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Truth Be Told Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2019 - 2020
Episode 1
Monster
Fri, Dec 6, 201945 mins
Nearly 20 years after 16-year-old Warren Cave is sentenced to life in prison for murdering a Stanford professor in his Menlo Park home, journalist Poppy Parnell decides to revisit the case that made her career. Poppy visits Cave in San Quentin and discovers that Warren has become a neo-Nazi. But after speaking to his mother, who is dying of lung cancer, she decides to investigate the case for her podcast.
Episode 2
Black People in the Neighborhood
Fri, Dec 6, 201942 mins
Warren calls Melanie and berates her for not telling him about her diagnosis before beating up a inmate who insults his mother. Poppy is confronted by Owen Cave, the chief of police and Warren's father who says his son deserves prison. She calls her ex, Markus to seek out Josie, the identical twin sister of Lanie who never appeared at the trials or testified. Markus soon follows Lanie and her aunt Susan, in the car, Lanie tries asking Susan where Josie is and when the phone rings revealing Josie as the caller, Susan tries to stop her niece, causing the car to crash and Susan to die of her injuries. Poppy hears of the accident and Susan's death from Markus who gives her Susan's phone he found. Josie Burnham is revealed to have adopted a new persona and engaged but listens to Poppy's voicemail through Susan's phone about her help in the case while Lanie searches through her aunt's belongings for clues on her twin sister's whereabouts. Owen meets with Warren and tells him to stop seeing Poppy. In New York, Poppy successfully finds Josie and talks with her about Warren's innocence and asks for her help. Markus discovers Melanie Cave had an affair with Chuck Burnham, thus opening a motive for Owen. Josie calls Lanie who asks for her sister to come home but she refuses while a fight in prison turns out to be a diversion and Warren is stabbed.
Episode 3
Even Salt Looks Like Sugar
Fri, Dec 6, 201939 mins
Poppy hears of Warren's stabbing and is denied any access to see Warren anymore while Warren requests to be put back into the general population when he is released. Poppy asks her old biker friend, Jerbic, to send a message to Warren in prison. However, Wever receives a call from Warren who reveals that he knew about his mother's affair with Chuck and even told Owen months before the murder.
Episode 4
No Cross, No Crown
Fri, Dec 13, 201945 mins
Poppy and Markus trace their prime suspect's movements on the night of the murder.
Episode 5
Graveyard Love
Fri, Dec 20, 201943 mins
Poppy continues building her new case, while Warren faces repercussions for his actions.
Episode 6
Not Buried, Planted
Fri, Dec 27, 201950 mins
A devastated Poppy tries to walk away from the case, but it won't let her go.
Episode 7
Live Thru This
Fri, Jan 3, 202045 mins
Poppy zeroes in on her new suspect, and Warren makes a fateful decision.
Episode 8
All That Was Lost
Fri, Jan 10, 202042 mins
Poppy enlists an unlikely ally in her hunt. The events of Halloween 1999 are revealed.
