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Season 1

Miniseries

Miniseries

Season 1

Miniseries

  • Air date:2015-08-16
  • User score:
    8.5
  • Number of episodes:6

List of Episodes

Part 1
S1E1
8.0

Air date: 2015-08-16

Runtime: 56 min

Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? Even before he is inaugurated, the obligation to build public housing in the white neighborhoods of Yonkers looms over his new administration.

Part 2
S1E2
8.6

Air date: 2015-08-16

Runtime: 58 min

All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. Meanwhile, public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkers watch and wait as the white residents of East Yonkers make clear just how opposed they are.

Part 3
S1E3
8.6

Air date: 2015-08-23

Runtime: 57 min

Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to plan to build the new townhomes. But even as they do, the political costs to Wasicsko become apparent.

Part 4
S1E4
8.4

Air date: 2015-08-23

Runtime: 58 min

A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicsko tries to reconcile himself to life out of power as construction of the townhomes begins.

Part 5
S1E5
8.4

Air date: 2015-08-30

Runtime: 58 min

Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened and chosen.

Part 6
S1E6
9.2

Air date: 2015-08-30

Runtime: 57 min

A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't welcome them. At the same time, Mary Dorman, long a vocal opponent of the housing, is recruited to serve the incoming residents in a way that even she finds startling. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicko begins the long road back to political viability even as the residents take possession of their new townhomes. But in the end, a second act for the wounded young politician proves elusive.

Top Cast

Oscar Isaac

Oscar Isaac

Nick Wasicsko

Catherine Keener

Catherine Keener

Mary Dorman

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Henry J. Spallone

Bob Balaban

Bob Balaban

Leonard B. Sand

Peter Riegert

Peter Riegert

Oscar Newman

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

LaTanya Richardson Jackson

Norma O'Neal

Carla Quevedo

Carla Quevedo

Nay Noe Wasicsko

Jon Bernthal

Jon Bernthal

Michael H. Sussman

Ilfenesh Hadera

Ilfenesh Hadera

Carmen Febles

Natalie Paul

Natalie Paul

Doreen Henderson

Michael Stahl-David

Michael Stahl-David

Jim Surdoval

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Vinni Restiano

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