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Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 10/10Slow burnDeliberate pacing where the payoffs are earned over long stretches.This show: 9/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 8/10NaturalisticUnderstated, lifelike performances and look.This show: 8/10Small townA tight community where everyone knows everyone.This show: 8/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Aden YoungAbigail SpencerJ. Smith-CameronAdelaide ClemensClayne CrawfordLuke Kirby
Written by
Ray McKinnon
Starring
Aden YoungAbigail SpencerJ. Smith-CameronAdelaide ClemensClayne CrawfordLuke Kirby
Written by
Ray McKinnon
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| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.7 | |||||
| S2 | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.2 | |
| S3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.1 | |||||
| S4 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.4 |
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About
"A quiet, devastating study of a broken man healing"
Daniel Holden spent nearly two decades on death row before DNA evidence frees him, and he returns to his small Georgia hometown a changed, fractured man. The show follows his halting, uncertain reentry into a family and community that never stopped grieving or suspecting him. It's slow, hushed, and deeply interior, more concerned with silences and glances than plot twists. Patience is rewarded with some of the most emotionally precise acting and writing on television, though nothing here is flashy or fast.
Watch it for
the extraordinary lead performance and unhurried, deeply humane writing about trauma and forgiveness.
Maybe skip if
you need plot momentum or clear answers rather than slow emotional excavation.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
All Seasons
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Season 12013
8.25K64h 33m
Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.
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Season 22014
8.56K107h 39m
Season 2 finds Daniel Holden committed to living in the present. Unfortunately, there are many places and faces in his hometown of Paulie, Georgia that remind Daniel of the past – his incarceration, Hanna, and his role in Hanna’s murder.
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Season 32015
8.63K64h 39m
Despite an odd, sometimes contradictory account of his role in Hanna’s death, the plea deal has gone through, making Daniel Holden, once again, a convicted murderer. As Daniel copes with probation, Janet prepares for his looming banishment and Amantha tries to build a life around something other than her brother’s innocence. Even DA Sondra Person harbors lingering doubts about Daniel’s guilt — until a shocking discovery raises new and troubling questions about the night Hanna died.
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Season 42016
8.84K86h 26m
Daniel has begun his new life at a halfway house in Nashville. Separated from his family, he struggles to manage life after prison. The family that he left behind is fractured, but not completely broken. Can they find ways to move forward?
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Aden Young Daniel Holden
Abigail Spencer Amantha Holden
J. Smith-Cameron Janet Talbot
Adelaide Clemens Tawney Talbot
Clayne Crawford Ted Talbot Jr.
Luke Kirby Jon Stern
Jake Austin Walker Jared Talbot
Bruce McKinnon Ted Talbot Sr.
JD Evermore Sheriff Carl Daggett
Sean Bridgers Trey Willis
Crew
Ray McKinnon
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