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Season 5

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10. Fault Lines
9. Departures
8. Celebration
7. Lying in a Hammock
6. The Iliad: Part 2
5. The Iliad: Part 1
4. Revolutions
3. Lions
2. Commitment
1. Comets

Cast

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Damson Idris
Franklin Saint
Carter Hudson
Teddy McDonald
Isaiah John
Leon Simmons
Amin Joseph
Jerome Saint
Sergio Peris-Mencheta
Gustavo 'El Oso' Zapata
Angela Lewis
Aunt Louie
Michael Hyatt
Cissy Saint
Kevin Carroll
Alton Williams
Alon Aboutboul
Avi Drexler
Gail Bean
Wanda Bell
DeRay Davis
Peaches
Emily Rios
Lucia Villanueva
Reign Edwards
Melody Wright
Filipe Valle Costa
Pedro Nava
Melvin Gregg
Drew 'Manboy' Miller
Peta Sergeant
Julia
Malcolm M. Mays
Kevin Hamilton
Marcus Henderson
Andre Wright

Creators

John Singleton, Eric Amadio, Dave Andron

Synopsis

A look at the early days of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles during the beginning of the 1980s.

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