Line of Fire

Line of Fire

2003
Line of Fire
Line of Fire

Line of Fire

7.4 | en | Drama

Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are often the tools of both trades. The Richmond-based Malloy Crime Syndicate is run by Jonah Malloy, a charismatic but dangerous father figure. The Richmond FBI branch has its own dynamic leader in Special Agent-In-Charge Lisa Cohen. Like any business, they must justify operations and produce results while wrangling lieutenants who are as flawed as they are hard-working.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP13  This Land...
Jan. 01,0001
This Land...

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EP12  Born to Run
Jan. 01,0001
Born to Run

Amiel and Paige investigate the case of three immigrant workers who had been found dead. Malloy arrives at the quarter-general of the FBI with a plan to use Cohen as an agent to get revenge against an adversary.

EP11  Eminence Front, Part 2
May. 30,2004
Eminence Front, Part 2

Malloy's worst instincts are brought out when his right hand man, Donovan Stubbin, informs him that his wife's rapist — a thug named Larry — is the cousin of one of Malloy's own men, Leon. Malloy sends Stubbin after Larry, whose cousin, Leon, is now forced to choose between family by blood — and family by association. Meanwhile, the search for the shooter of Special Agent Sampson's daughter continues.

EP10  Eminence Front, Part 1
May. 30,2004
Eminence Front, Part 1

FBI Agent Jennifer Sampson suffers a traumatic loss when her daughter is tragically caught in the crossfire of a hit intended for Sampson. When Agent Paige Van Doren fields the call about the shooting and brings in Agent Amiel MacArthur, an intense manhunt for the shooter kicks into gear. Sampson's daughter, in critical condition, needs surgery that could leave her brain-damaged, and Sampson and her husband, Carl, disagree on how to proceed. Meanwhile, crime boss Jonah Malloy, a vicious antagonist but dedicated family man, is in New York for a big mob consortium when he gets some harsh and unexpected news — his wife, Janet, has been raped.

EP9  The Senator
Feb. 03,2004
The Senator

Todd investigates a senator who may have taken part in a lynching fifty years ago. Meanwhile, a hooker wants Roy to kill her father, and Malloy maneuvers to take over a local Richmond baseball team.

EP8  Mother and Child Reunion
Jan. 27,2004
Mother and Child Reunion

Jennifer's daughter, Joanie, is taken hostage by a gun-toting student at her elementary school. Meanwhile, Malloy finds out that his wife's cousin, Tiffany was beaten at his brothel, and Stubbin's son lands in jail.

EP7  I'm Your Boogie Man
Jan. 13,2004
I'm Your Boogie Man

Lisa learns of dirty cops on the Richmond force, and Amiel busts an armed robber at a men's bathhouse.

EP6  The Best-Laid Plans
Jan. 06,2004
The Best-Laid Plans

Malloy sets up his wife's cousin, Tiffany, to work in his bordello. Meanwhile, Lisa and her team investigate the disappearance of an eight year-old girl.

EP5  Boom, Swagger, Boom
Dec. 30,2003
Boom, Swagger, Boom

Roy learns that a former colleague, Bert Sommers, and a crooked U.S. Marshal may have sold names and addresses of individuals from the Witness Protection list to Malloy, who's been hired to kill them for a million dollars each. And Lisa sleeps with a man she later realizes may be a serial rapist and killer.

EP4  Mockingbird
Dec. 23,2003
Mockingbird

Malloy pressures a local baseball team owner to give a former college ballplayer a tryout. Meanwhile, Paige pursues a pregnant fugitive who injured her partner, Jennifer, and Roy learns that his murdered FBI partner, Bert Sommers, may have had dirty dealings with Malloy.

EP3  Undercover Angel
Dec. 16,2003
Undercover Angel

The FBI is investigating Judge Clyde Parker, who uses the bench as his own sexual playground. He targets young female defendants who are in danger of losing their children and pressures the vulnerable women into having sex with him as a price for custody of their kids. Van Doren goes undercover to catch him in the act. Meanwhile, Malloy suspects that one of his men is withholding information, so he orders another one of his guys to send a message — a painful one.

EP2  Take the Money and Run
Dec. 09,2003
Take the Money and Run

Malloy and Agent Cohen both try to intercept the same shipment of illicit drugs from Colombia, and Malloy kidnaps a 10-year-old child as collateral for a debt.

EP1  Pilot
Dec. 02,2003
Pilot

Rookie FBI agents Paige Van Doren and Todd Stevens are assigned to the Richmond, Virginia branch. Van Doren is overly eager with a strong moral center and a deep sense of purpose. Stevens is fast and smooth — one who's willing to take shortcuts. Their new boss is Special Agent in Charge Lisa Cohen, a tough, no-nonsense leader. The branch is rocked by the violent death of Agent Bert Somers Ð the first such tragedy for most in this group. Agents Amiel MacArthur who was with Agent Somers when he was killed, grieve his loss tremendously, as does Agent Jennifer Sampson, who is a law enforcement officer by day; wife and mother of two by night. Meanwhile, on the other side of town, Jonah Malloy, the local crime boss who runs his organization with an efficiency usually exhibited by much more legitimate businesses, meets with his team of henchmen. Donovan Stubbin is one of Malloy's chief lieutenants. They, too, are rocked by the shootout that killed the FBI agent as well as one of their own men

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7.4 | en | Drama , Crime | More Info
Released: 2003-12-02 | Released Producted By: Touchstone Television , DreamWorks Television Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
Synopsis

Welcome to the war between the FBI and organized crime. One side enforces the law as the other breaks it, but brains, brawn and intimidation are often the tools of both trades. The Richmond-based Malloy Crime Syndicate is run by Jonah Malloy, a charismatic but dangerous father figure. The Richmond FBI branch has its own dynamic leader in Special Agent-In-Charge Lisa Cohen. Like any business, they must justify operations and produce results while wrangling lieutenants who are as flawed as they are hard-working.

