Burden of Truth: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Burden of Truth is an investigative drama about life-altering legal cases. Fast-rising corporate attorney Joanna Hanley returns to her small hometown of Millwood - a prairie town with an industrial past and uncertain future - to represent a major client in a case against some sick high school girls. She dispatches her case quickly and efficiently, crushing the girls and their small-town lawyer - her former high school classmate Billy Crawford. After winning her case, she discovers the girls are sicker than anyone thought. Otherwise healthy young women have been overcome with uncontrollable twitches and seizures, making life unlivable. They need help. Joanna also realizes she may have unresolved personal business in town. Even though she's a successful partner in a big law firm, she can't ignore the feeling that something in her life is not right. She becomes convinced all the answers she's seeking about her broken life can be found in her old hometown. And if she's going to fix herself, she has to start where it all began - with uncovering all of her family's deepest secrets.

Series details

• Title: Burden of Truth
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Legal
• Premiere date: 2018-01-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2021-03-18
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBC
• Network country: Canada
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.2/10
• TVMaze ID: 28463
• IMDb ID: tt6987476
• TVDB ID: 338936

Cast and credited roles

• Kristin Kreuk — Joanna Chang
• Peter Mooney — Billy Crawford
• Star Slade — Luna Spence
• Meegwun Fairbrother — Owen Beckbie
• Anwen O'Driscoll — Taylor Matheson
• Nicola Correia-Damude — Diane Evans
• Paul Braunstein — Constable Sam Mercer
• Sara Thompson — Molly Ross
• Jessica Matten — Gerrilyn Spence
• David Lawrence Brown — Ben Matheson
• Trish Fagan — Mayor Alison Shepperd
• Alex Carter — David Hanley

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-01-10; final listed air date 2018-04-04; episode order: 10.
• Season 2: premiered 2019-01-09; final listed air date 2019-02-27; episode order: 8.
• Season 3: premiered 2020-01-08; final listed air date 2020-02-26; episode order: 8.
• Season 4: premiered 2021-01-28; final listed air date 2021-03-18; episode order: 8.

Source and licence

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