Burden of Truth

A mysterious illness affecting high school girls in her home town brings lawyer Joanna Hanley back to the place she left 17 years ago.

A fish out of water in a town that's as foreign as it is familiar, Joanna battles with questions over her family's hasty departure when she was a teenager and attempts to convince the locals that she has in fact switched sides.

Relying on her esteemed reputation as a partner at CTS, Joanna convinces a hydrologist to come to Millwood to test the soil. With reluctant permission from the local Mayor, Joanna and Billy narrow down their list of suspects to a handful of industrial sites in the community.

Joanna makes a decision that Billy is disappointed about. The girls who are ill are not getting better. Joanna's father makes a visit to Milltown and tries to persuade Joanna to return to the city. Then Joanna has a huge surprise that impacts the family's dynamics..

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.

As threats against Joanna and Billy escalate, Joanna digs her heels in on the case. Relying on the expert testimony of a respected neuropsychologist, Joanna expects he'll prove once and for all that the girls have been poisoned.

Stuck in Millwood without a case and no firm to return to, Joanna is at loose ends on what to do next until a whistleblower comes forward.

Billy and Joanna make the horrific discovery of a huge dump site on a school field and nearby farmland. They finally have enough evidence to certify as a class but this fight won't be easy.

With Joanna disqualified and the clock running out on Billy who'll have to face Joanna's father alone, Joanna must think outside the box if they want to win this.

Joanna Hanley and her colleague get some help from a surprising source.