John Grisham’s Hit 10-Part Thriller Returns As A Streaming Hit At The Perfect Time

Oct 12, 2026 - 22:05

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John Grisham’s Hit 10-Part Thriller Returns As A Streaming Hit At The Perfect Time

Published Oct 12, 2026, 2:11 PM EDT

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John Grisham is the author of several bestselling legal thrillers from the 1990s, which were adapted into major motion pictures by some of Hollywood's biggest directors and stars, such as Sydney Pollack's The Firm, starring Tom Cruise, and The Pelican Brief (both 1993), starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Joel Schumacher directed two adaptations: The Client (1994), starring Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones, and A Time to Kill (1996), starring Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, and Matthew McConaughey.

Now, USA Network's The Rainmaker, based on John Grisham's 1995 novel, which was previously adapted into Francis Ford Coppola's 1997 film starring Matt Damon, has returned as a streaming hit at the perfect time. Premiered in October 2025, the series follows a talented young attorney who is fired from a prestigious law firm and, joining forces with a small-time ambulance chaser, soon finds himself going up against his former firm in court.

Grisham's The Rainmaker Is Taking Over Prime Video

USA's The Rainmaker is No. 7 on Prime Video's Top 10 TV shows in the United States for today, October 12. It ranks below Carrie, Neagley, Reacher, Sterling Point, Off Campus, Blue Ridge, and above Extinct, When Calls the Heart, and On Call.

The Rainmaker season 1 is also streaming on Peacock.

The Rainmaker is also No. 4 on Vudu's Top 10 TV shows, ranking below Southern Fried Lies, The Greatest Year In Pop Culture, The Pike County Murders: A Family Massacre, and above Keeping Up with the Kardashians, The Big Bang Theory, and The Walking Dead.

The Show's Streaming Resurgence Comes At The Perfect Time

P.J. Byrne as Deck Sifflet and Milo Callaghan as Rudy Baylor in The Rainmaker

The Rainmaker's streaming resurgence comes at the perfect time, with season 2's release right around the corner, slated to premiere in just a few days on October 16. The second season is set to air new episodes every Friday at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on the USA Network, leading up to its finale on December 25.

The Rainmaker season 1 ends with Rudy Baylor (Milo Callaghan) winning his $82 million lawsuit against the hospital giant Great Benefit after serial killer nurse Melvin Pritcher (Dan Folger) confesses on the stand to murdering Dot Black's (Karen Bryson) son and 14 other patients.

Season 2 will see Rudy and company taking on a new case, representing an abandoned 12-year-old boy (Victor Suffredes), which could have implications for the lives of hundreds of children. With The Rainmaker climbing the streaming charts just days before its return, now is the perfect time to catch up on Rudy Baylor's legal battles before season 2 brings a whole new case to the courtroom.