• Air date: 28 May '15 13 episodes
      In the late 1960s, a Los Angeles police sergeant with a complicated personal life starts tracking a small-time criminal and budding cult leader seeking out vulnerable women to join his “cause.” The name of that man is Charles Manson.
  • List of Episodes (13)
    • 1. Everybody's Been Burned

      28 May '15
      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.
    • 2. The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game

      28 May '15
      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.
    • 3. Never Say Never to Always

      04 Jun '15
      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.
    • 4. Home Is Where You're Happy

      11 Jun '15
      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.
    • 5. A Change Is Gonna Come

      18 Jun '15
      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.
    • 6. A Whiter Shade of Pale

      25 Jun '15
      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.
    • 7. Cease to Resist

      02 Jul '15
      Cutler gets a surprise visitor. Hodiak and Shafe work the murder of a Hollywood star. Charlie goes gun shopping.
    • 8. Sick City

      09 Jul '15
      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.
    • 9. Why?

      16 Jul '15
      Charmain's first ride-along ends when her fellow officers are gunned down, the first in a series of cop killings.
    • 10. Back in the U.S.A.

      23 Jul '15
      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.
    • 11. Your Mother Should Know

      30 Jul '15
      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.
    • 12. (Please Let Me Love You And) It Won't Be Wrong

      06 Aug '15
      Emma's absence is felt when the Manson family makes a documentary; Hodiak makes a deal with Ken Karn to save his son.
    • 13. Old Ego Is a Too Much Thing

      13 Aug '15
      Season 1 finale! Emma returns just as Mary goes into labor; Hodiak's deal for Walt goes south; a murder investigation has unforeseen consequences.