‘Burden of Truth’ Season 2 Episode 8 Preview: “Right Road” Photos and Plot

The CW’s Burden of Truth wraps up its second season with episode eight, “The Right Road.” Episode eight was directed by Doug Mitchell from a script by Brad Simpson and will air on July 21, 2019.

The second season stars Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Chang (formerly Hanley), Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford, Star Slade as Luna, Jessica Matten as Gerrilyn, and Sarah Thompson as Molly.

“The Right Road” Plot – A LEAP OF FAITH – As the murder trial begins, Joanna and Billy defend against an avalanche of evidence. With things not looking good, Joanna risks everything by putting an unexpected witness on the stand. Billy faces the heartbreaking reality of his decision to get Shane (Andrew Chown) the help he needs.

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 8
Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Hanley, Star Slade as Luna and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford in ‘Burden of Truth’ season 2 episode 8 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 8
Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Hanley in season 2 episode 8 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 8
Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford in the season 2 finale (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 8
Kristin Kreuk as Joanna Hanley, Star Slade as Luna and Peter Mooney as Billy Crawford in season 2 episode 8 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)
Burden of Truth Season 2 Episode 8
Anwen O’Driscoll as Taylor in season 2 episode 8 (Photo © 2018 Cause One Productions Inc. and Cause One Manitoba Inc)