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.
Om tv-serienI hjärtat av 1990-talets Boston utspelar sig den gripande kriminaldramaserien 'City on a Hill', där korruption och rasism är lika utbredda som brottsligheten de bekämpar. Serien, som hade premiär 2019, har snabbt blivit en favorit tack vare dess djupgående karaktärer och komplexa berättelser. Kevin Bacon glänser i rollen som den korrupte, men karismatiske FBI-agenten Jackie Rohr, medan Aldis Hodge står för rättvisa som den principfasta åklagaren Decourcy Ward. Tillsammans bildar de ett osannolikt team i kampen mot brott, där deras moral och värderingar ständigt sätts på prov. Jill Hennessy kompletterar ensemblen som Jenny Rohr, Jackies lidande fru, vilket lägger ytterligare lager till seriens redan komplexa dynamik. Skapad av Chuck MacLean, har 'City on a Hill' levererat 26 fängslande avsnitt över tre säsonger, varje avsnitt med en speltid på ungefär 55 minuter. Trots dess starka berättelse och engagerande skådespelarinsatser, har serien tyvärr lagts ner, vilket lämnar fansen att längta efter vad som kunde ha varit i Bostons mörka och brottsfyllda värld.
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Prenumeration
As Decourcy prepares to take Sinclair Dryden to trial, despite pushback from the Suffolk County DA, Jackie tracks down a key witness. Siobhan reaches a settlement on behalf of the Mendoza family, but her moment in the spotlight is cut short. Caysen is offered a second chance by a loved one. Reckoning with the rifts in her own family, Jenny meets her long-lost half-brother. Season finale.
Season three brings us to Boston's high society Beacon Hill. Having left the FBI and thrown his badge into Boston Harbor, Jackie Rohr lands a lavish new gig running security for a wealthy family. Life is good until secrets begin to unravel. When an investigation opens, ADA Decourcy Ward sees an opportunity to finally rip out the machinery perpetuating a broken criminal justice system. Siobhan Quays, representing a construction worker who was severely injured on the Big Dig, encounters the city's corruption firsthand, all while coping with the traumatic events of her past year. As Jenny Rohr can attest, given her history with her father, some experiences will haunt you beyond your breaking point.
Season two centers on a federal housing project in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston that is plagued with drug violence and a rightful distrust in local law enforcement. As coalition leader Grace Campbell works tirelessly on behalf of the community, her efforts are undermined by gang activity happening right under her nose. Enter irreverent FBI agent Jackie Rohr, who is here to exploit Boston's defective criminal justice system in a desperate attempt to salvage his own career.
Idealistic Assistant DA Decourcy Ward and corrupt-yet-venerated FBI veteran Jackie Rohr come together in the early 1990s to take on a family of armored car robbers in a case that grows to subvert the entire criminal justice system of Boston.
Chuck MacLean
