After their brother dies by suicide ten years after a catastrophic police encounter, three sisters unite to pursue the civil case they were once told could never be won, exposing a web of institutional lies, fractured memories, and family secrets that have shaped their lives for a decade.
In January 2025, forty-six-year-old Luke Decker dies by suicide after years of battling schizophrenia, trauma, and the lasting psychological wounds of a prison sentence he and his family believed never should have happened. His mother discovers him in his childhood bedroom, his body pinned beneath a ceiling fan that could not bear his weight. For Luke, it is the tragic end of a decade-long struggle. For his three sisters, it is the beginning of a fight they refuse to abandon.
Nearly ten years earlier, Luke fled a psychiatric hospital in the midst of a mental health crisis, setting off a chain of events that ended in a violent police encounter, a catastrophic crash, and two years of incarceration. His older sister, Justine, had always been his protector and fiercest advocate. Jacqueline, two years younger, carries her own battles with mental illness and addiction while refusing to stop questioning the official narrative. Tallulah, the youngest, spent her life trying to survive the chaos surrounding her family, only to find herself pulled back into it.
After Luke's death, newly uncovered evidence forces the sisters to reunite and pursue a civil case they were once told was impossible to win. What begins as routine depositions quickly unravels into something far more dangerous as conflicting testimony, missing evidence, and long-hidden body camera footage challenge everything the public believes happened on October 19, 2016.
Set against the quiet towns of New York's Hudson Valley, the series explores mental illness, justice, family loyalty, and the devastating cost of institutional failure. Told through intersecting timelines, depositions, body camera footage, and deeply personal memories, the story asks a haunting question: when every official record tells one version of history, who gets to decide what really happened?
Jessica’s first feature, Coast, co-directed with Derek Schweikart, premiered at the 2021 Santa Barbara International Film Festival to sold-out screenings and strong critical response.
She began her career in theater and is an alumna of The Actors Center Conservatory in New York City. Her first short film, The Dress, won Best Ensemble at the LA Comedy Festival. After years of producing and directing theater, she shifted her focus to filmmaking. She went on to direct Illusion for Come What May Productions, which received multiple festival honors, including Best Cinematography at the Beverly Hills Film Festival (2013), Honorable Mention for Best Fantasy at the LA Fear and Fantasy Festival, selections at the Maui Film Festival and VisionFest, and the DVFS Visionary Award.
Additional film credits include producing Delicious Ambiguity and Dreaming Don’t Make It So, and writing and acting in the short film Picked Up. She also co-created the sitcom pilot Served with 30 Rock producer Don Scardino. Her socially engaged work includes Pride, created with the Ossining High School Girls Basketball Team to explore their experiences around menstruation, and an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s short story Long Walk to Forever, exhibited at the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Museum.
Alongside Cindy Kitagawa and Derek Schweikart, Jessica co-founded A Journey Home Film to create innovative, character-driven stories rooted in empathy, human connection, and emotional truth.
In addition to directing, she works as a producer and post supervisor on Showtime’s award-winning series Couples Therapy.
