Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
5 episodes
E01
To Be Starved
Cree piano prodigy Aline Spears and her siblings are taken from their family and forced into residential school. Now a WWII code talker, Spears and her husband confront the spectres of their pasts.
E02
To Be Separated
Aline reconnects with her sister Perseverance, which resurfaces memories of a daring attempt to escape residential school – and its irrevocable consequences on all four Spears siblings.
E03
To Be Denied
Aline struggles to support her family while Adam, denied his veteran's pension, is cast adrift. When their children, Jake and Taylor, take action against a local priest, Aline experiences a crisis of faith.
E04
To Let Go
Advancing her work on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Affairs, Taylor returns to her childhood home; a tense Thanksgiving dinner between the family spurs Jake to reach out to his father's family.
E05
To Be Here
Taylor and Aline travel to the Vatican where confronting the past sparks a pivotal discovery; Jake joins his family's work and a concert becomes an opportunity for reconnection and healing.
Grace Dove
as Aline Spears
Phillip Lewitski
as Adam Whallach
Karine Vanasse
as Sister Ruth
Patrick Garrow
as Archbishop Thomas Miller
Rémy Girard
as Father Jacobs
Michelle Thrush
as January Spears
Glen Gould
as Matthew Spears
Jonathan Whitesell
as Thomas Miller
Carla-Rae Holland
as Older Aline Spears
Alyssa Wapanatâhk
as Perseverance Spears
Tanaya Beatty
as Taylor Whallach
Joshua Odjick
as Jake Whallach
