“Rectify” is the first original drama on Sundance that may just be America’s best TV series. It is a story about a young man played by Aden Young as Daniel Holden, who was forced to readjust to a freedom he never thought he would be granted.
The plotline actually injects the series with an emotional heft. Abigail Spencer plays the character of Amantha Holden, younger sister of Daniel Holden.
Daniel has been convicted of the rape and strangulation murder of his teenage girlfriend Hanna but was later released from prison after the discovery of conflicting DNA evidence. Amantha believes in his brother’s innocence of the crime.
Late in April, Spencer also posted on her Twitter a snapshot of the white board showing the actors and the schedule of the production of “Rectify.”
While she did not put any description or caption to the image, it was clear that the fourth and final season shall have eight episodes to put a fitting conclusion to the TV series.
It is two episodes more than the show’s six-episode Season 3. It had 10 episodes apiece during its first two seasons on Sundance TV, which was launched by iconic Hollywood actor and director Robert Redford back in 1996 as the Sundance Channel.
It was a premium movie network and destination for independent films. The network only began expanding into scripted TV series territory with the debut of the thought-provoking drama “Rectify” back in 2013.