"Pick Your Battles"
While her father is away serving in the military, Sadie battles to preserve his place on the home front when her mother takes an interest in the newest resident at the Shady Plains Trailer Park.
Social & External
The people behind it
Sophia Mitri Schloss
Sadie
Melanie Lynskey
Rae
John Gallagher Jr.
Cyrus
Danielle Brooks
Carla
Tony Hale
Bradley
Tee Dennard
Deak
Keith L. Williams
Francis
Joseph Steven Yang
Mr. Lee
Wally Dalton
Jimmy The Regular
Justin Thomas Howell
Jesse Durantz
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