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The Aching City
The city moans, it lunges up right from the ground
The seething earth, it opens up and spits us out
This vicious child, nature never wanted us
This vicious child, a cancer burning black into its heart
~Above and Below - The Bravery
At 9:37 pm, the 15th of March 2011, Judge Colm Baden was found dead in his home office. Initial cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
One hour later, evidence appears on the desks of the Chief of Police and the New York District Attorney outlining several of Judge Baden’s convictions as being completely and totally wrong.
Has the judge been covering for someone or some organization over the years? Was his death suicide or murder?
Is it possible that his devoted wife and son knew nothing about his dealings with a criminal organization that stretches much further than anyone could have supposed?
Alexandra Baden (Stockard Channing) is the late wide of Judge Baden. A well-respected law professor at NYU, she is appalled at what her husband has done, and cannot reconcile his actions with the man she has loved since she was twenty years old when she met him during her year at Oxford. Still, she will hold her head high and will find out what caused her husband to fall so far. Even if it means she loses friends and colleagues along the way. Alex is finally realizing just how much strength she has, and she'll be damned if this destroys her and her son.
Kyle Baden (Cillian Murphy) is the only child of Judge Baden and having recently returned from a few years away in Ireland is finally making his own name at a small law firm that handles domestic abuse cases solely on a pro-bono basis. He cannot believe that his father, the man he's looked up to all his life, would have intentionally abused the law that he so rigorously admired. Kyle's priority now is his mother and her safety. He is also wary of the police involvement and will not be left out of the investigation, even if that means doing things on his own.
Daniel "Danny" Lance (Gary Sinise) is the current Chief of Police for New York City. He's proud of his accomplishments and has always believed in the system he works to protect every day. He's been a friend of the Baden family for years and the judge's death hits him hard. What hits him harder is the request from the even higher-ups to look into every case Judge Baden presided over in the last five years and determine just what the hell was going on. In doing so, Danny is going to have to ignore his gut for the first time in his life and treat one of his closest friends as a criminal and he's going to ignore every instinct in his body yelling at him to take care of Alex. Because if this is as big as he thinks it might be? No one is going to come out clean.
Baye Dixon (Daniel Dae Kim) is one of New York's best detectives. He's perceptive, subtle and tenacious and has always been able to see all sides of a story. He and his partner have just been assigned to the Baden case and while a part of him hates to believe how far down a man will go, he's more than aware of how tempting the darkness can be. After all, isn't that what happened to his brother?
Meghan Porter (Rachel McAdams) has been a detective with the NYPD for four years. Partnered with Dixon from the outset, she believes in what she does and works to protect people who cannot protect themselves. From a family of cops, she knows all about the avenues of deception and temptation that can come to a person in power. But, something about this case feels different, feels even more wrong than it looks. The fact that the son of the deceased won't leave the investigation to the professionals just makes things even more difficult. Because, if Kyle was as close as he says he was to his father, surely he had to know what his father was doing?
Amanda Fletcher (Rachel Weisz) was Judge Baden's clerk. She's been with him for years, ever since she was fresh out of law school. According to her, she had no idea that his rulings weren't accurate and precise. The police think she must have had some insight, but she knows in her heart that the judge simply wasn't capable of such deception. And she's going to prove it. With or without the police's permission. She owes so very much to the judge...
Marcus Rider (Taye Diggs) is the Assistant District Attorney and has got his hands full with the Baden case. He'd always respected the man and now Marcus has got to go digging into matters he's sure will do nothing more than suck him in. He's been waiting for his chance to prove himself, but is this case the best way? The last thing he needs is more enemies.
Cue intrigue, access to the inner sanctum of the justice department, suspicion of everyone including your own motives, attractions where there shouldn't be, divided loyalties, corruption, small glimpses of hope and of course, New York doing what it does best: never, ever sleeping.
