I Know This Much Is True — Season 1
I Know This Much Is True·Season 1·2020·6 episodes

Season 1

I Know This Much Is True

You don't just give up on the people you love.

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Season 1

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I Know This Much Is True (2020) Season 1 — watch online on iFILM. Six episodes, an HBO limited series from Wally Lamb's novel, with Mark Ruffalo playing both identical twins: Dominick and his schizophrenic brother Thomas.

It opens with Thomas's violent breakdown in a public library. Dominick sets out to get him released from Hatch, a forensic institute for the criminally insane, and that fight becomes the spine of the season. The real story runs deeper, though — back to their dead mother and her secret, to their brutal stepfather Ray, to a Sicilian grandfather whose old manuscript reads like a family curse. The more Dominick digs through the past, the clearer it gets that Thomas isn't the only one he's trying to save.

This is no thriller. It's a slow family drama about guilt, forgiveness and the weight one twin carries for the other. Derek Cianfrance directed all six episodes as a single half-century canvas, and Ruffalo holds both roles almost seamlessly. The ending offers no comforting lie. Stream I Know This Much Is True Season 1 online on iFILM.

Season 1

6 episodes

  • Episode One
    S1·E1

    Episode One

    May 9, 2020 · 60 min

    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.

  • Episode Two
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    Episode Two

    May 16, 2020 · 59 min

    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.

  • Episode Three
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    Episode Three

    May 23, 2020 · 60 min

    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.

  • Episode Four
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    Episode Four

    May 30, 2020 · 59 min

    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.

  • Episode Five
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    Episode Five

    June 6, 2020 · 60 min

    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.

  • Episode Six
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    Episode Six

    June 13, 2020 · 79 min

    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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