Plot Synopsis

THE HONORABLE WOMAN is a drama series that follows one woman, Nessa Stein, on her personal journey from London's Whitehall and MI6 to the CIA in Washington to the Middle East to right the wrongs of her family's past. Nessa's father was a Zionist arms procurer, and, as children, she and her brother witness his assassination. Years later, after inheriting her father's company, she dramatically inverts its purpose from supplying arms to laying high-spec data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Now in her thirties, her sudden appointment to the House of Lords, apparently due to her tireless promotion of projects for reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, creates an international political maelstrom. Plus, she harbors a dark secret from her time held hostage in Gaza eight years previously that threatens to blow apart her world and all that she has fought for, as she is forced to confront the demons from her past amidst a high profile game of political cat and mouse. SundanceTV aired the U.S. premiere of THE HONORABLE WOMAN on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at 10pm ET/PT.
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On Thursday, September 18, 2014 at 10pm ET/PT, SundanceTV aired the finale of THE HONORABLE WOMAN. In the series ender, "The Paring Knife," Sir Hugh discovers that Nessa has been manipulated both by people close to her and governments intent on exploiting her work.