Episodes 01

“Pilot”

In 1993, Wabash resident Lawrence “Larry” Hall is brought in for questioning as a suspect in the murder of an underage girl. Local police describe him as a harmless serial confessor, but detective Brian Miller manages to coax out of him that he has dreams about murdering women. In 1996, charming drug and arms dealer James “Jimmy” Keene Jr. is arrested and sentenced to ten years in prison without bail. Seven months into his sentence, he is approached by FBI agent Lauren McCauley and offered a deal for a lesser sentence: he will transfer into a facility for the criminally insane in Springfield, befriend Larry, and convince him to admit to killing fourteen women, having only been convicted of two murders, which he is trying to get overturned. Jimmy initially rejects the deal, but after his father James has a stroke caused by the stress of his son’s incarceration, he starts studying Larry’s case file in hopes of being the inmate selected to befriend him.

Episodes 02

“We Are Coming, Father Abraham”

Miller gets Larry to confess to a murder, but during the trial, Larry claims that Miller manipulated him and coaxed a false confession, leading to the case going to appellate court. McCauley convinces Jimmy to talk about his troubled childhood and advises him to tap into it when talking to Larry, confirming that he has been approved for the role. He almost backs out moments before he is transferred into the facility, but goes through with it and spends his first day looking for Larry, only to learn that they are in cells right across from each other. McCauley contacts Miller to inform him of her plan against Larry.

Episodes 03

“Hand to Mouth”

Jimmy struggles to converse with Larry until he beats up a man who changes the TV from a program Larry was watching, earning his respect. The two talk about sex, where Larry reveals that he does not care about the woman’s consent and alludes to having killed victims who threatened to report on him. At the same time, a guard realizes Jimmy is James’ son when he visits and threatens to expose his identity if he does not come up with $10,000. Jimmy asks James to retrieve a brick of cocaine from one of his houses, but learns that his brother stole it. When McCauley visits Jimmy and offers to pull him out to save him from the guard, he refuses to leave, disturbed by his conversation with Larry and now determined to catch him.

Episodes 04

“WhatsHerName”

As a child, Larry’s gravedigger father would take him to rob graves in the middle of the night, a habit he carried over into adulthood. In the present, Jimmy searches Larry’s cell and discovers several disturbing drawings inside pornographic magazines. A violent prison riot sticks them together on cleanup duty, where Larry convinces Jimmy to tell him a story from his childhood, where he attempted to beat up his mother’s abusive boyfriend because he believed that was what she wanted and failed miserably. Larry admits that he would subdue women with a rag soaked in starting fluid to get them to stop fighting back against him, and his brother visits to inform him that the police are anticipating his release.

Episodes 05

“The Place I Lie”

The guard cuts off Jimmy’s phone calls, preventing him from getting the money, and Jimmy notices the guard telling prisoners that he is a “snitch.” Terrified that he may soon be killed, he coaxes Larry into admitting he abducted, raped and murdered an underage girl. At the same time, Larry makes foreboding comments towards his therapist, which she summarizes as him trying to project Jimmy’s more confident attitude. McCauley and Miller search for the body of the girl Larry confessed to Jimmy that he murdered, and find that he gave the victim’s mountain bike to another underage girl he was attracted to.

Episodes 06

“You Promised”

While Larry draws a map of where all the bodies of his victims are buried, Jimmy snaps and reveals to him that he was sent to get him to confess, causing Larry to have a violent reaction. Larry’s therapist has Jimmy put in solitary for upsetting him, where he is forced to try and recreate the map with his own blood after being denied a writing utensil. His FBI contact eventually realizes what is happening and frees him, and Larry is denied his appeal. Jimmy is freed and completely cleared and he meets Miller, who personally thanks him. Larry’s brother, disturbed after talking to McCauley and Miller, urges his brother to confess to his crimes. Closing titles reveal that Larry confessed to fifteen murders but later recanted, James died of a heart attack five years after Jimmy’s release, and Jimmy went on to have a successful business career while still helping law enforcement profile serial killers.