City on a Hill
City on a Hill

City on a Hill

98% Match2019TV-143 SeasonsCrimeDrama

In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

"Boston, 1993. No one gets away clean."

Overview

In early 90s Boston, an African-American District Attorney comes in from Brooklyn advocating change and forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran invested in maintaining the status quo. Together they take on a family of armored car robbers from Charlestown in a case that grows to encompass and eventually upend Boston’s city-wide criminal justice system.

Tom Fontana

Creator / EP

Episodes

Season 1 of City on a Hill
The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice

1. The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice

In early ‘90s Boston, racism is endemic and crime is widespread. Jackie Rohr, a renowned FBI agent whose methods are not exactly by the book, does not mind the status quo. But Decourcy Ward, the new Assistant District Attorney in town, wants to uproot the corrupt system. The two form an unlikely, and obligatory, alliance to take down a gang of armored truck robbers from Charlestown.

55m
What They Saw in Southie High

2. What They Saw in Southie High

After an eventful Sunday at church, Decourcy finds out he has a new powerful enemy in town — one that puts his wife Siobhan in an awkward position. Jackie is stirring up trouble in his own home, and his distrustful mother-in-law Rosa is onto him. Investigators Hank Signa and Rachel Behnam look into an unsolved missing persons case connected to the robbery in Revere. That could mean trouble for Frankie Ryan, who’s busy laundering his most recent loot and, with the help of his brother Jimmy, getting carried away in the process.

55m
If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly

3. If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly

Jackie searches for his absent informant as Jenny searches for purpose, revisiting her passion to become a teacher. Decourcy works up a plan to overcome the town’s infamous “Code of Silence” and get a few suspects to talk. Minogue is assigned a big case, but not the one he actually cares about. Jimmy skips town to visit his kids and finds that, even a thousand miles away, he’s not safe from his problems back home.

55m

Cast & Crew

Kevin Bacon

Kevin Bacon

Jackie Rohr

Aldis Hodge

Aldis Hodge

Decourcy Ward

Jill Hennessy

Jill Hennessy

Jenny Rohr

Lauren E. Banks

Lauren E. Banks

Siobhan Quays

Matthew Del Negro

Matthew Del Negro

Chris Caysen

Catherine Ashmore Bradley

Catherine Ashmore Bradley

Julietta Caysen

StatusCanceled
Network
Netflix
Original Languageen
TypeScripted

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