Episode
Burden of Truth: The Ties That Bind
Overview
A fish out of water in a town that's as foreign as it is familiar, Joanna battles with questions over her family's hasty departure when she was a teenager and attempts to convince the locals that she has in fact switched sides.
Details
- Series
- Burden of Truth
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2018-01-17
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Ties That Bind is Episode 2 in Season 1 of Burden of Truth. It aired on 2018-01-17. The runtime is 45 min.
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Episode 1: Pilot
Tired of being passed over for promotion at her law firm, Joanna Hanley returns to her hometown to defend a drug company.
Episode 3: Still Waters
Joanna uses her esteem as partner at CTS to convince a hydrologist to test Millwood's soil. With reluctant permission from the mayor, Joanna and Billy narrow their list of suspects to a handful of industrial sites in the community.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4: Family Ties
Joanna and Billy are convinced that the local steel mill and its owner Ben Matheson are responsible for the barrels. A shocking revelation in Joanna's personal life leads her to question everything her father had told her.
Episode 5: Witch Hunt
The sick girls and their families are faced with the mill employees who are worried about losing their jobs.
Episode 6: Devil in the Desert
As threats against her and Billy escalate, Joanna hopes that a neuropsychologist will prove that the girls were poisoned.
Episode 7: Ducks on the Pond
Stuck in Millwood without a case and no firm to return to, Joanna is at loose ends on what to do next until a whistleblower comes forward.
Episode 8: Hang Together
New leads bring Joanna and Billy to make the horrific discovery of a massive dumpsite on farmland near the school. Joanna’s father takes over as lead counsel and it becomes clear that they’re running out of time.
Episode 9: Home to Roost
Joanna faces the one person who can help her defeat her father.
Episode 10: Cause in Fact
After being reinstated, Joanna plays her trump card, but it's not enough to elicit a settlement.