This piece has just the right flair of Law and Order heightened drama to keep you interested, and hits you with a great twist at the end to tug at your heart strings. A piece like this can make us question our assumptions about certain kinds of persons and will remind us that there is usually a lot lurking under the surface.

Mansfield is establishing a reputation by flipping the script on contemporary tales of crimes, often literally ripping them from the headlines to create gritty and affecting scenes of hardship and redemption, and "The Confession" is one of those. A brief and surprising episode, pitting two adversaries against each other in an apparent no-win scenario, until the near-last moment. Great work, great craftsmanship.