City on a Hill — Season 1, Episode 8: High on the Looming Gallows Tree

Episode synopsis

Jackie celebrates a win in front of the cameras but, behind closed doors, he reaches a new low. A shining moment from Decourcy promises a potential future in politics, but any pride Siobhan feels for her husband is squandered by an unexpected betrayal. The Grand Jury reconvenes, and this time Sheik doesn't get off easily. Thanks to Signa's detective work, the Ryan family is now under the watchful eye of the Suffolk DA.

About City on a Hill

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.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1The Night Flynn Sent the Cops on the Ice
• E2What They Saw in Southie High
• E3If Only the Fool Would Persist in His Folly
• E4The Wickedness of the Wicked Shall Be Upon Himself
• E5From Injustice Came the Way to Describe Justice
• E6It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City
• E7There Are No F**king Sides
• E9The Deaf Sage of Pompeii
• E10Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah