7.5/101,637 votes#1 - When God Was Love
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 4/28/2022
Detectives Jeb Pyre and Bill Taba investigate the brutal, sinister murders of an LDS woman, Brenda Wright Lafferty and her baby daughter in Utah’s typically serene Salt Lake Valley in 1984.
Director: David Mackenzie
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
7.5/101,357 votes#2 - Rightful Place
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 4/28/2022
With a lead suspect in custody, the investigation uncovers more ominous questions than answers as the hidden history of the once admired Lafferty family is exposed.
Director: David Mackenzie
Writer: Dustin Lance Black
7.7/101,187 votes#3 - Surrender
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 5/5/2022
The ongoing investigation leads Pyre and Taba into untrod woods where they unearth information that challenges Pyre's own faith, and draw more Laffertys into suspicion and custody.
Director: Courtney Hunt
Writer: N/A
7.6/101,065 votes#4 - Church and State
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 5/12/2022
The investigation intensifies after Pyre uncovers details of the Lafferty family's fundamentalist beliefs, sparking a search for missing Lafferty brothers, Ron and Dan, and putting Pyre at odds with his own church leaders.
Director: Courtney Hunt
Writer: Gina Welch
7.9/101,090 votes#5 - One Mighty and Strong
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 5/19/2022
With evidence now pointing squarely toward fundamentalist Mormonism, Pyre turns to LDS Church leaders for guidance but is met with roadblocks. Undeterred, he discovers a list of names Brenda's killers plan to murder next.
Director: Dustin Lance Black
Writer: Brandon Boyce
7.7/101,009 votes#6 - Revelation
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 5/26/2022
New details emerge about Brenda's attempt to reckon with some of the Lafferty family's most extreme members and beliefs, as Pyre and Taba hunt for those who killed Brenda before they can kill again.
Director: Isabel Sandoval
Writer: N/A
8.0/101,028 votes#7 - Blood Atonement
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 6/2/2022
As the details of the murders become clear, Pyre and Taba embark on an interstate manhunt, hoping to catch the killers before they complete their list of those to be "blood atoned."
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Writer: Dustin Lance Black, Brandon Boyce
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A devout detective's faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder that seems to be connected to an esteemed Utah family's spiral into LDS...
Genres:CrimeDramaMystery
Network:Hulu
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"When God Was Love" is the best rated episode of "Under the Banner of Heaven" season 1. It scored 7.5/10 based on 1637 votes. Directed by David Mackenzie and written by Dustin Lance Black, it aired on 4/28/2022. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Rightful Place".