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Exclusive Series Premieres Headline Hollywood Suite’s February Programming Lineup

Premiere of Manson family #truecrime docuseries Helter Skelter

Season finale of the original war drama Valley of Tears

January 25, 2021: Exclusive programming continues to roll out on Hollywood Suite, with the premiere of 6-part true crime docuseries Helter Skelter: An American Myth on Thursday February, 11th, and the premiere of the final two episodes of Valley of Tears on Saturday February 6th and 13th.

Helter Skelter: An American Myth

Exactly 50 years ago today, on January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and three members of his “family” were convicted for the brutal 1969 murders of nine people, including Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, and Abigail Folger. Why, after 50 years, does the Manson Family still permeate our culture, our media, and our fears? Hollywood Suite is the exclusive Canadian home of EPIX’s six-part docuseries Helter Skelter: An American Myth that attempts to answer those questions.

Directed by Lesley Chilcott (Watson, Codegirl), producer of An Inconvenient Truth, It Might Get Loud and Waiting for Superman, the True Crime series is the most definitive recounting of the Manson Family story ever put on screen. Episode one premieres Thursday, February 11 at 9pm ET, with a new episode premiering weekly through March 18. Each episode will be available on demand.

Episode 1 – Charles Manson is Your Brother – Thursday, February 11 at 9pm ET

In the series premiere, he orchestrated the most sensational murders of the 20th century, but how much do we really know about Charles Manson and the Family? Helter Skelter goes back to the 1960s to reveal the untold story of the enigmatic cult leader and his band of followers who did his bidding – even when it meant killing nine people in the summer of 1969. His story has become legend, but the truth has yet to be told…

Episode 2 – The Seed – Thursday, February 18 at 9pm ET

Helter Skelter travels back in time to the desperate early days in Appalachia when Manson was first exposed to prison when his young mother was sent away. Travel along Charles Manson’s sordid journey through reform school, jail and prison as he picks up the tools, he will ultimately bring together to commit the most sensational murders of the 20th century.

Episode 3 – Nobody Joins a Cult – Thursday, February 25 at 9pm ET

Fresh out of prison, aspiring musician Charles Manson finds himself in San Francisco during the Summer of Love. There, he uses the tools he learned behind bars to recruit followers to his growing traveling commune. Helter Skelter follows Manson as he takes average teens and young adults and puts them through the change. As he travels from the streets of Haight Ashbury to Los Angeles, partying with A-Listers, producers and rock royalty we see that his seductive message might entice just about anyone in a vulnerable place.

Episode 4 – Out of Eden – Thursday, March 4 at 9pm ET

To his followers, Charles Manson is the second coming of Christ, that belief reinforced by subliminal messages he receives through the Beatles’ White Album. But by the summer of 1969, a mythical race war, delusions of stardom, and bad drug deals leave the cult leader struggling to keep his family together. Helter Skelter reveals how, through intense programming, physical abuse, group sex, and tests of death, Manson finally convinces his followers to “do something witchy,” which can only mean one thing.

Episode 5 – Same Bad Mistakes – Thursday, March 11 at 9pm ET

A desperate Charles Manson escapes with his Family to a desert hideout. There, prison camp-like conditions force two of the girls to make a life-or-death escape attempt. Meanwhile, Los Angeles is paralyzed with fear as the police fumble the investigation. But then Manson unexpectedly helps brings his reign of terror to an end. When a jailhouse confession comes to light, Helter Skelter reveals how the pieces of the puzzle finally come together for the law.

Episode 6 – The Legend of Helter Skelter – Thursday, March 18 at 9pm ET

The most sensational trial of the 20th century finds a judge attacked on the bench, a daily circus of interruptions, a missing defense attorney, and a gallery of young girls blindly following Charles Manson in trying to derail the prosecution. Fifty years later, why does the man, his myth, his Family continue to horrify and also fascinate us? Has Manson finally found the attention and fame he so craved? Helter Skelter explores the aftermath of the murders that gripped the world, and why the myth of Charles Manson should cease to exist.

Valley of Tears – The Season Finale

The 10-part HBO Max Original war drama — which John Doyle of the Globe and Mail has called “stark, tense and gripping” — will conclude its Canadian premiere run with the final two episodes of Season 1 on Hollywood Suite 2000s. Each episode will be available on demand following its premiere airing.

Episode 9 – The Abyss – Sunday, February 6 at 9pm ET

Staring down hundreds of enemy tanks in a seemingly hopeless battle, Melakhi steps up to lead the 87th, forcing his crew to rethink their entire training in order to make it out alive. Meanwhile, when Avinoam surrenders himself to protect Dafna, his fears of captivity come to fruition. With their very survival in question, Meni and Yoni finally reconcile, and Marco looks to make amends with Melakhi.

Episode 10 – Valley of Tears – February 13 at 9pm ET

In the brutal Valley of Tears battle, the tank crew faces impossible challenges and suffers heavy casualties at point-blank range. Meanwhile, a Syrian interrogator tests Avinoam’s determination to guard intelligence secrets.

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