Two decades after being tried and acquitted for the murder of his high school sweetheart, traveling businessman Aksel Borgen returns to his Norwegian hometown at the request of a local firm, looking for his help to save a smalltown establishment from bankruptcy. What begins as an innocent favor brings old wounds, betrayals and forgotten secrets to the surface of this riverside town that restarts a battle for revenge and reconciliation. The groundbreaking crime saga continues in ACQUITTED: SEASON 2.