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.
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- Seasons
- 2
- Episodes aired
- 26
- Latest aired
- S02E12
- Total runtime
- 18h 38min
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 May 2015 – August 2015 13 episodes
- Season 2 June 2016 – September 2016 13 episodes
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S01E01 Everybody's Been Burned
May 28 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E02 The Hunter Gets Captured by the Game
May 28 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E03 Never Say Never to Always
June 4 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E04 Home Is Where You're Happy
June 11 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E05 A Change Is Gonna Come
June 18 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E06 A Whiter Shade of Pale
June 25 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E07 Cease to Resist
July 2 · 43min find the promo
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Cutler gets a surprise visitor. Hodiak and Shafe work the murder of a Hollywood star. Charlie goes gun shopping.
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S01E08 Sick City
July 9 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E09 Why?
July 18 · 43min find the promo
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Charmain's first ride-along ends when her fellow officers are gunned down, the first in a series of cop killings.
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S01E10 It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
July 25 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E11 Your Mother Should Know
August 1 · 43min find the promo
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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.
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S01E12 (Please Let Me Love You And) It Won't Be Wrong
August 8 · 43min find the promo
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Emma's absence is felt when the Manson family makes a documentary; Hodiak makes a deal with Ken Karn to save his son.
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S01E13 Old Ego Is a Too Much Thing
August 22 · 43min find the promo
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Season 1 finale! Emma returns just as Mary goes into labor; Hodiak's deal for Walt goes south; a murder investigation has unforeseen consequences.