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Synopsis: Rob Lowe (The
West Wing), an Emmy and Golden Globe nominee and winner
of a Screen Actors Guild Award continues on NBC primetime to star in
this unconventional legal drama set against the imposing backdrop of
Washington, D.C. business, politics and the justice system.
Starring in the intriguing drama with Lowe are Matt Craven ("The
Life of David Gale"), Kyle Chandler ("Early Edition"),
Elizabeth Mitchell ("Frequency"), Frances Fisher ("Titanic"),
James Pickens, Jr. ("Traffic") and David Krumholtz ("Big
Shot: Confessions of a Campus Bookie").
At the center of the ensemble series is John "Jack" Turner
(Lowe), a maverick scion from an American political dynasty. A "true
believer," Jack must reconcile his passion for the purity of law
in the morally ambiguous world he inhabits, in which no one is who they
appear to be.
Content with working in a small pro-bono law clinic in Washington,
D.C. -- at the urging of his more practical longtime friend and colleague,
George Riley (Craven) -- Turner reluctantly accepts the position of
managing partner in the sponsoring law firm of Lyon, LaCrosse, and Levine
in order to save the clinic.
The established law firm is made up of a cast of diverse characters
whose motives and alliances are rich with contradiction and secrets.
Ariel Saxon (Mitchell), an attractive attorney and recovering alcoholic,
is trying to re-establish her career after hitting rock bottom.
Turner’s nemesis in the firm, at least from his own perspective, is
Grant Rashton (Chandler), a cynic who is driven by competition and the
brass ring of partnership. Another floor down is paralegal Jeff Fineman
(Krumholtz), who sees life at the firm as more of a spectacle than a
profession. Climbing the opposite end of the corporate ladder is Brit
Hanley (Fisher), a cunning and determined assistant, who will stop at
nothing to advance her career. Leading the firm is the imposing attorney,
Terrence Christianson (Pickens), the partner who rules the establishment
and all its machinations with an iron fist.
The Cast:
Kyle Chandler as Grant Rashton
Matt Craven as George Riley
Frances Fisher as Brit Hanley
David Krumholtz as Jeff Fineman
Rob Lowe as John "Jack" Turner
Elizabeth Mitchell as Ariel Saxon
James Pickens, Jr. as Terrence Christianson
Production Credits:
The Lyon’s Den was created by writer and executive producer Remi
Aubuchon (24).
Rob Lowe, Kevin Falls (The
West Wing), Brad Grey (The
Sopranos) and Bernie Brillstein (Just
Shoot Me) are the executive producers. Dan Sackheim (Kingpin)
is executive producer and director. The Lyon’s Den is a production
of 20th Century-Fox and Brad Grey Television.
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