Chapter One "Pending Assignment"

In Episode 1, we are introduced to Oliver Howard, the reluctant caseworker for the Federal Resettlement Administration, and Ruth Freeman, a rookie caseworker en route to their upcoming assignment. The setting is a rural town named St. Stephens, Louisiana, where, by the year 2066, a significant number of Black American residents appear to have vanished. St. Stephens has become a place where only a handful of Black Americans remain.