Años 80. Tras convertirse en el alcalde más joven de EE.UU., Nicholas Wasicsko se ve inmerso en una vorágine de racismo y división en la ciudad de Yonkers (Nueva York). Una situación límite que amenaza el futuro de la ciudad al tiempo que mina sus propias ambiciones.
Show Me a Hero (Temporada 1)
Part 1 8.0
Fecha de emisión: 2015-08-16
Duración: 56 min
Sinopsis: Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? Even before he is inaugurated, the obligation to build public housing in the white neighborhoods of Yonkers looms over his new administration.
Part 2 8.6
Fecha de emisión: 2015-08-16
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. Meanwhile, public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkers watch and wait as the white residents of East Yonkers make clear just how opposed they are.
Part 3 8.6
Fecha de emisión: 2015-08-23
Duración: 57 min
Sinopsis: Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to plan to build the new townhomes. But even as they do, the political costs to Wasicsko become apparent.
Part 4 8.4
Fecha de emisión: 2015-08-23
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicsko tries to reconcile himself to life out of power as construction of the townhomes begins.
Part 5 8.4
Fecha de emisión: 2015-08-30
Duración: 58 min
Sinopsis: Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened and chosen.
Part 6 9.2
Fecha de emisión: 2015-08-30
Duración: 57 min
Sinopsis: A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't welcome them. At the same time, Mary Dorman, long a vocal opponent of the housing, is recruited to serve the incoming residents in a way that even she finds startling. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicko begins the long road back to political viability even as the residents take possession of their new townhomes. But in the end, a second act for the wounded young politician proves elusive.

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