Hard row

Judge Deborah Knott finds herself embroiled in a volatile case involving a barroom brawl, which quickly uncovers deep-seated tensions of race, class, and illegal immigration in rural North Carolina. As mutilated body parts appear, Deborah and her new husband, Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant, investigate the exploitation of undocumented farm workers. Amidst adjusting to married life and raising Dwight's son, the couple uncovers dark truths that threaten their peaceful rural existence.