Rooms of Experience - Act 1

From Table Read by Manifest Media / TABLE READ

July 14, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

Act 1 of 'Rooms of Experience' explores a complex murder investigation involving family and legal challenges.

Rooms of Experience, Act 1 By Steffany Sommers Starring Patty McCormack as Ada Wells and Dan Lauria as DA Harvey Davis The call comes in at night. An elderly woman. A dead son. A tank of helium left in plain sight. Ada Wells doesn’t deny it. She wanted his last day to be peaceful. Enter Dana Jeffries, razor-sharp, undefeated, and hungry to prove herself. Her boss, Harvey Davis, assigns the case for one reason: optics. Defense attorney Alexis Martinez pushes back hard. Detective Curtis starts questioning his own conclusions. Gina Gordon protects Ada like family. Carter becomes another pressure point inside the machine. Rebecca is caught in the ripple effect. Then Alexis shows Dana the home movies. The real story. The years no one saw. The cost no one counted. By the end of Act One, Dana walks out of Ada’s house shaken. No longer sure the law and justice are the same thing. Starring Academy Award nominee Patty McCormack ( The Bad Seed ) as Ada Wells with Dan Lauria ( The Wonder Years ) as DA Harvey Davis Craig Parker ( The Lord of the Rings ) as Detective Curtis Nicholas Gonzalez ( The…

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Host: TABLE READ

Guests: Patty McCormack, Dan Lauria, Craig Parker, Nicholas Gonzalez, Nora Zehetner, Alyshia Ochse, Candice Coke, Eileen Grubba, Alain Uy

Topics covered

murder investigation
legal drama
family dynamics
justice vs law
character development

Keywords

murder
investigation
law
justice
family
drama
characters

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