As Sarah and Paul start to make headway in their relationship, Ellen surprises everyone by coming home earlier than expected. Weston has a big break in his story and turns to Sarah for help. Danny accidently makes things harder for Corinne, leaving her with a tough choice about some of the people in her life. Meanwhile, Maya struggles with whether to appear at her mom's parole hearing and turns to her dad and Bella for advice.
s01e01 - Pilot
s01e02 - Power
s01e03 - The Lines Between Us
s01e04 - In Us We Trust
s01e05 - The Criminals It Deserves
s01e06 - A Show of Hands
s01e07 - Sanctuary
s01e08 - The Perfect Conditions for Disaster
s01e09 - Sons and Daughters
s01e10 - From Simple Sources
s01e11 - Pledge Allegiance
s01e12 - Two Imposters
s01e13 - The Last Rabbit
The bucolic tranquility of Greylock, New Hampshire is upended when a massive vein of coltan - an incredibly valuable mineral used in tech - is discovered under the town. State-backed mining company Lydon Industries swoops in with plans to extract the mineral, which will wipe Greylock off the map. With her friends and family in danger of losing their homes, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper vows to stop Lydon's bulldozers.
Leading Lydon's efforts is Sarah's estranged brother, Danny Cooper. After enduring a difficult childhood at the hands of his mother, former New Hampshire state senator Ellen Cooper, Danny is eager to exact his revenge on a community he feels abandoned him. Sarah enlists her friends - fellow teacher Corinne Dearborn, police officer Amy "AJ" Johnson, and diner manager Grover Simms - in the fight against Danny.
There seems to be no way to stop the town's impending demise, until Sarah proposes an oddly intriguing solution: Greylock could declare independence, since the town's land was never properly claimed by the United States. With the help of a group of supporters that includes Sarah's friends and three of her teenage students - LA transplant Maya Jiménez, introspective outsider Tyler Easterbrook, and preppy "popular girl" Bella Whitmore - they win the vote. Now, Sarah and her allies must confront an even more daunting task: building a country from scratch.