Episode 1
The Escape
Faye ushers April and her daughter Mandy into her underground operation to escape, but her work lands her in the crosshairs of law enforcement.
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TV series
Children of the Underground
2022TV-MA1 season7.0 / 10
She was a guardian of children and one of America's most wanted.
The pulse-pounding true story of charismatic vigilante Faye Yager, who built a vast underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children, saving them from the alleged abuse of husbands and fathers when a broken court system would not.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Children of the Underground premiered August 12, 2022. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
The pulse-pounding true story of charismatic vigilante Faye Yager, who built a vast underground network that hid hundreds of mothers and children, saving them from the alleged abuse of husbands and fathers when a broken court system would not.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
The Underground
As Faye’s criminal trial begins, the origin story of the Underground is told and Faye’s complexities are revealed.
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Episode 3
Satanic Panic
As Faye’s trial continues, we look back on the “Satanic Panic” craze that swept America and the effects throughout Faye’s Underground.
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Episode 4
The Reckoning
In the aftermath of the trial, Faye finds herself and her network with enemies and critics and a newspaper article about the Underground leads to be Faye’s biggest conflict yet.
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Episode 5
The Bounty
Faye reckons with a lawsuit filed by a multi-millionaire father, and the future of the Underground hangs in the balance.
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Production details
- Status
- Ended
- Series type
- Miniseries
- Episodes
- 5
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
FXUnited States
Story SyndicateUnited States
Themes
based on true storychild abusedomestic abusedomestic violenceminiseries