7.045 minSeason 1 • Episode 10
LatestAllegra decides to line them all up and knock them down in a special way that only she knows how to do.
Dogged investigator Allegra Dill returns to her border-town Texas home after her sister is murdered. What begins as a search for a killer turns into an all-consuming fight to bring her corrupt hometown to its knees.
Acting
Rosario Dawson's simmering rage in hundred-degree heat
Writing
Snappy monologues that think they're Elmore Leonard (sometimes are)
Production
Briarpatch, TX: a character drowning in dust and neon
Creator
Andy Greenwald
Rosario Dawson
Allegra 'Pick' Dill
Edi Gathegi
A.D. Singe
Kim Dickens
Eve Raytek
Jay R. Ferguson
Jake Spivey
Brian Geraghty
Gene Colder
Allegra Edwards
Cindy McCabe
Christine Woods
Lucretia Colder
Susan Park
Daphne Owens
Alan Cumming
Clyde Brattle
John Aylward
Freddie Laffter
Timm Sharp
Harold Snow
Enrique Murciano
Senator Joseph Ramirez
Charles Parnell
Cyrus
Sarah Minnich
Ginger Galanti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Ross Thomas's 1984 novel, which was set in a corrupt Kansas town—Greenwald moved it to Texas for maximum sweat.
The 'hot weather noir' subgenre peaked here: think Blood Simple meets Jackie Brown in a border town that forgot which country it's in.
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