In 56 Days, Souza plays Lee Reardon, a determined Boston homicide detective investigating a gruesome murder case with a complicated chemical twist. As the investigation unfolds, her character dives deeper into a dark and tangled mystery, juggling the demands of the job with a risky subplot involving bribery and corruption.
As the eight-episode story continued, I kept wondering why Souza looked so familiar. Then it finally clicked: she previously starred in ABC’s hit legal drama thriller How to Get Away with Murder.
The series was hugely popular during its run and was part of ABC’s iconic Thursday night lineup under Shonda Rhimes, airing alongside Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal. The show starred Viola Davis as Annalise Keating, a brilliant defense attorney and law professor at a prestigious Philadelphia university who, along with five of her students, becomes entangled in a complex murder plot. The series ran for six seasons from 2014 to 2020.