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I Know This Much Is True · S1 · E6

Episode Six

  • TV-MA
  • Jun 13, 2020
  • 79 min
  • 8.6

A lifetime of animosity between Dominick and Ray spills over in public at an inopportune time. After an unexpected tragedy, Dominick seeks reconciliation with those he has hurt. Series finale.

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About this episode

A lifetime of animosity between Dominick and Ray spills over in public at an inopportune time. After an unexpected tragedy, Dominick seeks reconciliation with those he has hurt. Series finale.

Season 1

6 episodes
  1. 1Episode One

    60 minMay 9, 20207.8

    After paranoid schizophrenic Thomas Birdsey has a violent public breakdown, Dominick Birdsey finds himself stepping up to defend his identical twin brother in unexpected ways. As he navigates the fallout, Dominick reflects on their childhood growing up under the tyrannical rule of their volatile stepfather, Ray, and their desire to know the identity of their biological father.

  2. 2Episode Two

    59 minMay 16, 20207.2

    Tensions rise between Dominick and his live-in girlfriend, Joy, as the media begins to take an interest in Thomas' case. In his attempt to have Thomas released from the Hatch forensic institute for the criminally insane, Dominick finds a potential ally in social worker Lisa Sheffer, but learns that helping his brother may be more difficult than he thought.

  3. 3Episode Three

    60 minMay 23, 20208.1

    Sheffer preps Dominick for a pivotal hearing with Hatch’s review board that could decide Thomas’ fate. A chance encounter with an old classmate brings painful childhood memories to the surface. Dominick reflects on his and Thomas’ time together at college, during which he met Dessa and the signs of his brother’s illness first began to manifest. Joy attempts to remedy the problems in her and Dominick’s relationship.

  4. 4Episode Four

    59 minMay 30, 20208.3

    Despite the protestations of those closest to him, Dominick returns to work before fully recovering from his accident. Heavily medicated, Dominick recalls the disturbing incident that lead to Thomas’ first hospitalization while counting down the hours to Thomas’ hearing with the Hatch review board.

  5. 5Episode Five

    60 minJun 6, 20208.2

    Upon learning the details of his Sicilian grandfather's arrival in the early 1900s to Three Rivers, Dominick becomes convinced his family is cursed. A startling update on Thomas from an unlikely source prompts Dominick to take drastic action.

  6. 6Episode Six

    79 minJun 13, 20208.6Now viewing

    A lifetime of animosity between Dominick and Ray spills over in public at an inopportune time. After an unexpected tragedy, Dominick seeks reconciliation with those he has hurt. Series finale.

Guest stars

Harris YulinFather Lavie
Marcello FonteDomenico Onofrio Tempesta
Agatha NowickiAngie Constantine
Rocco MasihiYoung Thomas Birdsey
Irene MuscaraProsperina Tucci
Shannon PlumbCharlotte
Tatanka MeansNabby Drinkwater
Donnie MasihiYoung Dominick Birdsey
Zaria Degenhardt11 Year Old Concettina
Mark A. GammaMourner Mark
Wayne J. MillerMourner Wayne
Thomas Gionet-LavigneRay's Orderly
Alexander HackerTempleton
Robert MladinichPaddy Wagon Officer