The series starts in Los Angeles at the beginning of the 80's.
Franklin Saint is a smart young man who lives in a poor neighborhood.
After he loses his job, he starts selling drug.
He finds out the crack and he understrand that he can earn lot of money.
In parallel, the CIA secretly helps drog dealers to finance the Contra war in Nicaragua.
The different caracters run into each other and enter in the same criminal system.
The season shows the beginning of crack trafficking and its first consequences.
Crack is spreading very quickly in the Los Angeles neighborhoods .
Franklin devlops his network and hires more dealers.
He learns to use the violence to protect his business.
His relationship with his family become more rude.
The CIA keep to bring drog without worrying about the damage caused.
The neighborhoods become more dangereous and unstable.
Franklin gradually loses his moral values.
Franklin is now on of the biggest dealer of the city.
He controls a major part of the crack trade .
The police start to be interested seriously in him.
He faces gangs and betrayals.
His décisions produce lot of dead.
The community is deeply affected by this drug and the violence.
Franklin gradually becomes cold and strategic.
After these events, Franklin was shot.
During his recovery, he wants to take control of the market.
He completely change his way of thinking .
His family gets more involved in the business, and creating more pressure.
Franklin sacrifices his relationship to keep the power.
Franklin is extremely rich and powerful.
He invests his money in real estate to become legitimate.
But his parteners starts to betrayed him .
He becomes paranoid and aggressive with everybody.
His relationship with his mother goes bad .
The police and the CIA approach him .
His empire starts fall appart .
Franklin almost lost all of his money .
He becomes obsesses with the idea of getting back what he lost.
He even manipulates and betrays his family members.
His choices definitely destroy his relationship .
Franklin ended up alone,broken, and without power.