A teenager is charged with lying about being raped, but two detectives follow the path to the truth.

The true-crime miniseries "Unbelievable" explores the difficulties in conducting investigations into sexual assault. It weaves together two stories: the first is that of Marie, a young woman who reports being raped and eventually recants her story due to trauma and police pressure. In the meantime, two tenacious investigators, Karen Duvall and Grace Rasmussen, are investigating a string of uncannily similar sexual assaults in different states. As their investigation goes on, they identify a potential serial rapist and reveal the institutional flaws in the legal system that deter victims from coming forward. "Unbelievable" exposes the terrible effects of sexual assault, the value of taking victims seriously, and the tenacious pursuit of justice by those who are willing to persevere.—Malik Haider