Plot Summary
In Los Angeles during the late 1960s, law enforcement teams respond to a wide range of emerging social tensions, cultural change, and criminal activity. Detectives in the Homicide Division work with other units to investigate cases that include violent offenses, missing persons, cult activity, and incidents with broader implications for public safety. Investigators rely on interviews, forensic evidence, surveillance, and community contacts to piece together information that may explain suspicious behavior or unresolved events. These inquiries demand careful assessment of motives, patterns, and contextual factors that influence how situations unfold. Interactions between investigators and various community members reflect the complexities of a city undergoing rapid change.
Neighborhoods affected by music, activism, generational conflict, and social movements offer both cooperation and resistance to official inquiries. Discussions with residents, business owners, and civic leaders provide insight into local dynamics, inform investigative strategy, and shape how law enforcement officers manage outreach while gathering factual information. These exchanges highlight differences in perspective between authorities and civilians shaped by historical context, cultural expression, and divergent priorities. Alongside everyday crime investigations, attention is drawn to individuals whose actions draw heightened scrutiny due to influence, organization, or the gathering of followers. Associates of such figures encounter police as outside observers, analysts of behavior, or participants in broader movements that attract public interest.
Dialogue with these individuals, examination of known affiliations, and review of any documented actions or statements contribute to clarifying their role in patterns of disturbance or concern. Investigators evaluate evidence with an emphasis on consistency, reliability, and relevance to public safety outcomes. Public interest in certain personalities increases as media coverage, local conversations, and eyewitness accounts spread awareness of unusual occurrences. Journalists, commentators, and members of the public discuss events that intersect with law enforcement inquiries, adding complexity to how information is understood and communicated.
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Info & Stats
Creator: John McNamara
Category: Drama, CRime
Stars:
David Duchovny, Grey Damon, Gethin Anthony
Age: PG14
Episode Duration: 43min
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Season 1
Episode List
LAPD Detective Sam Hodiak and undercover officer Brian Shafe begin the search for a missing teenage girl, Emma Karn, who has fallen under the spell of infamous cult leader Charles Manson.
Hodiak and Shafe investigate a complicated murder case amidst rising racial tensions. Meanwhile, Manson forces Emma’s father, Ken Karn, to introduce him to an executive in the music business.
A drug dealer is murdered, and the prime suspect is Shafe’s snitch. Meanwhile, Shafe and rookie Charmain Tully go undercover into the Manson family in a mission that comes with serious consequences.
Hodiak investigates Art Gladner’s murder through his late wife Lucille, who runs a burlesque club. Manson hides Emma but Hodiak, under pressure from Grace, ultimately finds her and brings her home.
A South Central murder investigation ratchets up tension with the Black Panthers. Emma runs away from home in the midst of the chaos and Hodiak pays Manson a visit and gives him a near-fatal beating.
Charlie recovers. Charmain finds a case. Hodiak seeks the man who’s been harassing Shafe’s family. Shafe helps Hodiak get a message to his son.
Cutler gets a surprise visitor. Hodiak and Shafe work the murder of a Hollywood star. Charlie goes gun shopping.
Karn buries secrets. Failing to impress a record producer, Manson takes his disappointment out on his family. Shafe catches a tough break. Hodiak loses an old friend.
Charmain’s first ride-along ends when her fellow officers are gunned down, the first in a series of cop killings.
Charlie tests Emma’s loyalty. Shafe passes Guapo’s test. After his first acid trip, courtesy of Manson, Hodiak helps a fellow detective with a secret.
Trust is an issue when Bunchy asks Hodiak to find his brother’s killer; the Hodiak family comes together to help Walt; Charlie’s mom visits.
Emma’s absence is felt when the Manson family makes a documentary; Hodiak makes a deal with Ken Karn to save his son.
Emma returns just as Mary goes into labor; Hodiak’s deal for Walt goes south; a murder investigation has unforeseen consequences.
Season 2
Episode List
Hodiak receives some disturbing fan mail as Charmain takes a dangerous plunge undercover and Brian discovers Roy’s true intentions. Ken takes aim at Hal as Charlie fears an old prison mate is back to collect a debt.
Charlie cooks up a plan for Ralph and his crew; Hal wakes to a nightmare; and Hodiak gets leverage for his son.
Charlie bonds with a Beach Boy, while “Tex” joins the Manson Family. Hodiak and Grace tread familiar territory as Brian takes a stab at a killer and gets rewarded for his sharp work.
On the day of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination, Hodiak must investigate a murder in a black neighborhood while trying to prevent an imminent riot.Â
Internal affairs turns up the heat on Hodiak, but a tragedy interrupts the investigation. Meanwhile, Dennis Wilson’s courtship with Emma ignites jealousy in Manson.Â
While Shafe’s addiction problems mount, Hodiak helps an old war buddy find his blackmailer. Meanwhile, Karn gathers information to use against Bobby Kennedy and Grace finds a new love for politics.
Manson and the Family receive two surprises: one a blessing, one a threat. As Hodiak tries to investigate a new clue in the case of the photographer killer, a series of roadblocks forces him to take a proactive measure.Â
Shafe, alone at the bloody Tate crime scene, is confronted by his own demons. As Manson searches for a missing Emma, he ends up on Hodiak’s doorstep. Meanwhile, Ken Karn goes to new levels for international diplomacy.
Sharon Tate begs for her life but Sadie has no mercy. Manson tries to track down Dennis Wilson. Meanwhile Hodiak finds Emma in a sanatorium, but will need help to get her out. While, an unemployed Ken Karn reunites with an old friend.
Ken and Emma reconcile but Emma wants to find Charlie. At the expense of Charmain’s career, Hodiak is determined to find the truth behind Bunchy’s murder. Meanwhile, Shafe sees an old friend at rehab.
Changes within the police department land Hodiak back in hot water with Internal Affairs, which forces him to adjust to a neutered role in the precinct.Â
Hodiak decides to take matters into his own hands and shows up on the doorstep of the mysterious serial killer who has been sending him obscene pictures.Â
A newly “retired” Hodiak tracks down the serial killer who has been tormenting him for months, without the protection and authority of his police position. Manson sends Tex, Sadie, Emma and Patty to 10050 Cielo Drive.