The Grid (2004– )

A team of American and British counter-terrorists are tasked with stopping a terrorist cell who's operating on a global level.

Stars:

Dylan McDermott, Julianna Margulies, Bernard Hill

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 4 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Dylan McDermott	...	FBI Agent Max Canary (2 episodes, 2004)
Julianna Margulies	...	NSA Agent Maren Jackson (2 episodes, 2004)
Bernard Hill	...	Agent Derek Jennings (2 episodes, 2004)
Jemma Redgrave	...	MI6 Agent Emily Tuthill (2 episodes, 2004)
James Remar	...	Hudson 'Hud' Benoit (2 episodes, 2004)
Piter Marek	...	CIA Agent Raza Michaels (2 episodes, 2004)
Silas Carson	...	Dr. Raghib Mutar (2 episodes, 2004)
Olek Krupa	...	Stana Moore (2 episodes, 2004)
Barna Moricz	...	Kaz Moore (2 episodes, 2004)
Emil Marwa	...	Akil Samoudi (2 episodes, 2004)
Robert Forster	...	Jay Aldrich (2 episodes, 2004)
Tom Skerritt	...	CIA Deputy Director Acton Sandman (2 episodes, 2004)
Imran Ali	...	Kahil (2 episodes, 2004)
Carol Anderson	...	NSC Staffer (2 episodes, 2004)
Sarkis Bekmezian	...	Samud Amallah (2 episodes, 2004)
Suzanne Bertish	...	Sarah Camfield (2 episodes, 2004)
Marc Casabani	...	English Voice Replacement (2 episodes, 2004)
Fuman Dar	...	Masir (2 episodes, 2004)
Houda Echouafni	...	Nazira (2 episodes, 2004)
David Hunt	...	Gregor (2 episodes, 2004)
Chapelle Jaffe	...	Catherine Cross (2 episodes, 2004)
Jack Langedijk	...	Davi (2 episodes, 2004)
Nina Thilas Mohs	...	Ilsa Kasselov (2 episodes, 2004)
Mikael Morris	...	American Newscaster (2 episodes, 2004)
Lawrence King-Phillips	...	Ulek (2 episodes, 2004)
Robert Purdy	...	MI6 Staffer (2 episodes, 2004)
Parvez Qadir	...	Hamid Samoudi (2 episodes, 2004)
Farzad Sadrian	...	Raffi Mustafa (2 episodes, 2004)
Sevag Sagherain	...	Foukara (2 episodes, 2004)
Jeff Seymour	...	Omar Massif (2 episodes, 2004)
Hassani Shapi	...	Julaidin (2 episodes, 2004)
Jeremy Thompson	...	British Newscaster (2 episodes, 2004)
Badria Timimi	...	Coila (2 episodes, 2004)
Agni Scott	...	Reem Mutar (2 episodes, 2004)
Adil Yamlahi	...	Akbar (2 episodes, 2004)
David Tse	...	Agung (2 episodes, 2004)

Storyline

The story opens with a deadly sarin attack in London. NSC counter-terrorism director Maren Jackson (Margulies) enlists FBI agent Max Canary (McDermott) and CIA Middle Eastern analyst Raza Michaels (Marek) to aid in the investigation. Acton Sandman (Skerritt), CIA deputy director of counter-terrorism, oversees the clandestine operation on foreign soil. Also on the task force is Emily Tuthill (Redgrave), director of operations for Britain's MI6; and Derek Jennings (Hill), MI5 senior director of counter-terrorism.

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Plot Keywords:

counter terrorism | cia | fbi | sarin | terrorist | 

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Taglines:

Global Mission. United Force.

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

TNT

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

19 July 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

A hálózat

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Carnival Films, DAS Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

266 min 266 min (6 parts)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The aerial shot of the CIA headquarters is stock footage from The Bourne Identity. The establishing shot of the CIA headquarters entrance gate is from Spy Game, and is in fact a location in England, not the real CIA headquarters.

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Quotes

FBI Agent Max Canary: If I'm not mistaken, she just cut off your balls, Derek.
Derek Jennings: Just the one, Max. Just the one.

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Connections

References Survivor (2000)

User Reviews

The DVD

This was a powerful series. Well-acted, Well-written. I disagree with people who say Julianna Margulies was out of her element, her character Merrin was just the type of woman you want in the government tough, smart, and strong-willed. Dylan McDermot was good as the Special Agent in-charge of New York's Joint terrorism taskforce. My favorite character was Jemma Redgrave's Emily Tuthill. Jemma was an actress I had never seen before she gave a very powerful performance especially toward the end in her scenes with the actor who played Reza, the CIA analyst turned field agent. Anyone that feels that Emily and Reza's scenes were out of place in a serious drama, I say well love, intimacy, and the beginnings of a strong relationship can be born under stranger circumstances.

In terms of Screen writing the strongest character relationship were the scenes between Maren and under mentor Former Secretary of State Jay Aldrich played by Robert Forester. When Aldrich describes Maren as being cool under pressure and well suited for chaos, the audience gets the feeling that Maren was both highly trained and well suited for her position but, written as well as it was, it also communicates that Maren's skills are both battle worn and still highly effective.

The DVD is reasonably priced at 14.00 dollars or so on two discs, with great extras about film and actor's discussing the mindset needed to work in Counterterrorism, buy this powerful miniseries. I would call this a must for anyone interested in Counterterrorism work for the government. I realize that television dramas like "The Agency" and "The Grid" are fictional and not really how working in Counterterrorism is, but "The Grid" made the journey both mildly realistic and entertaining.

At least it gets one interested in learning about the subject matter from non-fiction sources. To begin I suggest reading "Against All Enemies" by former NSC Manager Richard A. Clarke.