Alias Grace

Season 1

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Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.

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6 Episodes

Part 1
E1
Part 1Convicted murderess Grace Marks is interviewed by Dr. Simon Jordan. He becomes conflicted by Grace's enchanting, persuasive nature and her claims of having no memory of the events surrounding the murder.
Part 2
E2
Part 2Grace, forced out onto the streets of Toronto by her father to search for work, secures a position as a maid in the Parkinson household. She forms a friendship with another servant, the free-spirited Mary Whitney.
Part 3
E3
Part 3In 1859 Simon attempts to extract Grace’s repressed memories of the murders. In 1842 Grace begins work as a servant at the Kinnear farmhouse.
Part 4
E4
Part 4Tensions rise at Richmond Hill, sparked by the surly and rebellious handyman McDermott. Grace realises that the housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, is the mistress of the charming but imperious Kinnear, and is showing all the signs of being pregnant.
Part 5
E5
Part 5Dr. Jordan brings Grace's account to the day of the murder. Although there are gaps in her memory, she describes how McDermott kills Nancy Montgomery and dismembers her body, then shoots Kinnear, presuming that Grace will fall into the role of his accomplice.
Part 6
E6
Part 6In 1859, Simon joins the Union Army, while in 1872 Grace gets unexpected news and makes a decision about her future.