The opening of “City on a Hill” begins with text prologue explaining the infamous Charles Stuart case. Kennedy went on to create multiple other influential crime prevention programs and his work has received multiple high-ranking awards, including two Webber Seavey Awards from the International Association of Chiefs of Police. Showtime's City on a Hill,takes place during the Boston Miracle of the early 1990s — a police effort that infiltrated the most destructive gangs and transformed the city's law enforcement strategy. Across almost four centuries, Rodgers traces striking shifts in the meaning of Winthrop’s words―from Winthrop’s own anxious reckoning with the scrutiny of the world, through … It's too soon to tell exactly what this show will be, or how audiences will receive it. According to Deadline, President & CEO of Showtime Networks David Nevins says the story is meant to shine a spotlight on some of the issues Boston's police force faced during that time, of which there were many. City on a Hill Studio is committed to creating biblically accurate Bible study resources in collaboration with pastors across the nation. Because the real prodigal in the story is … the father. Rolling Stone calls Rohr the typical "Boston asshole" who uses drugs and cheats on his wife, but remains an influential law enforcement official. City on the Hill exposés the harsh realities and consequences of gentrification in a city home to the highest housing costs in the country. "That's the thing you just have to resign yourself to!" The True Prodigal. Rohr is a true corrupt anti-hero who teams up with District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) from Brooklyn to take down a dangerous Charlestown family of hockey-masked armored car robbers. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. A post about that fight is a mixture of true and false. We’re trying to have these two characters try to figure each other out and maintain a sense of themselves. "Bad. “In reality, the series is a penetrating look at the larger criminal justice system and those who operate within it, with mesmerizing performances by Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge anchoring the suspense.”, The show was inspired by other similarly gritty projects like The Town, and is definitely going to have notes of your typical cop stories, even as it tries to set itself apart. "What used to make this city great was that it was run by bad men who understood that they were bad," he says at one point during the show. Thus, igniting the fire that burns to … “I didn’t want to approach it at all,” MacLean said at an ATX Television Festival panel earlier this month, the outlet reports. In 1989, Charles Stuart told authorities that a black man tried to rob him and his wife, Carol, fatally shooting Carol and wounding Charles. He placed humans in a garden at the center of His creation. … I grew up with that story — it was on the news every night — I’m tired of it.”. "), "It was a good time in my life to play somebody who could not shut up, and that's this guy," he said. 2021 Bustle Digital Group. And the story is a knockout. "This is really a story about the change that took place in the '90s: political change, law enforcement changes, societal change, economic change, one very cynical FBI agent, and one idealistic black Assistant District Attorney who sees this moment," Chuck MacLean, creator and executive producer, told Boston magazine. But hey, everyone knows that crooked cops makes for better TV. A community of missionary servants sent out to be a light in the darkness. It's an interesting tale, and one that the Boston Globe has likened to a lesser version of The Wire. When the criminal brothers get caught in the act, Boston police realize that Rohr and Ward's efforts are applicable to the entire city's justice system and thus, the Boston Miracle is born. To the show's credit, The Boston Globe called the cast's performed accent as a whole not "too bad.".