Rectify
Act as If
TV Flash files “Act as If” as hour 11 of 30 in the TV Flash guide — Rectify (2013–2016) on SundanceTV, season 2, episode 5, aired 2014-07-17, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E05: listed hour 11 of 30 in the Rectify guide, hour 5 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2014-07-17 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Donald the Normal” (S02E04). Next is “Mazel Tov” (S02E06).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Daniel encounters an unusual local entrepreneur; Amantha struggles with a new role; Ted, Sr.'s patience is tested; Tawney makes a decision.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Act as If sit in the Rectify guide?
S02E05 is listed hour 11 of 30 — hour 5 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 5.
When did Rectify S02E05 air?
Act as If aired 2014-07-17 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…