Show Me a Hero (2015–2015)

TV ShowEndedDrama, Crime, History1 season, 6 episodes
Show Me a Hero posterReview score: 74%

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Plot

In an America generations removed from the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor (Oscar Isaac) of a mid-sized city is faced with a federal court order to build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.

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  1. 01Show Me a Hero S01E06Part 6S01E06 · 10.0A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't welcome them. At the same time, Mary Dorman, long a vocal opponent of the housing, is recruited to serve the incoming residents in a way that even she finds startling. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicko begins the long road back to political viability even as the residents take possession of their new townhomes. But in the end, a second act for the wounded young politician proves elusive.
  2. 02Show Me a Hero S01E05Part 5S01E05 · 9.0Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened and chosen.
  3. 03Show Me a Hero S01E03Part 3S01E03 · 8.5Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to plan to build the new townhomes. But even as they do, the political costs to Wasicsko become apparent.

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2015Aired 8.7Season avg
  1. S01E01Show Me a Hero S01E01Part 1August 16, 2015 8.0Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? Even before he is inaugurated, the obligation to build publi
  2. S01E02Show Me a Hero S01E02Part 2August 16, 2015 8.3All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. Meanwhile, pub
  3. S01E03Show Me a Hero S01E03Part 3August 23, 2015 8.5Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to pla
  4. S01E04Show Me a Hero S01E04Part 4August 23, 2015 8.5A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. Meanwhile, Nick W
  5. S01E05Show Me a Hero S01E05Part 5August 30, 2015 9.0Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeb
  6. S01E06Show Me a Hero S01E06Season's bestPart 6August 30, 2015 10.0A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't

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Cast

Jim BelushiJim BelushiAngelo R. MartinelliOscar IsaacOscar IsaacNick WasicskoAlfred MolinaAlfred MolinaHenry J. SpalloneCatherine KeenerCatherine KeenerMary DormanLaTanya RichardsonLaTanya RichardsonNorma O'NealMichael Stahl-DavidMichael Stahl-DavidJames SurdovalTerry KinneyTerry KinneyPeter SmithWinona RyderWinona RyderVinni Restiano

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