S01E01 Part 1
Nick Wasicsko becomes the youngest big-city mayor in America, but at what cost? Even before he is inaugurated, the obligation to build public housing in the white neighborhoods of Yonkers looms over his new administration.
Show Me a Hero
Overview
Mayor Nick Wasicsko took office in 1987 during Yonkers' worst crisis when federal courts ordered public housing to be built in the white, middle class side of town, dividing the city in a bitter battle fueled by fear, racism, murder and politics.
Episodes
S01E02 Part 2
All hell breaks loose as the Yonkers mayor and City Council are given an ultimatum by a federal judge weary of further delay. Meanwhile, public housing residents trapped in the deteriorating projects of West Yonkers...
S01E03 Part 3
Mayor Wasicsko finally achieves some consensus and rams through a housing plan with a tough vote, and housing officials finally begin to plan to build the new townhomes. But even as they do, the political...
S01E04 Part 4
A new mayor pledges to oppose the housing, even though it is never quite clear what he might be able to do in that regard. Meanwhile, Nick Wasicsko tries to reconcile himself to life out...
S01E05 Part 5
Armed with a growing recognition that he had fought on the side of angels in the battle over the housing, Wasicsko plans his political comeback, while the residents for the new townhouses are screened and...
S01E06 Part 6
A comprehensive orientation process awaits the incoming residents, and many have second thoughts about moving into neighborhoods that don't welcome them. At the same time, Mary Dorman, long a vocal opponent of the housing, is...
Cast
Oscar Isaac
Nick Wasicsko
Catherine Keener
Mary Dorman
Alfred Molina
Henry J. Spallone
Bob Balaban
Leonard B. Sand
Peter Riegert
Oscar Newman
LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Norma O'Neal
Carla Quevedo
Nay Noe Wasicsko
Jon Bernthal
Michael H. Sussman
Ilfenesh Hadera
Carmen Febles
Natalie Paul
Doreen Henderson
Michael Stahl-David
Jim Surdoval
Winona Ryder
Vinni Restiano
