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American Gothic

Beyond the edge of evil lies the point of no return.

  • 1995 – 1996
  • Ended
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama · Crime
  • ~45m / ep
  • 1 season
  • 7.4/10

Everything is not what it seems in Trinity, South Carolina. Sheriff Lucas Buck develops a sinister interest in Caleb. Caleb's cousin Gail tries to protect him, but that's complicated since she has feelings for Sheriff Buck. And Caleb's dead sister, Merlyn, returns as an angel, warning him that Buck is an incarnation of evil - and may not be human.

Latest: Season 1 · 1995

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Visit Trinity, South Carolina, a small town with more chills than charm. Sheriff Lucas Buck won't let anyone - including local doctor Matt Crower or the determined Gail Emory - stand in the way of his evil plans.

  1. E1. Pilot

    Sep 22, 1995 · 45m

    The mysterious death of Merlyn Temple, a traumatized young girl, sets off a series of events that leave some townspeople questioning the motives of their charming sheriff, the last person to see her alive.

  2. E2. A Tree Grows in Trinity

    Sep 29, 1995 · 45m

    Fleeing deep into the woods from Sheriff Lucas Buck, young Caleb takes refuge in an eerie, abandoned hunting lodge and is terrified when he discovers a dying man who has been tortured and is being held prisoner there.

  3. E3. Eye of the Beholder

    Oct 6, 1995 · 45m

    Sheriff Buck calls in a favor from the local judge who is overseeing Caleb's custody hearing, hoping to ensure his favored status, but he doesn't stop there.

  4. E4. Damned If You Don't

    Oct 10, 1995 · 45m

    Carter Brown panics when Sheriff Buck wants his teen-age daughter to work for him as payback for an old favor. When he refuses, his life quickly begins to unravel.

  5. E5. Dead to the World

    Oct 13, 1995 · 45m

    Gail may have pushed Sheriff Buck too far when she accuses him of foul play in the death of his former girlfriend, who was with him just before her car mysteriously drove off a bridge.

  6. E6. Meet the Beetles

    Oct 20, 1995 · 45m

    When Jack Drey, a South Carolina state police lieutenant, throws his weight around in the investigation of the disappearance of his adulterous brother-in-law, Hack Weller, Sheriff Buck becomes wary. Drey suspects that Weller's obsession with Selena might have driven a vicious Buck to kill him.

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