City on a Hill - Season 1 - Eps 1: The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice

Name: Eps 1: The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice
Released: 2019-06-16
Rating: 3.7

2019-06-16 • 55 min • ⭐ 7.374/10

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.

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About City on a Hill

Title: City on a Hill

First Air Date: 2019-06-16

Last Air Date: 2022-09-25

Status: Canceled

Rating: 7.374/10 (from 159 votes)

Language: EN

Seasons: 3

Total Episodes: 27

Network: Showtime

Genres: Crime, Drama

Production Companies: Pearl Street Films, The Levinson/Fontana Company, Little Mountain Films

Synopsis

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.