City on a Hill — Season 1, Episode 9: The Deaf Sage of Pompeii

Episode synopsis

When an unlikely source confides in Decourcy, the Massachusetts State Police hatch a plan that promises arrests without the help of the FBI. However, keeping out of the way is not exactly Jackie's strong suit. The Genesis Coalition pitches a new strategy to curb Boston's crime rate. Jenny opens up about her past to a sympathetic ear.

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
• E8High on the Looming Gallows Tree
• E10Mayor Curley and the Last Hurrah