‘Burden of Truth’ Season 2 Episode 1 Preview: Photos, Cast and Plot

The CW’s dramatic series Burden of Truth returns for its second season on June 2, 2019. The legal drama kicks off the new season with an episode directed by Grant Harvey from a script by Brad Simpson. Season two episodes airs on Sundays at 8pm ET/PT.

Season two stars Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang (formerly Hanley), Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford, Star Slade as Luna, and Sarah Thompson as Molly.

The “Salesmen, Cheats and Liars” Plot – KRISTIN KREUK RETURNS AS FORMIDABLE ATTORNEY JOANNA CHANG IN THE SEASON PREMIERE OF BURDEN OF TRUTH – Joanna (Kreuk) is working at a new law firm a year after her successful lawsuit against the steel mill in Millwood. Looking to start over, Joanna took up her mother’s surname and settled in a new city hoping for a quieter life. However, when her boss assigns her to a case for a brilliant, young, internet hacktivist, Joanna is dragged into a dark world of secrets that will turn her life upside down.

Meanwhile, with the steel mill closed, the residents of Millwood are struggling to make ends meet and Billy (Mooney) is doing all he can to stop the town’s downward spiral. Luna (Slade) and Molly (Thompson) adjust to living together.

The Plot:

Burden of Truth is a serialized investigative drama about life-altering legal cases, the helpless plaintiffs searching for answers, and the boots-on-the-ground lawyers fighting incredible odds to deliver justice.

Attorney Joanna Hanley (Kreuk) leaves her picture-perfect legal career as a partner in a corporate law firm to solve the case of a mysterious illness affecting the female high school students of her hometown Millwood in Manitoba – a prairie town with an industrial past and an uncertain future. She joins her former high school nemesis, local attorney Billy Crawford (Mooney), to find the source of the illness and win justice for the girls.

Billy and Joanna will have to put aside their resentments and opposing legal styles to find the answers they seek. Joanna also realizes there’s not just a legal investigation waiting for her in Millwood, but a personal one. She starts investigating herself just as she would a case, beginning with her darkest family secret: the reason her family was forced to suddenly leave town.

Burden of Truth explores human relationships in the context of a legal mystery, highlighting the stress and impact on the investigators fighting a case that might come to nothing, and the danger of a growing illness that they may never be able to identify or cure.

Burden of Truth Season 2 episode 1
Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Hanley in ‘Burden of Truth’ season 2 episode 1 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc.)
Burden of Truth season 2 episode 1
Varun Saranga as Noah Achari and Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth season 2 episode 1
Varun Saranga as Noah Achari and Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang in season 2 episode 1 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth season 2 episode 1
Alex Carter as David Hanley in season 2 episode 1 (Photo: © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth season 2 episode 1
Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang in season 2 episode 1 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)