Desc: Brutal Season: Directed by Gavin Fields. With Colleen Madden, Houston Settle, Markwood Fields, Shelby Grady. In 1948, the Trouths are facing no income and the hottest summer on record. When their estranged son inexplicably returns, the apartment is full again - but is it big enough for the gambling, trauma, and substantial life insurance policy that comes in his wake?