The system wants him clean. The streets want him back. Nobody wins.
Season 2 • Episode 13
LatestFollows a fair parole officer and his parolee who wants to go straight but his former business associates are after him.
Acting
Terrence Howard before fame, all raw nerve endings
Writing
Parole office as purgatory, nobody gets out clean
Direction
Early 2000s cable grit before prestige polish ruined it
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Toronto standing in for unnamed Rust Belt city; Canadian actors playing desperate Americans became the show's accidental aesthetic.
Premiered same year as The Wire's first season; Showtime's forgotten cousin to HBO's masterpiece, sharing DNA but not budget.
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