(Personally, I'm shipping the heck out of Meghan/Kyle. Lots of tense encounters, then he saves her life, she saves his and oh look, there's that line between cop and suspect...)
halfpenny_press.The city moans, it lunges up right from the ground
The seething earth, it opens up and spits us out
This vicious child, nature never wanted us
This vicious child, a cancer burning black into its heart
~Above and Below - The Bravery
At 9:37 pm, the 15th of March 2011, Judge Colm Baden was found dead in his home office. Initial cause of death: self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
One hour later, evidence appears on the desks of the Chief of Police and the New York District Attorney outlining several of Judge Baden’s convictions as being completely and totally wrong.
Has the judge been covering for someone or some organization over the years? Was his death suicide or murder?
Is it possible that his devoted wife and son knew nothing about his dealings with a criminal organization that stretches much further than anyone could have supposed?
Alexandra Baden (Stockard Channing) is the late wide of Judge Baden. A well-respected law professor at NYU, she is appalled at what her husband has done, and cannot reconcile his actions with the man she has loved since she was twenty years old when she met him during her year at Oxford. Still, she will hold her head high and will find out what caused her husband to fall so far. Even if it means she loses friends and colleagues along the way. Alex is finally realizing just how much strength she has, and she'll be damned if this destroys her and her son.
Kyle Baden (Cillian Murphy) is the only child of Judge Baden and having recently returned from a few years away in Ireland is finally making his own name at a small law firm that handles domestic abuse cases solely on a pro-bono basis. He cannot believe that his father, the man he's looked up to all his life, would have intentionally abused the law that he so rigorously admired. Kyle's priority now is his mother and her safety. He is also wary of the police involvement and will not be left out of the investigation, even if that means doing things on his own.
Daniel "Danny" Lance (Gary Sinise) is the current Chief of Police for New York City. He's proud of his accomplishments and has always believed in the system he works to protect every day. He's been a friend of the Baden family for years and the judge's death hits him hard. What hits him harder is the request from the even higher-ups to look into every case Judge Baden presided over in the last five years and determine just what the hell was going on. In doing so, Danny is going to have to ignore his gut for the first time in his life and treat one of his closest friends as a criminal and he's going to ignore every instinct in his body yelling at him to take care of Alex. Because if this is as big as he thinks it might be? No one is going to come out clean.
Baye Dixon (Daniel Dae Kim) is one of New York's best detectives. He's perceptive, subtle and tenacious and has always been able to see all sides of a story. He and his partner have just been assigned to the Baden case and while a part of him hates to believe how far down a man will go, he's more than aware of how tempting the darkness can be. After all, isn't that what happened to his brother?
Meghan Porter (Rachel McAdams) has been a detective with the NYPD for four years. Partnered with Dixon from the outset, she believes in what she does and works to protect people who cannot protect themselves. From a family of cops, she knows all about the avenues of deception and temptation that can come to a person in power. But, something about this case feels different, feels even more wrong than it looks. The fact that the son of the deceased won't leave the investigation to the professionals just makes things even more difficult. Because, if Kyle was as close as he says he was to his father, surely he had to know what his father was doing?
Amanda Fletcher (Rachel Weisz) was Judge Baden's clerk. She's been with him for years, ever since she was fresh out of law school. According to her, she had no idea that his rulings weren't accurate and precise. The police think she must have had some insight, but she knows in her heart that the judge simply wasn't capable of such deception. And she's going to prove it. With or without the police's permission. She owes so very much to the judge...
Marcus Rider (Taye Diggs) is the Assistant District Attorney and has got his hands full with the Baden case. He'd always respected the man and now Marcus has got to go digging into matters he's sure will do nothing more than suck him in. He's been waiting for his chance to prove himself, but is this case the best way? The last thing he needs is more enemies.
Cue intrigue, access to the inner sanctum of the justice department, suspicion of everyone including your own motives, attractions where there shouldn't be, divided loyalties, corruption, small glimpses of hope and of course, New York doing what it does best: never, ever sleeping.
(Personally, I'm shipping the heck out of Meghan/Kyle. Lots of tense encounters, then he saves her life, she saves his and oh look, there's that line between cop and suspect...)
