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6.6/10   609 votes
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Release Date:
21 September 2005 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
The Pentagon. The Missions. The Heroes.
Awards:
Won Primetime Emmy. more
NewsDesk:
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User Comments:
What's wrong with this show? more (34 total)

Cast

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Benjamin Bratt ... Maj. Jim Tisnewski / ... (23 episodes, 2005-2006)

Aunjanue Ellis ... MSgt. Jocelyn Pierce (23 episodes, 2005-2006)

Dennis Hopper ... Col. Eli McNulty (23 episodes, 2005-2006)

Kelly Rutherford ... Samantha 'Sonny' Liston (21 episodes, 2005-2006)

Kerr Smith ... Bobby Wilkerson (15 episodes, 2005-2006)

Maurice Compte ... Charlie Gutierrez (11 episodes, 2005-2006)
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Runtime:
60 min (including commercials)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The show's title is a reference to the offices along the outer edges of the Pentagon. more
Quotes:
Colonel McNulty: Sunday mornings at the Pentagon. Can't you just feel the love? more

FAQ

What Happened to E-Ring
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31 out of 39 people found the following comment useful.
What's wrong with this show?, 16 October 2005
Author: DeweyQ from Toronto, Canada

Critics of this show say there is a fundamental flaw with the concept of E-Ring: the main characters, including the protagonist played by Benjamin Bratt, are not really heroes.

The line of thinking says that characters have to operate completely autonomously to be considered heroic. The comments I've seen point out that Bratt and his colleagues (including boss Dennis Hopper) direct others to do the work but need to get approval from above for that work to be carried out. In other words, they don't DO anything themselves.

I watched the episodes I've seen with a jaundiced eye, the critics' words in mind. But Bratt comes off as, while slightly arrogant and naive, a true crusader who is learning to work the system to get very heroic things done. Along the way he designs some pretty creative military missions.

Jerry Bruckheimer may be stretching himself a little thin, but this one is pretty darn good. I would give it 7 out of 10. For one thing, the acting and writing (discounting a few egregious clichés) is better than CSI: Miami.

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