Aired 25 July 2024 • 43 min
In Tulsa, a party becomes the scene of a murder. For investigators and prosecutors, the case is riding on two accomplices betraying their friends, despite the risks.
11. Freestyling
Aired 1 August 2024 • 42 min
Tulsa detectives investigate how a young rapper was found shot dead on the street of an affluent suburban neighborhood. At trial, the defense accuses the prosecution's key eyewitness of pulling the trigger.