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City on a Hill

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

Release

16 Jun 2019

Country

United States

Language

English

Production

Showtime

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.

Season 1

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.

Air Date:17 Jun 2019
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Seasons

3 Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Season 3

Season 3

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.

Runtime:55m
Air Date:17 Jun 2019Available

Episodes of Season 1

10 episodes

EP 1
EP 2
EP 3
EP 4
EP 5
EP 6
EP 7
EP 8
EP 9
EP 10
S1 E1