Episodes

1. Week 1

Tommy Flannegan accepts a job offer from James Carville; Mary Matalin and Maggie Morris worry about causing a rift with some of the firm's clients; Mary and James interview a job applicant.

2. Week 2

New firm member Francisco Dupre meets his co-workers; Tommy and Maggie are suspicious about Francisco's background.

3. Week 3

Maggie does a background check on Francisco; the firm is concerned about representing a Saudi Arabian company.

4. Week 4

A flashback to the last week of July and the origins of the Bergstrom Lowell firm.

5. Week 5

Mary Matalin defends herself against rumors that she may been the source of the recent leak of a CIA agent's identity.

6. Week 6

"The Leak" has the firm on edge and Carville staring up at the ceiling vents; Tommy has a marital crisis.

7. Week 7

The FBI puts a scare into the employees of Bergstrom Lowell and on the advice of legal counsel nobody can talk about what's going on.

8. Week 8

Carville meets with the Department of Justice and finds himself in the hot seat.

9. Week 9

After a long and strange August night, Tommy Flannegan talks with the FBI.

10. Week 10

Mary and James are forced to sell the office furniture as Bergstrom Lowell's reputation plummets.

Overview

An experimental fusion of reality and fiction--a fly-on-the-wall look at government, filmed in and around the corridors of power in Washington. The series ventures inside the world of powerful political consultants--a world that few people ever experience first-hand. Produced on location in Washington, D.C., the largely improvised ten-episode series combines fictional characters with appearances by real-life political figures, all centered around the biggest political news of the week.

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Cast

Mary McCormack

John Slattery

Roger Guenveur Smith

James Carville

Mary Matalin