American Rust: Season 1

2021

Recommended
28%
77%
9 episodes
Drama

The great Jeff Daniels leads this family drama as the chief of police Del Harris in a Rust Belt town in... More

The great Jeff Daniels leads this family drama as the chief of police Del Harris in a Rust Belt town in southwest Pennsylvania, helping a woman he loves whose son has been accused of murder.

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American Rust: Season 1 episodes

The Mill

In a small rust belt town in southwest Pennsylvania, Chief... More of Police Del Harris investigates after a dead body turns up in an abandoned steel mill. Series premiere.

Happy Returns

Harris’ investigation continues. Isaac leaves town. Billy and Lee reunite... More as Buell celebrates a shotgun wedding.

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Grace enlists help in her effort to unionize the dressmakers.... More The sheriff gets an anonymous tip about the murder in the steel mill.

My Name Is Billy

Isaac befriends someone who teaches him the rules of the... More road. The sheriff searches for evidence in Billy and Grace’s trailer. Billy tells Lee what happened in the steel mill.

Jojo Ameri-GO

Harris races the clock in his search for the anonymous... More eyewitness. Lee seeks professional advice about whom to protect. Harris’ old Pittsburgh PD partner pays him a visit.

Debt Collection

Alejandro learns of Lee’s history with Billy. Isaac turns his... More first trick solo. Harris travels back to Pittsburgh with his old partner to repay a debt.

Blue Mountains

Billy gets in with a questionable crowd. Isaac travels alone.... More Harris’ investigation into the anonymous eyewitness continues as a high school football player ODs.

St. Sebastian

Isaac is taken in by a kind stranger. Grace’s union... More drive is put to the test. Billy fires his public defender. Harris realizes what he has to do.

Denmark

Harris finally finds the anonymous eyewitness. Lee decides not to... More return to New York. Billy is returned to the general prison population to face the consequences of his actions. The D.A. may be forced to drop the case. Season finale.

American Rust: Season 1 | Ratings & Reviews

Like Mare of Easttown, American Rust seeks to authentically portray life outside the big smoke while a murder investigation unfolds - with Jeff Daniels the pill-popping police chief.

28_%32 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
77_%59 reviews
Audience score rating

"Rife with hollow but sorrowful characters, their creation little more than a smudgy panorama of American miserabilism."

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RogerEbert.com

"What could American Rust possibly have to say about a place it hardly seems to understand?"

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Hollywood Reporter

"The plot thrives on contrivance and misunderstanding more often than human emotion..."

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Variety

"Tierney is a lightning bug in the bleak black night that is American Rust..."

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Boston Globe

"While the framework sounds like it has all the makings of a twisty murder mystery, American Rust has a maddeningly peculiar way of downplaying just about everything..."

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