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Burden of Truth Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
10 Episodes 2018 - 2018
Episode 1
Wake Up Call
Wed, Jul 25, 201844 mins
A mysterious illness affecting high school girls in her home town brings lawyer Joanna Hanley back to the place she left 17 years ago.
Episode 2
The Ties That Bind
Wed, Aug 1, 201844 mins
A fish out of water in a town that's as foreign as it is familiar, Joanna battles with questions over her family's hasty departure when she was a teenager and attempts to convince the locals that she has in fact switched sides.
Episode 3
Still Waters
Wed, Aug 8, 201844 mins
Relying on her esteemed reputation as a partner at CTS, Joanna convinces a hydrologist to come to Millwood to test the soil. With reluctant permission from the local Mayor, Joanna and Billy narrow down their list of suspects to a handful of industrial sites in the community. After testing the soil and groundwater around town, they make the startling discovery that the field is the source of the toxin when they uncover barrels of sludge buried there. But someone would rather they stop digging and the pair get run off the road.
Episode 4
Family Ties
Wed, Aug 15, 201844 mins
Joanna makes a decision that Billy is disappointed about. The girls who are ill are not getting better. Joanna's father makes a visit to Milltown and tries to persuade Joanna to return to the city. Then Joanna has a huge surprise that impacts the family's dynamics..
Episode 5
Witch Hunt
Wed, Aug 22, 201844 mins
Anger over the claim against the mill pits the sick girls and their families against employees of the mill who worry that their jobs are on the line. When the local pastor's daughter becomes afflicted with the illness, he blames the girls themselves. Parents begin keeping their healthy kids home from school, so to quell the mounting hysteria, the high school principal cracks down on the affected girls and prevents them from attending their prom. Joanna fires back at the school, but victory eludes her. When the kids decide to throw a prom of their own, Billy and Joanna are made honorary prom king and queen. However, the moment is over-shadowed by the mill's answer to her claim--they have hired her father's law firm to represent them and they plan to annihilate her.
Episode 6
Devil in the Desert
Wed, Sep 5, 201844 mins
As threats against Joanna and Billy escalate, Joanna digs her heels in on the case. Relying on the expert testimony of a respected neuropsychologist, Joanna expects he'll prove once and for all that the girls have been poisoned.
Episode 7
Ducks on the Pond
Wed, Sep 12, 201844 mins
Stuck in Millwood without a case and no firm to return to, Joanna is at loose ends on what to do next until a whistleblower comes forward.
Episode 8
Hang Together
Wed, Sep 19, 201844 mins
Billy and Joanna make the horrific discovery of a huge dump site on a school field and nearby farmland. They finally have enough evidence to certify as a class but this fight won't be easy.
Episode 9
Home to Roost
Wed, Sep 26, 201844 mins
With Joanna disqualified and the clock running out on Billy who'll have to face Joanna's father alone, Joanna must think outside the box if they want to win this. She must face the one person who may be able to help her defeat her father, her mom. Not only does she learn the truth about her father, she gains the critical piece of evidence that ties the mill and their parent company to the dumping. Regrettably, Joanna returns too late and finds the case in shambles, her named plaintiff removed and the class de-certified.
Episode 10
Cause in Fact
Wed, Oct 3, 201844 mins
Joanna Hanley and her colleague get some help from a surprising source.