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Small Town, Big Story

While making out, teenage Wendy Patterson and Séamus Proctor experienced something extraordinary outside of their hometown of Drumbán, Ireland during the millennium, the way each dealt with its aftermath which placed a strain between them. It's now a quarter of a century later, and they are reunited for the first time since then as Wendy, now a producer with American HWAT (History with a Twist) Pictures, which, as the name implies specializes in historical dramas uniquely presented, is the showrunner for its latest production which is using Drumbán as a filming location. Séamus, a respected married physician, has never left Drumbán. While that incident in the millennium has affected his life, especially in something having to do with his wife Catherine, Séamus may find a change in his standing in town with Wendy's return and if the truth of what happened with them comes to light.

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Christina Hendricks
Wendy Patterson
Eileen Walsh
Catherine Proctor
Paddy Considine
Séamus Proctor

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

The White Ridge

46 mins

Largely surrounded by condescending males in the executive meeting room, Wendy is about to head off to do final scouting for the two locations still in the running for one key scene in the film before she makes her decision. While that condescension is more due to what they consider her inexperience and she being a female, it is also due to the fact that she may provide some favoritism in one of the locations being her hometown of Drumbán, where she hasn't been in fifteen years. While she quietly mocks that condescension, she may indeed have ulterior motives in the way she makes her decision that have nothing to do with the quality of the locations themselves. Meanwhile, a committee has been struck of Drumbán residents in swaying the decision makers into choosing their town. None on the committee, including Séamus, know that the decision maker is Wendy, he as unaware of Catherine's at-school extracurricular activities that have nothing to do with her students. Some in town may not even know or remember Wendy in she having been gone for such a long time, despite her father and stepmother still living in town. But Séamus would certainly remember her in Wendy's possible ulterior motives stemming from what happened at the brink of the millennium when the two of them were together.

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