From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Century City (TV series)
Century City (TV series)
Century City nanotechnology; and trying to enforce a contract for
rock star who refused to alter the laws of human nature
Genre Science fiction-legal drama to help his band stay on top. The attorneys are exceed-
Created by Ed Zuckerman ingly aware that progress and development bring both
luxuries and challenges. Tackling uncharted legal terri-
Starring see cast
tory, Century City provides an eye-opening look into the
Country of United States issues confronting society in the year 2030—the not-so-
origin distant future.
No. of 9 In the year 2030, the United States has 52 states and
episodes universal healthcare, Oprah Winfrey is the President of
the United States (her Vice President is an openly gay,
Production
retired, one-armed, four-star U.S. armed forces general)
Running 44 minutes and the Moon has been colonized. Genes for homosex-
time uality have been discovered but genetic engineering al-
Broadcast lows said genes to be deactivated which as a result has
impacted the artistic community greatly. Life expectancy
Original CBS for American females is in the mid-nineties.
channel
Century City aired on the American CBS television net-
Picture 720p (HDTV) work on Tuesday evenings and premiered on March 16,
format 2004. CBS ordered nine episodes, but broadcast only four
Original run March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16) – before cancelling the series. Universal HD began broad-
January 20, 2005 (2005-01-20) casting episodes on November 29, 2004, including previ-
ously unaired episodes. In June 2009 Hulu began offer-
Century City is an American science fiction-legal drama ing all 9 episodes for online viewing; however, they are
television series set in Los Angeles in the year 2030. cropped from their original widescreen presentations.
They also bear an NBC logo, despite being a CBS program,
Synopsis due to Universal Studios owning the show. [1].
The show follows the legal team of Crane, Constable,
McNeil & Montero. At the helm are the firm’s four part-
Cast
ners, the founder and senior partner Hannah Crane; vet- • Nestor Carbonell as Tom Montero
eran attorney Marty Constable; the pleased-with-himself • Viola Davis as Hannah Crane
attorney Darwin McNeil; and the former Californian Con- • Hector Elizondo as Martin Constable
gressman and newest partner, Tom Montero. The team is • Eric Schaeffer as Darwin McNeil
supplemented by the ambitious enthusiasm of two young • Ioan Gruffudd as Lukas Gold
associates, the self-critical and earnest Lukas Gold and • Kristin Lehman as Lee May Bristol
the genetically enhanced first-year associate Lee May
Bristol.
With the developments of cloning cells, genetic pro-
Episodes
filing, mind-altering antibiotics and even virtual rape,
the attorneys of Crane, Constable, McNeil & Montero find
Chronological order
themselves with an ongoing case-load of precedent-set- The episodes were aired out of chronological order,
ting cases. In a time when lawyers can go before judges mostly regarding the appearances of the character
as holograms, the firm takes on such morally and ethi- Voxxy and the other characters’ knowledge of Lee May’s
cally ambiguous cases as parents suing their doctor for genetic enhancements. The intended order is as follows:
withholding critical results of their unborn child’s ge-
netic mapping; defending a man accused of robbery for
"stealing" back his identity from his ex-fiancée who has
External links
uploaded his presence and personality; protecting the • Century City at TV.com
rights of a woman who has been virtually raped through • Century City at the Internet Movie Database
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# Title Original airdate
01 Pilot"
"Pilot March 16, 2004 (2004-03-16)
A man wants the return of a confiscated embryo which is a clone of his son. Three members of a band sue the fourth
member for not undergoing surgery to stay young-looking.
02 To Her"
"To Know Her March 23, 2004 (2004-03-23)
A woman asks Lukas and Lee May to represent her when she claims she was raped by a man who was miles away at
the time. Darwin represents a boy who wants to stop growing so he could keep his job of being a child star.
03 Love Games"
"Love & Games March 27, 2004 (2004-03-27)
The lawyers helps a baseball player with a mechanical eye when he is given an unfair advantage. A wife claims her
husband is violating their pre-nuptial agreement and is filing for divorce.
04 A Lose"
"A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose March 30, 2004 (2004-03-30)
A man has to decide whether to keep an implant that is killing him or remove it and go back to being retarded. A
man sleeps with a woman who has a penis and sues her for non-disclosure.
05 Sweet Mine"
"Sweet Child of Mine December 23,
2004 (2004-12-23)
Hannah, Marty and Tom represent a fertility specialist who, with the help of science, provides couples the opportu-
nity to choose their child’s genetic make-up. The doctor is being sued for not revealing to his clients that the em-
bryo they choose will be gay. Meanwhile, Lukas, Darwin and Lee May take on a case where an affluent man burgles
his ex-girlfriend’s house to steal back his likeness.
Guest stars
• Lawrence Pressman as Judge
• Phillip Rhys as Dennis Sanchez
• Gregory Jbara as George Hann
• Sarah Shahi as Ms. Morris
• Shawn Pyfrom as Julian Hann
• Shannon Walker Williams as Voxy
• Rebecca McFarland as Mrs. Jansen
• Enrico Colantoni as Frank Summers
• Richard Thomas as Dr. Brezak
• Kristina Lear as Nina Hann
• Al Espinoza as ADA Jeff Lasley
• Leslie Ishii as Judge Wittieder
• Robert Merrill as Doug Jansen
• Gordon Goodman as Jury Foreperson
• Emma Bering as Nurse
• Ken Kanal as Elderly Pakistani Man
06 Without Tracer"
"Without a Tracer December 30,
2004 (2004-12-30)
When a girl with a Child Safe tracer implant is abducted and the system fails, her parents seek help to sue the manu-
facturers. A plot twist sees the girl suing her parents for her right to privacy. A man is accused by his fiancé of vio-
lating his prenuptial agreement not to talk to other women. They are referred to him through a "mate finder" de-
vice he claims he cancelled. The man accuses his ex of hacking into his PDA and reactivating the mate finder to sab-
otage his marriage plans.
07 The Familiar"
"The Face Was Familiar January 6, 2005 (2005-01-06)
Martin and Hannah fight for a father’s right to give his son a mind-altering drug to rid him of nightmares about past
abuses. However, the drug would remove all memory of the mother who abused him.
08 The Haunting"
"The Haunting January 13,
2005 (2005-01-13)
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Marty takes on the case of a woman fighting for possession of her dead husband’s computerized likeness. Lee May
and Darwin find themselves defending a son whose mother is sabotaging his dating life in order not to lose him.
09 Only You"
"Only You January 20,
2005 (2005-01-20)
A husband-kills-wife murder case becomes complicated when the man proclaims his innocence and there may be a
previously unknown identical twin involved.
Intended Aired Title
1 1 "Pilot"
2 7 "The Face Was Familiar"
3 3 "Love and Games"
4 5 "Sweet Child of Mine"
5 2 "To Know Her"
6 6 "Without a Tracer"
7 8 "The Haunting"
8 4 "A Mind is a Terrible Thing to Lose"
9 9 "Only You"
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