7.5/10319 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/10/2018
Tired of being passed over for promotion at her law firm, Joanna Hanley returns to her hometown to defend a drug company.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Brad Simpson
7.7/10259 votes#2 - The Ties That Bind
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/17/2018
A fish out of water in a town that's as foreign as it is familiar, Joanna battles with questions over her family's hasty departure when she was a teenager and attempts to convince the locals that she has in fact switched sides.
Director: Jeff Woolnough
Writer: Brad Simpson
7.8/10239 votes#3 - Still Waters
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/24/2018
Joanna uses her esteem as partner at CTS to convince a hydrologist to test Millwood's soil. With reluctant permission from the mayor, Joanna and Billy narrow their list of suspects to a handful of industrial sites in the community.
Director: Jordan Canning
Writer: Lynn Coady
7.8/10227 votes#4 - Family Ties
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/31/2018
Joanna and Billy are convinced that the local steel mill and its owner Ben Matheson are responsible for the barrels. A shocking revelation in Joanna's personal life leads her to question everything her father had told her.
Director: Jordan Canning
Writer: Shannon Masters
7.8/10223 votes#5 - Witch Hunt
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/2018
The sick girls and their families are faced with the mill employees who are worried about losing their jobs.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Eric Putzer, Brad Simpson
7.7/10205 votes#6 - Devil in the Desert
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/7/2018
As threats against her and Billy escalate, Joanna hopes that a neuropsychologist will prove that the girls were poisoned.
Director: James Genn
Writer: Hayden Simpson, Laura Good
7.8/10207 votes#7 - Ducks on the Pond
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/14/2018
Stuck in Millwood without a case and no firm to return to, Joanna is at loose ends on what to do next until a whistleblower comes forward.
Director: Douglas Mitchell
Writer: Graeme Stewart
7.9/10192 votes#8 - Hang Together
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/2018
New leads bring Joanna and Billy to make the horrific discovery of a massive dumpsite on farmland near the school. Joanna’s father takes over as lead counsel and it becomes clear that they’re running out of time.
Director: Douglas Mitchell
Writer: Hayden Simpson
7.8/10190 votes#9 - Home to Roost
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/2018
Joanna faces the one person who can help her defeat her father.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Lynn Coady
8.3/10194 votes#10 - Cause in Fact
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/4/2018
After being reinstated, Joanna plays her trump card, but it's not enough to elicit a settlement.
Director: Grant Harvey
Writer: Brad Simpson
The Best Episodes of Burden of Truth Season 1
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A big city lawyer returns to her hometown to take the case of a group of girls suffering from a mysterious illness.
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:CBC Television
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Burden of Truth" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 319 votes. Directed by Jeff Woolnough and written by Brad Simpson, it aired on 1/10/2018. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Ties That Bind".