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1 :01x01 - Pilot
Writer: Joshua Brand, John Falsey
Director: Joshua Brand
Guest star: Deborah Hedwall (Gwen Bedford), Jason B. Horgan (York Lossen), L. Sidney (Juke Joint Owner), Frederick Weller (Jimmy Yates), Rae'Ven Larrymore-Kelly (Adlaine Harper), Stephen Rollins (Man in the Courtroom)
In the 1958 South, Forrest Bedford is struggling to raise his 3 children, Nathan, Francie, and John Morgan after their mother is hospitalized in a sanitorium so he hires Lily, a black housekeeper.
2 :01x02 - The Hat
Writer: David Chase
Director: John David Coles
Guest star: Ronald McCall (Prentiss Carver Jr.), Randy Randolph (Booking Officer), Rebecca Wackler (Laurie), Sharlene Ross (Annie Sumpkins), Ginnie Randall (Mrs. Carver), Ray McKinnon (Donny Hubbard), Al Hamacher (Theron Rust), Kathryn Firago (Nurse), Zelda Harris (Adlaine), Deborah Hedwall (Gwen Bedford), Bob Banks (Joseph Kendricks), Gerald Brown (Higgs), David Dwyer (J.T. Johnsonius)
Lily's daughter finds John Morgan's lost hat and doesn't want to give it back; Forrest faces a tough case in which a beating took place at a demonstration.
3 :01x03 - Rules Of The Game
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: Jack Bender
Guest star: Scott Oliver (Unknown), Trey Yearwood (Stanley), Jane Smithwick (Lucy), Mary Nell Santacroce (Mrs. Throckmorton), Ronn Leggett (Calvin), Martha Knighton (Mrs. Dawson), Tom Even (Victor), Terry Loughlin (Dirk Powell), Jordan Charney (Unknown), Chris Blackwelder (Rodney), Georgia Allen (Urma)
Forrest goes away for the weekend with Nathan as Francie realizes she has no one to turn to when something important happens and John Morgan is worried about a stray dog.
4 :01x04 - Amazing Grace
Forrest begins his run for Attorney General and Lilly begins thinking about attending some local civil rights meetings.
5 :01x05 - All God's Children
6 :01x06 - Beyond Here Dar Be Dragons
7 :01x07 - Parallel Lives
Forrest mulls over the political consequences of a case; Lilly beseeches Foster to help her locate her missing father.
8 :01x08 - Coming Home
9 :01x09 - Some Desperate Glory
10 :01x10 - Desire
11 :01x11 - Alice Oakley Doesn't Live Here Anymore
12 :01x12 - On The Road
13 :01x13 - Master Magician
15 :01x15 - Cool Winter Blues
17 :01x17 - Slow Dark Coming
18 :01x18 - Toy Soldiers
20 :01x20 - Not Buried
21 :01x21 - A Dangerous Comfort
22 :01x22 - The Slightest Distance
I'll Fly Away: Then And Now
23 :02x01 - Hello And Goodbye
24 :02x02 - Ruler Of My Heart
25 :02x03 - All In The Life
26 :02x04 - Until Tomorrow
28 :02x06 - Freedom Bus
A group of Freedom Riders rolls into town, one of whom ends up staying with Lilly; Nathan takes his driver's license exam.
29 :02x07 - Eighteen
Slocum decides that he will marry Parkie, but not before he and Nathan make a trip to a brothel. Meanwhile, Lily decides that it's time to ask Forrest for a raise.
30 :02x08 - Fragile Truths
Slocum is interiewed by the police and soon turns to Forrest for legal advice. Lily ends up clashing with her older cousin.
31 :02x09 - Since Walter
Frankie finds out there was a third man involved in Col. Landers' murder. Meanwhile, Slocum's trial begins and Lilly gets an unexpected visit from her ex-husband.
32 :02x10 - The Third Man
Slocum's trial finally ends; Lilly ends up becoming attracted to porter; Forrest decides to confront the third man involved in the murder of Landers.
33 :02x11 - Comfort And Joy
Lilly has trouble dealing with the holidays after she is savagely beaten by someone who was against the Freedom Riders. The Bedfords attend a Christmas party at Christina's. Slocum ends up finding some holiday cheer in a very unlikely place.