8.044 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestThe lives of the refugees hang in the balance as Jude and Nestor team up with an unlikely ally. Meanwhile, Eve and Lindauer move forward with their ruthless effort to tie up loose ends.
Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek asylum in an American town. Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future. The local sheriff with a past, a federal agent and a mother in search of her missing refugee daughter drive this allegory with a surprising conspiracy at the center.
Acting
Steve Zahn's weathered sheriff carries impossible moral weight
Production
The refugee camp visuals hit uncomfortably close to home
Writing
Premise so good ABC immediately forgot it existed
Creators
Jay Beattie, Dan Dworkin
Steve Zahn
Jude Ellis
Natalie Martinez
Reece
Sandrine Holt
Emma Ren
Georgina Haig
Dr. Sophie Forbin
Tommy Bastow
Marshall
Rob Campbell
Paul
Rick Gomez
Nestor Rosario
Marcuis Harris
Caleb
Grant Harvey
Roy Aronson
Jay Karnes
Craig Lindauer
Simone Kessell
Rebecca
Kelley Missal
Hannah
Luc Roderique
Bryce Foster
Bailey Skodje
Leah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Premiered in 2018 during peak family separation policy coverage, making its 'Americans as refugees' premise accidentally topical and deeply uncomfortable.
ABC canceled it after 6 episodes aired, burned off the remaining 5 in summer with zero promotion—fans only learned the finale's cliffhanger resolution from leaked writers' room notes.
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