The Well

S01E06 The Search

In a bold and controversial decision, California Governor Gavin Newsom clears the way for the detectives to meet with death row inmate Wesley Shermantine—possibly their last and best chance to locate more victims. The visit produces two new sites where Shermantine claims he buried victims decades ago: a thick orchard near his childhood home and an abandoned frontier settlement called Lost City. After all these years, the detectives doubt the killer's memory and wonder if he's still toying with them. Still bound by their promise to pursue every lead, they head out with cadaver dogs and a forensic team to learn what the earth may reveal.