WP on Manhattan

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stokesmyfire

Prime Suspect

• Mar 28, 2015

• #1

For you William Peterson fans I just read he has a full time role on the WGN America series Manhattan. (season 2)
It's about the atomic bomb project and he plays the General in charge who believes God wants him to get the bomb up and going.

 

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Criminalist

Rookie

• Mar 28, 2015

• #2

That is so exciting. I can't wait to see the show, thank God I can get WGN.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Mar 30, 2015

• #3

Great! I saw Season 1 and it was excellent.

http://wgnamerica.com/series/Manhattan

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Sep 20, 2015

• #4

Season 2 Premieres on Tuesday, October 13th, with William Petersen.

http://wgnamerica.com/series/manhattan

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Oct 14, 2015

• #5

Manh(a)ttan
Season 2 Premieres Tuesday, October 13th on WGN America

William Petersen joins the Main Cast as Colonel Emmett Darrow

Plot
Set in 1943 at the time of the Manhattan Project, the series focuses on Los Alamos, New Mexico, a town the outside world knows nothing about. The federal government tells the scientists only what they need to know, while the scientists keep secrets from their families.

The TV show only loosely refers to history. Many real contributors to the Manhattan project, like Nobel Laureates Enrico Fermi and Emilio G. Segrè, have been written out of the plot.

Cast
Main cast

• John Benjamin Hickey as Dr. Frank Winter, leader of a group of scientists working on implosion design (loosely based on Seth Neddermeyer)
• Olivia Williams as Dr. Liza Winter, Frank's wife and a botanist
• Ashley Zukerman as Dr. Charlie Isaacs, a rising young star of the Project
• Rachel Brosnahan as Abby Isaacs, Charlie's wife
• Daniel Stern as Dr. Glen Babbit, mentor to other scientists
• Katja Herbers as Dr. Helen Prins, one of the few female scientists
• Harry Lloyd as Paul Crosley, a British scientist who wants to advance at any cost
• Alexia Fast as Callie Winter, Frank and Liza's rebellious teenage daughter
• Christopher Denham as Jim Meeks, a scientist (loosely based on Klaus Fuchs)[8]
• Michael Chernus as Louis "Fritz" Fedowitz, a scientist
• William Petersen as Colonel Emmett Darrow (Season 2), a United States military officer

Spoiler: Season 2 Premiere

Manhattan
"DAMNATION MEMORIAE"
Tuesday, October 13th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

FYI: this episode runs 1hr 10mins

In the Season 2 premiere, Charlie is forced into a new leadership role in the race to build the world's first atomic bomb.

 

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Criminalist

Rookie

• Oct 14, 2015

• #6

Billy was very good. He looked so handsome in a military uniform.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Oct 20, 2015

• #7

Spoiler: 10/20/15 episode

Manhattan
"FATHERLAND"
Tuesday, October 20th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

FYI: this episode runs 1hr 5mins

Frank discovers the real reason he has been taken captive.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Oct 27, 2015

• #8

Spoiler: 10/27/15 episode

Manhattan
"THE THRESHOLD"

Tuesday, October 27th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

Liza confronts Darrow; Abby discovers a secret about Oppenheimer.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Nov 4, 2015

• #9

Spoiler: 11/03/15 episode

Manhattan
"OVERLORD"
Tuesday, November 3rd at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

Oppenheimer puts Charlie in a precarious position.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Nov 7, 2015

• #10

Spoiler: 11/10/15 episode

Manhattan
"THE WORLD OF TOMORROW"
Tuesday, November 10th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

Frank attempts to navigate his new place on the Hill.

 

CSI_Forever

Victim

• Nov 9, 2015

• #11

"Who are you??"

"The United States of America"

<cut to Horatio Sunglasses, the Who start playing>

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Nov 16, 2015

• #12

Spoiler: 11/17/15 episode

Manhattan
"33"
Tuesday, November 17th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

The scientists and the Army battle for control of the bomb.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Nov 24, 2015

• #13

Spoiler: 11/24/15 episode

Manhattan
"BEHOLD THE LORD HIGH EXECUTIONER"
Tuesday, November 24th at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

The hunt for a Soviet spy turns deadly.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Nov 28, 2015

• #14

Spoiler: 12/01/15 episode

Manhattan
"HUMAN ERROR"
Tuesday, December 1st at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

FYI: This episode runs 1hr 6mins

As the project falters, Charlie turns to an unlikely partner for help.

 

mulder42

Corpse

• Dec 7, 2015

• #15

Spoiler: 12/08/15 episode

Manhattan
"BROOKLYN"
Tuesday, December 1st at 9pm ET/8pm CT on WGN America

FYI: This episode runs 1hr 6mins

Days before the world's first nuclear explosion, everyone races to secure their place in history.