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The Lyon's Den
In the Series Premier, Sept 28, 2003:
SENIOR PARTNER'S SHOCKING SUICIDE SENDS SHOCKWAVES THROUGH THE FIRM IN THE SERIES PREMIERE- John "Jack" Turner (Rob Lowe) has managed to evade the career expectations of others by working at his small pro-bono law clinic helping those without means who need legal representation. When the senior partner, Daniel Barrington (Kevin Cooney) at Lyon, LaCrosse and Levine suddenly dies, Terrence Christianson (James Pickens, Jr.), the head of the firm, calls on Jack to take Barrington's place. While Jack wants no part of it, Grant Rashton (Kyle Chandler) wants nothing more than to be Christianson's choice for the position. With the help of Rashton's scheming assistant, Brit Hanley (Frances Fisher), he will stop at nothing to get it. Also weaving her into the hierarchy of the firm is Ariel Saxon (Elizabeth Mitchell) who is struggling to battle alcoholism. Vying for her attention is paralegal, Jeff Fineman (David Krumholtz). With the sudden death of Turner's mentor, Barrington, Jack begins not only question his future role within the firm but the intentions of everyone around him. Rip Torn guest stars as Jack Turner's father, U.S. Senator Harlan M. Turner.
What They Say About the Series:
Rob Lowe (NBC’s “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 Lyon’s Den” was created by writer and executive producer Remi Aubuchon (“24”). Rob Lowe, Kevin Falls (“The West Wing”), Brad Grey (“The Sopranos”), Bernie Brillstein (NBC’s “Just Shoot Me”) and Dan Sackheim (“Kingpin”) are the executive producers. “The Lyon’s Den” is a production of 20th Century-Fox and Brad Grey Television.
