The Basement Talks

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The Crime
S1 E1

A man walks into the Planned Parenthood clinic in Brookline and opens fire; worried that their movement will be undermined, pro-life activists work to uncover the identity of the shooter and bring him to justice.

The Two Sides Meet
S1 E2

The man is captured, and the trial descends into a media circus; the facts of the case are quickly abandoned in the public square as pro-choice and pro-life activists jockey for publicity and try to control the narrative.

The Trial
S1 E3

The lawyers call the shooter to the stand, but the Judge would not let him testify.

The Verdict
S1 E4

The prosecution seeks the highest penalty; the jury takes two days to come to an agreement before the verdict is announced; the six abortion activists are left to do what the criminal proceedings could not.

The Meetings
S1 E5

The Abortion Talks take a turn; Operation Rescue, a militant anti-abortion group, threatens violence to anyone who participates in the dialogue; the six activists debate going public, but there's a hold out.

The World Ends
S1 E6

The activists make a splash, but it is quickly overshadowed by a new tragedy; the scandal in the Catholic Church drives the six women's remarkable accomplishment out of the news cycle.