WHAT IT'S ABOUT: Dr. Harrison Brennan (Corey Reynolds) is a doctor at a major Chicago hospital. One night at the end of his shift, his husband, Daniel Calder (Noah Wyle) calls to ask if he would get some milk on the way home. At the convenience store, a robbery takes place, and when Brennan comes to the aid of the clerk, Patrolman Paul Evans (Noel Fisher) charges through the door and shoots him in the back, mistaking him for the robber.
Six months later, Daniel and his adopted daughter, 17-year-old Jira (Aliyah Royale), are waiting to learn whether federal charges will be filed against Evans. Still deep in mourning, Jira also wants to find her birth mother who lives on the other side of Chicago and has reason not to want to meet Jira. Tia Young (Emayatzy Corinealdi) is in a hard-fought race for alderman in Chicago's Sixth Ward, against a ruthless incumbent, Nathan Gordon (Glynn Turman). She had Jira when she was 15, and Gordon could use that against her.
This eight-parter _ created by Caitlin Parrish and produced by Ava DuVernay and Greg Berlanti _ will run in two-hour blocks on consecutive Sundays.
