TV & Streaming Reviews
Be a REVIEWER
Show TV series titles index…The District 2000-04 (89 episodes)
Moral Rating: | usually OK |
Primary Audience: | Teen to Adult |
Genre: | Crime Drama |
Length: | 1 hr. |
American crime drama and police procedural series that follows the work and personal life of a fictional chief of Washington, D.C.’s police department
Show Synopsis: (from the producer) THE DISTRICT, a drama inspired by the real-life experiences of former New York Deputy Police Commissioner Jack Maple, stars Craig T. Nelson as Jack Mannion, a tenacious champion of the underdog and an avowed crimefighter whose revolutionary tactics have resulted in a 50 percent drop in crime, first in Boston, then in Newark, N.J. Appointed Chief of Police by the Mayor, Mannion works closely at Police Headquarters with Chief of Patrol Joe Noland (Roger Aaron Brown). In his quest to "make crime a thing of the past," Mannion has assembled a team that includes Ella Farmer (Lynne Thigpen), a hard-working statistics clerk, and Temple Page (Sean Patrick Thomas), a young detective. Ella is in charge of a high-tech briefing room where Mannion confronts the police brass and makes them accountable for crime in the city. Temple is Mannion's eyes and ears on the most crime-ridden, drug-infested streets in America. Temple's new partner, Kevin Debreno (Jonathan LaPaglia), is a hot-shot cop who is not above bending the rules in order to hasten an investigation. Nancy Parras (Elizabeth Marvel), an intuitive officer working as Mannion's assistant, rounds out the chief's inner circle. Together, Mannion and his team form a modern-day "Untouchables," determined to make the District livable for all its citizens