"Commander in Chief" Pilot (2005)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Rod Lurie

Writer:

Rod Lurie (written by)

TV Series:

"Commander in Chief" (2005)

Original Air Date:

27 September 2005 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Mackenzie Allen (Academy Award-winner Geena Davis), the 45-year-old Independent Vice President of the United States...

Plot Keywords:

Female President | Female Politician | Washington D.C. | Commander In Chief | Mother Daughter Relationship

Cast

Geena Davis	...	President Mackenzie Allen
Harry Lennix	...	Jim Gardner
Kyle Secor	...	Rod Calloway
Ever Carradine	...	Kelly Ludlow
Matt Lanter	...	Horace Calloway
Caitlin Wachs	...	Rebecca Calloway
Jasmine Jessica Anthony	...	Amy Calloway (as Jasmine Anthony)
Julie Ann Emery	...	Joan Greer
Kristen Shaw	...	Norah Woodruff
Anthony Azizi	...	Vince Taylor
Leslie Hope	...	Melanie Blackston
Talia Balsam	...	Ruth
Mary Page Keller	...	Grace Bridges
Ato Essandoh	...	Manute Obama
Will Lyman	...	Teddy Bridges

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Eclipse Catering

Trivia:

When the Chief Justice administers the oath of office, he calls her "Mackenzie Spencer Allen" and she corrects him "Mackenzie S. Allen". This is a reference to the oath-taking of President Harry S. Truman in 1945: Chief Justice Stone said "Harry Shippe Truman" and he corrected it while taking the oath.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When President Allen is speaking to a Joint Session of Congress, Speaker Templeton is visible over her right shoulder (the viewer's left). The Speaker of the House should be behind her left shoulder, and the Vice President (as President of the Senate) behind her right shoulder. At this point in the series, there was no Vice President, as President Allen was the previous V.P. before becoming President, so possibly there should be no-one there. However, it's likely the man sitting next to the Speaker is supposed to be the President pro tempore of the Senate (he's just in the wrong seat).