Season 1 Episode Synopses

Episode 101: "Pilot" – Monday, January 28, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Fauna Hodel (India Eisley), a naïve young girl growing up outside of Reno, Nevada, embarks on a desperate quest to discover who she is. In Los Angeles, Jay Singletary (Chris Pine), a former Marine turned hack reporter covers a gruesome murder.

Directed by Patty Jenkins
Written by Sam Sheridan
Created by Sam Sheridan

Episode 102: "Phenomenon of Interference" – Monday, February 4, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Newly arrived in Los Angeles, Fauna attempts to track down her family, including her mysterious grandfather, George Hodel (Jefferson Mays). Jay continues his pursuit of the Bloody Romeo, but he can’t let go of the story that ruined his career years ago—a story that involved George Hodel.

Directed by Patty Jenkins
Written by Sam Sheridan
Created by Sam Sheridan

Episode 103: "Dark Flower" – Monday, February 11, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
A visit from Billis (Yul Vazquez) and the LAPD leaves Jay (Chris Pine) wondering how close he's getting to the truth. Fauna (India Eisley) must reconcile Corinna's (Connie Nielsen) revelations with the suspicion that Corinna is hiding Fauna’s mother, Tamar.

Directed by Victoria Mahoney
Written by Sam Sheridan
Created by Sam Sheridan

Episode 104: "Matador" – Monday, February 18, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
A phone call in the middle of the night from Corinna (Connie Nielsen) has Jay (Chris Pine) believing that there are cracks appearing in the Hodel case. And he's getting an itch that the Bloody Romeo case may have something to do with the famed Black Dahlia murders. Fauna (India Eisley) feels closer than ever to finding her mother Tamar, and wonders if an invitation to a “Happening” might be an opportunity for more information. 

Directed by Victoria Mahoney
Written by Sam Sheridan
Created by Sam Sheridan

Episode 105: "Aloha" – Monday,  February 25, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
Jay (Chris Pine) and Fauna (India Eisley) search for a way to make it to Hawaii: Fauna to find her mother, Tamar Hodel (Jamie Anne Allman), and the truth about why she was put up for adoption, and Jay to see if Tamar holds the answers to the Hodel case that destroyed his career. 

Directed by Carl Franklin
Written by Sam Sheridan
Created by Sam Sheridan

Episode 106: "Queen’s Gambit, Accepted" – Monday,  March 4, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
When Fauna (India Eisley) hears what happened to Jimmy Lee (Golden Brooks), she frantically searches for a way home. As Watts explodes around her into chaotic riots, Fauna’s way out harbors a nightmarish trap. Jay (Chris Pine) stews in a cell that overflows with rioters, his options diminishing as the hours pass, until he hatches a desperate plan.

Directed by Carl Franklin
Written by Sam Sheridan
Created by Sam Sheridan