Rectify (2013)

TV-14

Crime
Drama

Sentenced to die. Condemned to live.

Overview

After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside world may be as unforgiving as prison. Daniel is haunted by the past, dogged by the present, and uncertain of the future. As he struggles to adapt to his new life, his homecoming reignites the fears of a small town and threatens to shatter his family’s fragile peace. Daniel’s alleged crime divided a community. Will his freedom tear it in half?

Ray McKinnonCreator

StatusEnded

TypeScripted

Original LanguageEnglish

Network

Seasons

Season 1

2013 | 6 Episodes

Season 1 of Rectify premiered on April 22, 2013

Daniel Holden must put his life back together after serving 19 years on Georgia's Death Row before DNA evidence calls his conviction into question.

Season 2

2014 | 10 Episodes

Season 2 of Rectify premiered on June 19, 2014

Season 2 finds Daniel Holden committed to living in the present. Unfortunately, there are many places and faces in his hometown of Paulie, Georgia that remind Daniel of the past – his incarceration, Hanna, and his role in Hanna’s murder.

Season 3

2015 | 6 Episodes

Season 3 of Rectify premiered on July 9, 2015

Despite an odd, sometimes contradictory account of his role in Hanna’s death, the plea deal has gone through, making Daniel Holden, once again, a convicted murderer. As Daniel copes with probation, Janet prepares for his looming banishment and Amantha tries to build a life around something other than her brother’s innocence. Even DA Sondra Person harbors lingering doubts about Daniel’s guilt — until a shocking discovery raises new and troubling questions about the night Hanna died.

Season 4

2016 | 8 Episodes

Season 4 of Rectify premiered on October 26, 2016

Daniel has begun his new life at a halfway house in Nashville. Separated from his family, he struggles to manage life after prison. The family that he left behind is fractured, but not completely broken. Can they find ways to move forward?