When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's family into further turmoil and upends the lives of all of the town's residents.

David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Sarah-Jane Potts, Kevin Zegers, Giacomo Baessato, Fred Keating, Kendrick Sampson, Virginia Kull, Michael Peña