In the premiere of this modern noir drama series, Pastor Byron Brown, known as Pa (Ben Kingsley) sees drug addict James (Jimmi Simpson) collapsed on a deserted roadway. Pa and Ma (Jacki Weaver) bring him back to their secluded ranch in Half Acre, NM, where Pa places James on a fitness regimen. When Pa and Ma tell James about their rotten son Paul Allen Brown (Damon Herriman), who’s gone missing, James offers to find Paul. James reports that Paul is in Hermosillo, Mexico, so the couple drive across the border. Unknown to them, back in Half Acre, James applies for a license under the identity of Paul Allen Brown, which leads to the appearance of Texas Ranger Wesley Walker (Terry O’Quinn), who’s been pursuing Paul. In flashbacks, we find out about James’s guilt over his past as a disgraced firefighter, as well as the plan Paul proposed to James to assume Paul’s identity so the two could gain possession of the proceeds from Pa and Ma’s corrupt church fund, Our Lady of Perpetual Grace, LTD.