In this not-too-distant future, and after a series of uprisings in schools by students, a new law has been implemented to make parents partially responsible for what their kids have done, unless they can prove they're good parents.
But with Judicial Inquisitor Sarah Willis (Saoirse-Monica Jackson) digging into every inch of their past and personal lives, truths are set to come to light which could tear the family completely apart.
Here's what exactly happened.
What happens in The Trial?
Dione and David are both furious at even being brought in, and while they agree to put on a united front, it becomes clear quickly they are complete opposites in nearly every way.
While Dione is extremely career-focused, David is somewhat of a slacker – with his official job title being 'unemployed', though he insists he's a freelance landscape gardener and photographer.
David, who was 'in between homes' after splitting with his partner who couldn't have kids, moved in just a month after they started dating. Willis also questions why they decided to have a child, despite the fact Dione had two prior terminations.
In turn, David had allowed his daughter to watch news of devastating natural disasters at the age of five, causing Teah to have nightmares that the world will end.
What crime did Teah actually commit?
Inquisitor Willis takes her sweet time telling the frustrated parents what exactly Teah did wrong, teasing them it will be revealed 'when necessary'.
As the lies held between David and Dione fall apart, the Inquisitor reveals, rather than being unemployed like he claims, David has been working as an informant for the police, infiltrating Teah's eco-group Earth Warriors to gain information for any upcoming criminal acts.
Dione is furious about David's affair, but it gets worse when it's revealed Teah attempted to kill Aurora after finding the information out.
Thankfully, Aurora – a yoga instructor and MMA expert – only sustained a minor injury before restraining Teah, with the police arresting her shortly afterwards.
How does The Trial end?
Oddly calm about what she's done, Teah says she's 'at peace' with her decision, arguing she wasn't trying to murder Aurora Miller, but chillingly was 'trying to liberate the poor parasite inside her womb’.
Teah tells her horrified parents she considers what she did as an act of mercy, as bringing a child into a destructive world is wrong.
Guilty to attempted child obstruction, Teah faces a life sentence – which she's requested to serve sentence in punitive coma, as she ‘doesn’t have to watch the world die in front of her’.
As the day winds down, Lieutenant Simons finds a pencil in Teah's cell. She's etched onto the metal bed frame the quote: "So long and thanks for all the fish", a line from the fourth book of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
The pair then embrace, and as Simons rests his hand on Sarah's belly, it's revealed she's pregnant with their baby, and they vow they will "do better" than the Sinclairs.
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