Testify – Season 1
A charismatic young pastor clashes with his father’s powerful evangelical church. He forms an unlikely alliance with a queer podcaster, and they uncover a conspiracy of historic sexual abuse. Made with support from NZ on Air.
Episodes
Episode 1
A Mega Church grows rampant by the charismatic youth Paster David and the entrepreneurial Jacobson family. When an estranged son returns from exile, hard truths and crimes of the past are exposed.
Episode 2
Paster Scott goes into damage control after a brutal murder takes place. Meanwhile podcaster’s Dana and Eden clash with the church at their attempts to out a young Avow dancer.
Episode 3
David, now disillusioned with his family’s church looks to Dana’s podcast to preach his personal faith. Paul is investigating AVOW’s business dealings and searches his and David’s birth mother.
Episode 4
Paul’s childhood trauma is triggered when his birth mother is discovered. Then David struggles with the lies which in an emotional outburst on Dana’s podcast forces her to face her own family demons.
Episode 5
David’s birth father finally agrees to meet him, and is instantly enamoured. Paul loses his temper and forces David to take sides.