Alan Pergament: Road to season two of 'City on a Hill' took detour navigated by Tom Fontana
By Alan Pergament
News TV Critic
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Aldis Hodge, left, and Kevin Bacon return for the second season of Showtime's "City on a Hill."
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The unlikely alliance between corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon, left) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) is the foundation of Tom Fontana's Showtime series "City on a Hill."
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Aldis Hodge, left, and Kevin Bacon return for the second season of Showtime's "City on a Hill."
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The unlikely alliance between corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon, left) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) is the foundation of Tom Fontana's Showtime series "City on a Hill."
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Aldis Hodge, left, and Kevin Bacon return for the second season of Showtime's "City on a Hill."
Tom Fontana has been writing television shows for four decades, but the Buffalo writer-producer has never experienced anything like he has with his Showtime series “City on a Hill.”
The second season of Showtime's "City on a Hill" had originally planned to deal with racism. During a delay in filming because of the pandemic, the death of George Floyd led Tom Fontana and the writers to make sure they were "authentic" about race relations in the 1993 time period of the series.
Corrupt FBI agent Jackie Rohr is back, looking to exploit Boston's criminal justice system in a desperate attempt to salvage his own career. Unfortunately for Jackie, ADA Decourcy Ward is onto his adversary’s latest misstep. Starring Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge. Watch the premiere on Sunday, March 28th at 10/9c on SHOWTIME.
Season two centers on a federal housing project in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. As coalition leader Grace Campbell (Pernell Walker) works tirelessly on behalf of the community, her efforts are undermined by gang activity happening right under her nose. Enter irreverent FBI agent Jackie Rohr (Bacon), who is here to exploit Boston's defective criminal justice system in a desperate attempt to salvage his own career. Unfortunately for Jackie, ADA Decourcy Ward (Hodge) is onto his adversary’s latest misstep.
The unlikely alliance between corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon, left) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) is the foundation of Tom Fontana's Showtime series "City on a Hill."
The second season of Showtime's "City on a Hill" had originally planned to deal with racism. During a delay in filming because of the pandemic, the death of George Floyd led Tom Fontana and the writers to make sure they were "authentic" about race relations in the 1993 time period of the series.
The unlikely alliance between corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon, left) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) is the foundation of Tom Fontana's Showtime series "City on a Hill."
The unlikely alliance between corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon, left) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) is the foundation of Tom Fontana's Showtime series "City on a Hill."
The unlikely alliance between corrupt FBI veteran Jackie Rohr (Kevin Bacon, left) and Assistant District Attorney Decourcy Ward (Aldis Hodge) is the foundation of Tom Fontana's Showtime series "City on a Hill."
