Rectify
Always There
TV Flash files “Always There” as a desk essential hour — Rectify (2013–2016) on SundanceTV, season 1, episode 1, aired 2013-04-22, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 30 in the Rectify guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2013-04-22 (60 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Sexual Peeling” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Always There”. Always There walks Young off death row into Georgia: McKinnon treating time as spiritual material, stillness as a radical act.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A convict who spent 19 years on death row is released on a technicality and returns to his Georgia hometown, where a senator wants to reopen his case, and his sister worries about his safety.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Always There sit in the Rectify guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 30 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Rectify S01E01 air?
Always There aired 2013-04-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it a crime procedural?
Crime-adjacent, not a twist factory. A death-row release into a town still arguing guilt — redemption without a verdict. Patience is the form.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Aden Young walks off death row into a Georgia town that never stopped arguing his guilt. Ray McKinnon's series treats time as a spiritual material — slow, sunstruck, allergic to twist television. Stillness as a radical act: redemption without a verdict, and quiet that outlasts another interrogation hour.
The flash is a porch, not a rope. Aden Young walks off death row into a Georgia town that never stopped arguing his guilt, and Ray McKinnon's SundanceTV drama treats time as a spiritual material — slow, sunstruck, allergic to twist television. Four seasons of Daniel Holden learning how to exist: Abigail Spencer, J. Smith-Cameron, Clayne Crawford, Adelaide Clemens. Quiet TV as a radical act. The museum guard wanted a murder-board clock. **The stillness is the heat.** Tiny ratings, critical rapture, perpetual…
Filed against
- Aden Young as Daniel Holden
Aden Young’s Daniel Holden walks off death row into Rectify’s Georgia argument — a town that never adjourned his guilt, Ray McKinnon treating time as spiritual material, stillness as a radical act. Slow, sunstruck, no twist television. TV…
- Abigail Spencer as Amantha Holden
Abigail Spencer’s Amantha Holden met death-row quiet with a sister’s nerve on Rectify — Aden Young walking into a Georgia town that never stopped arguing his guilt, Ray McKinnon treating time as a spiritual material. Slow, sunstruck,…
- J. Smith-Cameron as Janet Talbot
J. Smith-Cameron's Janet Talbot kept Rectify still — Aden Young walking off death row into a Georgia town that never stopped arguing his guilt, Ray McKinnon's time as spiritual material, slow sunstruck hours allergic to twist television.…
- Clayne Crawford as Ted Jr.
Clayne Crawford played Ted Jr. on Rectify — Aden Young walking off death row into a Georgia town that never stopped arguing his guilt. Ray McKinnon's series treats time as a spiritual material: slow, sunstruck, allergic to twist…
- Adelaide Clemens as Tawney Talbot
Adelaide Clemens’s Tawney Talbot brought sunstruck tenderness to Rectify — Aden Young off death row, a Georgia town that never stopped arguing guilt, Ray McKinnon treating time as spiritual material. Slow television as a radical act. TV…