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Sentenced to die. Condemned to live.
After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?
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After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?
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Episode 1
Daniel is navigating the complicated dynamics of group living at The New Canaan Project and learning to cope with his new normal.
Directed by Patrick CadyWritten by Ray McKinnonGuest stars Caitlin FitzGerald, Rebecca Tilney, Scott Lawrence, John Marshall Jones, Charles Halford, Markice Moore, Marcus Hester, Joshua Mikel
Episode 2
Back in Paulie, the Holden/Talbot family adjusts to daily life without Daniel's influence and Janet frets over Daniel's life away from home.
Directed by Kate WoodsWritten by Ray McKinnonGuest stars Kimberley Drummond, Lauren Emily Townsend, Blake Hughes, Robin Mullins, Sean Bridgers, Linds Edwards, Nathan Darrow, Dennis Boutsikaris
Episode 3
Daniel continues to adjust to group living which is further complicated by his new roommate. Meanwhile, Amantha continues to reexamine her past by reconnecting with a former high school classmate.
Directed by Keith BoakWritten by Ray McKinnonGuest stars Lauren Emily Townsend, Blake Hughes, Caitlin FitzGerald, Rebecca Tilney, John Boyd West, Melinda Page Hamilton, Scott Lawrence, John Marshall Jones
Episode 4
Daniel gets temporary respite from the grind of the halfway house when he and Chloe set out on an adventure. Meanwhile, Amantha is intrigued by an invitation from Billy while Tawney invests a little too personally in one of her patients.
Directed by Stephen GyllenhaalWritten by Ray McKinnonGuest stars Caitlin FitzGerald, Sean Bridgers, Nathan Darrow, Buck Taylor, Ricky Wayne, Stephen Louis Grush, Steve Coulter, R. Keith Harris
Episode 5
Daniel has a confrontation in group therapy that makes him question the possibility of adjusting to normal life.
Directed by Scott TeemsWritten by Coleman Herbert, Scott TeemsGuest stars Caitlin FitzGerald, Linds Edwards, Scott Lawrence, John Marshall Jones, Charles Halford, Markice Moore, Buck Taylor, Ricky Wayne
Episode 6
Ted Sr. seeks his own bliss. Janet and Daniel attempt to be honest with one another about what's between them.
Directed by Stephen GyllenhaalWritten by Coleman Herbert, Scott TeemsGuest stars Caitlin FitzGerald, Linds Edwards, Sharon Conley, Buck Taylor, Joie Lee, Josh Waters, Matthew Cornwell, Ricky Muse
Episode 7
Daniel worries that his life has gotten a little too real. Janet is loosening her grip on the past while Teddy opens up to Ted, Sr. about his future.
Directed by Billy GierhartWritten by Ray McKinnon, Kate PowersGuest stars Lauren Emily Townsend, Caitlin FitzGerald, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Linds Edwards, Sharon Conley, Tim Ware, John Marshall Jones, David Dean Bottrell
Episode 8
Daniel begins to appreciate his progress as he realizes what his new life may look like, while the old life is quickly disappearing for Teddy. Jon debriefs Janet and Amantha on what he has learned about Daniel's case.
Directed by Ray McKinnonWritten by Ray McKinnonGuest stars Richard Jackson, Caitlin FitzGerald, Johnny Ray Gill, Robin Mullins, Michael O'Neill, Sean Bridgers, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Kim Wall
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