E P I S O D E S
Pilot Episode —“Put Your Feet in the Water”
Roseline moves back into her childhood home, leaving her teaching job in New York. She’s reminded of the family dynamics that feel all too familiar as she tries to pick up the pieces of Gabrielle’s disappearance. Irina and Roseline educate some police officers, and Jaques tries to make an apolitical argument. A family dinner presents an opportunity for Roseline to display her deteriorating mental health.
Episode 2 —“Two Worlds Collide”
Roseline finds more clues to Gabrielle’s whereabouts in a premonitional dream and in Gabrielle’s phone. Irina and Jacques try to find a private investigator. Rose-Marie makes soup joumou for New Years Day.
Episode 3 —“I Remember Ayiti Too”
Irina tries to convince Roseline to go back to her university job. We learn more about what Roseline was teaching and her academic investments in Haiti and Vodou. We meet Cece and Tino on the Haut-du-Cap plantation. We see Toussaint living among the other free Blacks in Cap-Haitien. Tino calls on a descendant for help. Jacques has a run-in with the police that forces him to rethink his decision to move to the U.S.
Episode 4 —“Goats Will Eat the Leaves That Fall”
Gabrielle learns about life as a fieldhand, and Tino learns about life past his time. Cece returns to her commune and begins preparing for Bois-Caïman. Roseline ties up loose ends in New York, quitting her job for good, and ending a confusing romantic situationship.
Episode 5 —“Black Pig”
Tino and Gabrielle make a hasty run for the mountains, just barely making it out in time. Roseline finds a disturbing clue in Gabrielle’s phone that makes her more concerned about where she is. Irina becomes increasingly concerned with Roseline’s state of mental health. Cece gathers her final materials for the ceremony and realizes she will have to risk being kidnapped again to get what she needs. Toussaint gets word of what’s being planned among the maroons.
Episode 6 —“Bois-Caïman”
Rose-Marie has her citizenship hearing. Gabrielle starts to train with Victoria and Tino. Irina and Roseline have a conversation that gets out of hand. The Bois-Caïman ceremony is ready to commence, and Roseline finds herself in another world, although not in the opus that she had hoped for. Toussaint sneakily watches the ceremony and helps his former owner escape.
Episode 7 —“Train Like You Have to Kill a Slave Owner”
Roseline trains alongside Gabrielle and Tino. Irina and Jaques have to get Rose-Marie out of jail, as they try to figure out where Roseline went.
Episode 8 —“Eight Days of Fire”
Revolts break out, and plantations burn. Roseline and Gabrielle witness brutalities that they didn’t know could be possible. Toussaint gets caught in the middle. Jaques communes with someone that he hasn’t talked to in a long time.