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Cast

Leslie Bibb , Anson Mount , David Paymer

Director

Rod Lurie

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Touchstone Television , DreamWorks Television

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dewars81 Why, why, why, why in hell do the writers have to engage in the homosexual story line. I've seen this before on a much better written and acted show, and I'm sure most will agree, "The Shield". I know it's the first episode but come on it's the same character. Agent Amiel Macarther is having sex with guys but doesn't want to admit he's gay. Hmmm certainly sounds like Julian from The Shield. So far the only difference is Amiel is white and has been in law enforcement for years, and Julian was black and a rookie. Personally I don't think this show needs to create this story line when they haven't really nailed down a main story line. I mean come on the fact that the FBI is out to get Malloy does not constitute a story line ok, that is a main theme. The only thing that they have is an undercover agent. It's been what 8 or 9 episode now and they haven't even gotten close to Malloy. So far 90% of the episodes have been far to predictable and I don't see this series last more than a year or two unless they really start to get down to brass tacks "Thats my story and I'm sticking to it"
jmorrison-2 This show has alot going for it, and could have produced some very compelling television. But, it appears political correctness, and image enhancement are more important these days.For one, the characters are unbelievable to the point of absurdity. In the most recent episode, the female special-agent-in-charge of the Richmond field office, visits a bar (which she, apparently, does every night), drinks herself silly, picks up a guy and takes him home and lets him tie her up during sex, without ever knowing what his name is.The next morning, she cannot remember much about the encounter, including whether he used a condom or not. It turns out, the guy she picked up could have been somebody wanted for serial rape in Florida. She confesses all this to a high ranking official of the Richmond police department, himself a former lover. He tells her he needs her to recover the man's used condom in order to identify him. It turns out he wasn't the serial rapist.Apparently, the high ranking official of the Richmond police department doesn't seem to be concerned that her behavior disqualifies her for her position, and could very well cause serious problems for the agents working for her. I watched all this, and felt she didn't deserve to carry an FBI agent's badge, let alone be placed in charge of a major metropolitan field office. She's a freaking barfly.The absurdity goes on and on: A female agent physically accosting a guy on the street because her and her husband are late dropping their kids off - this agent cries at the drop of a hat, yet she's telling another female agent "I'd go through a door with you anytime" (what a ridiculous cliche to be dropped in here);, the "cute & plucky" little female agent disobeying orders at the academy to overcome her fears, and the all important victim-sympathy angle - her young husband was killed on 9/11 at the pentagon. I mean, nothing wrong with stuffing in as many 9/11 references to ensure success, huh?My god, why don't you just hit us over the head with a sledgehammer and call it a day? What is the point here? The over-the-top machismo behavior exhibited by the females in this show is just laugh-out-loud ridiculous. What is someone trying to prove here? And why are they trying this hard? Television shows are supposed to entertain us. It seems as if someone here is trying to "educate" us. The whole premise with the female agents in this show is done based on someone's political agenda, and far too many television shows are taking this route.And as for the undercover agent - "Roy"; any half-decent crime organization is understandably overly paranoid about being infiltrated by undercover agents. Yet, here we seem to have this guy pretty much just show up, with very little suspicion or distrust evident. Criminal types would have seen and smelled this guy a mile away. He seems to look and act suspiciously when he is caught in a difficult situation.This had real possibilities; a great look and feel to it. There was some very entertaining and gritty television possible here. Yet this is all frittered away by horrendous writing ,laughable characters and an out-of-control, over-the-top political correctness. Unless this shows undergoes a major overhaul, I'm pretty much done with this mess."That's that with that"
pooh-24 ABC throws to the general viewing audience another show featuring the FBI in its' latest installment,Line Of Fire.Like another action show that ABC has in its' nighttime lineup,that features an law enforcement agency of the state,Threat Matrix,Line Of Fire is heavy-handed and poorly done. Like Threat Matrix,Line Of Fire features an antagonist who,pretty much, is the centerpiece of the show in Leslie Bibb,who plays the soccer Mom/FBI agent in which the show goes out of its' way to prove that she is as tough as any male FBI agent out there.In TV land we have rough tough female FBI agents.In real life any FBI agents who are soccer moms aren't out on the field handling cases.The show goes overboard to show how tough Bibb's character can be. Conversely the mob boss in this show is David Paymer,who is about as hard as a piece of bread.Do not get me wrong,Paymer is a great actor,he is just miscast here.He seems more like Fredo Corleone than Michael Corleone.Because of the characterizations of Bibb's and Paymer's roles,it is hard to take this show seriously. If one wants to see an ABC series featuring the FBI,check out the old tv series that ABC ran back in the 1960's of the same name,that is somewhat better than this one and one is sure shall last a lot longer without a doubt.
superslick this show could be strong of ABC as long as they maintain the feud between the malloy crime family and the FBI. The main problem i have with this show is the plain stereotypical politically correct characters. The fact that one agent is a strong single mother and the other is a widow from 9-11 who constantly brings it up is kinda annoying. As long as this show maintains the fbi vs mafia storyline and does not begin to focus on the personal lives of the stereotypical agents it should be pretty good.