Accused

A married couple discover that their newborn is deaf and decide to pursue a surgical procedure to restore hearing for their child. When their surrogate, who is also deaf, learns of the situation, she chooses to step in and intervene.

Ava's Story is a self‑contained programme presented as a single episode. Classified within the drama genre, the show delivers a concise narrative that follows a specific family situation from start to finish. It's structure allows the audience to engage with the characters and their choices over the course of the episode. The plot opens with a married couple who are overjoyed at the arrival of their newborn child. Their happiness is quickly tempered when they learn that the baby is deaf. Confronted with this reality, the parents decide they've got to pursue a surgical procedure that they hope might restore the child's hearing, signalling their willingness to explore medical options as a possible solution. Adding complexity to the situation is the couple’s surrogate, who herself is deaf. Upon discovering the baby’s condition and the parents’ intention to undergo surgery, she's decided to step in. Her intervention stems from her own lived experience of deafness, prompting her to offer an alternative viewpoint and to become actively involved in the unfolding decisions for the child’s future. It's therefore centred on the tension between the parents’ hope for a medical remedy and the surrogate’s desire to protect the child in line with her own experience. Their differing approaches generate a dilemma that drives the narrative, highlighting the clash of perspectives within a family setting and underscoring the emotional stakes involved in deciding the baby’s path forward.