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: He was just a guy going to work. He took the elevator up and he never took it down. We buried his leg. That's what was left. His leg.

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Connections

Featured in The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (2005)

User Reviews

Worth seeing, but not as good as it could have been

I'll start by saying that I definitely enjoyed the first episode. The two hours pretty much flew by. I highly recommend this to anyone.

However, there are a few glaring flaws:

With two exceptions, virtually all the main characters are young and beautiful. , they are all supposed to be highly seasoned veterans in extremely high

positions within their respective agencies, Yeah, right.

At least most of them are terrific actors. The one GLARING exception is Julianna Margulies. She was fine in her TV role as a nurse, and I liked her a lot in "Elysian fields." However, she is PAINFULLY miscast in this series. She's so non-believable (not to mention wooden) that everytime she was on-screen I got jolted out of the action with a blaring

reminder that I was watching a tv series. Awful. Maybe she's battling a drug addiction or alcohol, who knows....

OK, but other than the above, the premier episode was terrific. Excellent

cinematography, excellent screenplay, editing, etc. Also, as others have said, the "bad guys" aren't presented as one-dimensional. Rather, both sides of the conflict are presented with equal respect, and that's really something. There's a lot in this series to make you think.

HIGHLY recommended.