Anger over the claim against the mill pits the sick girls and their families against employees of the mill who worry that their jobs are on the line. When the local Pastor's daughter becomes afflicted with the illness, he blames the girls themselves. Parents begin keeping their healthy kids home from school, so to quell the mounting hysteria, the High School Principal cracks down on the affected girls and prevents them from attending their prom. Joanna fires back at the school, but victory eludes her. When the kids decide to throw a prom of their own, Billy and Joanna are made honorary prom king and queen. However, the moment is over-shadowed by the mill's answer to her claim - they've hired her father's law firm to represent them and they plan to annihilate her.

Burden of Truth Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - The Ties That Bind
• s01e03 - Still Waters
• s01e04 - Family Ties
• s01e05 - Witch Hunt
• s01e06 - Devil in the Desert
• s01e07 - Ducks on the Pond
• s01e08 - Hang Together
• s01e09 - Home to Roost
• s01e10 - Cause in Fact

Burden of Truth Show Summary

A mysterious illness targets high school girls and brings lawyer Joanna Hanley back to her hometown. In a town that's as familiar as it is foreign, Joanna seeks to convince the locals that her family's hurried departure when she was a teenager wasn't her doing. She is drawn into the shadowy world of hackers, political movements, and activists. When Joanna becomes the target, someone from her past shows up to try and alter the course of the events. With unemployment rates rising, tensions in town are running high, leaving some to retreat further from town.