Shark (2006–2008)

Title character Sebastian Stark is an L.A. hot-shot lawyer, who leaves his lucrative career as defender of rich criminals to join the public prosecution under the District Attorney (D.A.), ... See full summary »

Creator:

Ian Biederman

Stars:

James Woods, Danielle Panabaker, Sophina Brown

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 2 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
James Woods	...	Sebastian Stark (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Danielle Panabaker	...	Julie Stark (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sophina Brown	...	Raina Troy (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sarah Carter	...	Madeleine Poe (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Jeri Ryan	...	Jessica Devlin (38 episodes, 2006-2008)
Henry Simmons	...	Isaac Wright (32 episodes, 2006-2008)
Sam Page	...	Casey Woodland (22 episodes, 2006-2007)
Kevin Alejandro	...	Danny Reyes (16 episodes, 2007-2008)

Storyline

Title character Sebastian Stark is an L.A. hot-shot lawyer, who leaves his lucrative career as defender of rich criminals to join the public prosecution under the District Attorney (D.A.), which allows him to form a trial team of his own, consisting of young lawyers, like Casey Woodland, son of a legislator, who thus get a opportunity to learn straight from the master, if they can stand his hellish pace and walk the tight rope between respecting the law while using it and winning whatever it takes. A P.I. helps out digging up factual information. While in nearly every episode a criminal is found out and put behind bars, after testing out tactics in Shark's private mock court, Sebastian often also has to deal with his daughter Julie, who surprisingly chose after Shark's divorce to live with him rather then her mother in New York.

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Plot Keywords:

lawyer | attorney | court | trial | district attorney | 

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Taglines:

The smile hides the bite.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Official Sites:

CBS [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Shark - Törvényszéki ragadozó

Filming Locations:

2315 Live Oaks Meadow Road, Malibu, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (38 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stark has three rules, which he refers to as his "Cutthroat Manifesto:" * "Trial is War. Second place is death." * "Truth is relative. Pick one that works." * "In a jury trial, there are only twelve opinions that matter and yours [speaking to his team] is not one of them."

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Goofs

In Season One, Jessica's opponent in the race for the D.A.'s office is named Brian Cutler. He is never seen on screen, but people refer to him on multiple occasions. When Kevin Pollak begins playing the character in Season Two, his name becomes Leo Cutler.

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Quotes

Detective Isaac Wright: [Stark has just asked Isaac to follow Julie again] I can get someone from the department...
Sebastian Stark: I can't trust anyone else with this!
Detective Isaac Wright: No! I'm safer working undercover.
Sebastian Stark: [pause] ... please.
Detective Isaac Wright: [resigned] This is the LAST time...

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Connections

Referenced in Family Guy: And Then There Were Fewer (2010)

User Reviews

Let James Woods be James Woods!

I've seen the first two episodes, and within the confines of a one hour network TV lawyer drama, Shark is very good, and for James Woods fans, lots of great James Woods moments. Dialogue sounds like it was written for him, and we get that great Woods sarcasm and slashing style.

I had long since abandoned network TV, but this one had a pretty good premise and James Woods is perfectly cast.

Some great chemistry with all these egos (DA, LAPD brass, defense lawyers), and the daughter adds some depth and a human side his character tries hard to hide.

Sure, there's overlap with his character in the McMartin Pre-School movie, but still worth putting down the remote for an hour on Thursday nights.

A must see for James Woods fans, and this show could earn him some new ones.