Wanted (TV series)
Encyclopedia
Wanted is a 2005 American
primetime police drama
television series broadcast on the TNT
network. The series was created by Louis St. Clair and Jorge Zamacona, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling
, E. Duke Vincent
and Jorge Zamacona
.
, United States Marshals
, LAPD
, ATF
, FBI) as they track down Los Angeles
's 100 most wanted fugitives and struggle to balance their work and personal lives.
Members of the task force include Conrad Rose (Gary Cole
), the Team Leader from L.A. Metro SWAT
who is considered the moral center of the unit. Jimmy McGloin (Ryan Hurst
), an ATF agent and a bona fide card-carrying conservative
, Carla Merced (Rashida Jones
), a former Naval Intelligence
officer and expert hostage negotiator
. Tommy Rodriquez (Benjamín Benítez
), an FBI agent not above using his good looks and charm to stop any criminal, Rodney Gronbeck (Josey Scott
), an LAPD officer and a tech genius. Joe Vacco (Brendan Kelly
), a DEA agent who is currently living at the team's warehouse headquarters after having getting kicked out of his own place and Eddie Drake (Lee Tergesen
), an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service and graduate of the L.A. Metro Police Academy. As the team tracks down criminals, often using unconventional (and legally questionable) methods, they discover there is a fine line between justice and the law.
The series was canceled after the first season, at the end of a cliffhanger
dealing with whether the group would be prosecuted for overstepping their bounds.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
primetime police drama
Police procedural
The police procedural is a subgenre of detective fiction which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a police force as they investigate crimes. While traditional detective novels usually concentrate on a single crime, police procedurals frequently depict investigations into several...
television series broadcast on the TNT
Turner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
network. The series was created by Louis St. Clair and Jorge Zamacona, and executive produced by Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling
Aaron Spelling was an American film and television producer. As of 2009, Spelling's eponymous production company Spelling Television holds the record as the most prolific television writer, with 218 producer and executive producer credits...
, E. Duke Vincent
E. Duke Vincent
E. Duke Vincent is an American television producer. He is a former producing partner of Aaron Spelling and an executive at various Spelling production company entities...
and Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona
Jorge Zamacona is an American television writer and producer. He worked extensively on the police drama Homicide: Life on the Street and wrote the series cross-over episodes with the crime drama Law & Order...
.
Synopsis
The show follows an elite taskforce, with members pulled from the different branches of law enforcement (DEADrug Enforcement Administration
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States...
, United States Marshals
United States Marshals Service
The United States Marshals Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice . The office of U.S. Marshal is the oldest federal law enforcement office in the United States; it was created by the Judiciary Act of 1789...
, LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
, ATF
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is a federal law enforcement organization within the United States Department of Justice...
, FBI) as they track down Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
's 100 most wanted fugitives and struggle to balance their work and personal lives.
Members of the task force include Conrad Rose (Gary Cole
Gary Cole
Gary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole is known for his supporting roles in numerous film and television productions since the 1990s.-Early life:...
), the Team Leader from L.A. Metro SWAT
SWAT
A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
who is considered the moral center of the unit. Jimmy McGloin (Ryan Hurst
Ryan Hurst
Ryan Douglas Hurst is an American actor who perhaps most notably starred as Gerry Bertier, an All-American linebacker in Disney's Remember the Titans and as Alison's brother, Michael, in the show Medium. He also played the role of football player Lump Hudson in The Ladykillers, appeared in the...
), an ATF agent and a bona fide card-carrying conservative
Conservatism
Conservatism is a political and social philosophy that promotes the maintenance of traditional institutions and supports, at the most, minimal and gradual change in society. Some conservatives seek to preserve things as they are, emphasizing stability and continuity, while others oppose modernism...
, Carla Merced (Rashida Jones
Rashida Jones
Rashida Leah Jones is an American film and television actress, comic book author, screenwriter and occasional singer. She played Louisa Fenn on Boston Public and Karen Filippelli on The Office as well as roles in the films I Love You, Man and The Social Network...
), a former Naval Intelligence
Office of Naval Intelligence
The Office of Naval Intelligence was established in the United States Navy in 1882. ONI was established to "seek out and report" on the advancements in other nations' navies. Its headquarters are at the National Maritime Intelligence Center in Suitland, Maryland...
officer and expert hostage negotiator
Hostage negotiator
Crisis negotiation is a technique for law enforcement to communicate with people who are threatening violence, including barricaded subjects, hostage takers, stalkers, threats, workplace violence, or persons threatening suicide....
. Tommy Rodriquez (Benjamín Benítez
Benjamín Benítez
Benjamin Benitez is an Mexican-American actor, who played Gardez on the TV Series, Tru Calling.-External links:...
), an FBI agent not above using his good looks and charm to stop any criminal, Rodney Gronbeck (Josey Scott
Josey Scott
Josey Scott is the former lead vocalist of Post-grunge/hard rock band Saliva. In addition to Saliva, Scott co-wrote and performed "Hero" with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.- Career :Prior to Saliva, Scott fronted a Memphis-area heavy metal band called BlackBone in...
), an LAPD officer and a tech genius. Joe Vacco (Brendan Kelly
Brendan Kelly (actor)
Brendan Kelly is an Irish-born actor and artist who has appeared mostly in TV series. Kelly has starred and guest-appeared in series like Acapulco H.E.A.T., Tarzan, NY Undercover, Oz, NYPD Blue, and countless others.He has also made small appearances in movies like Malcolm X, Clockers, Devil in a...
), a DEA agent who is currently living at the team's warehouse headquarters after having getting kicked out of his own place and Eddie Drake (Lee Tergesen
Lee Tergesen
Lee Allen Tergesen is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tobias Beecher in HBO’s prison drama Oz and as Evan Wright in Generation Kill.-Early life:...
), an eight-year veteran of the U.S. Marshals Service and graduate of the L.A. Metro Police Academy. As the team tracks down criminals, often using unconventional (and legally questionable) methods, they discover there is a fine line between justice and the law.
The series was canceled after the first season, at the end of a cliffhanger
Cliffhanger
A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a plot device in fiction which features a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or confronted with a shocking revelation at the end of an episode of serialized fiction...
dealing with whether the group would be prosecuted for overstepping their bounds.
Cast
- Gary ColeGary ColeGary Michael Cole is an American actor. Cole is known for his supporting roles in numerous film and television productions since the 1990s.-Early life:...
.....Lt. Conrad Rose - Ryan HurstRyan HurstRyan Douglas Hurst is an American actor who perhaps most notably starred as Gerry Bertier, an All-American linebacker in Disney's Remember the Titans and as Alison's brother, Michael, in the show Medium. He also played the role of football player Lump Hudson in The Ladykillers, appeared in the...
.....ATF Field Agent Jimmy McGloin - Josey ScottJosey ScottJosey Scott is the former lead vocalist of Post-grunge/hard rock band Saliva. In addition to Saliva, Scott co-wrote and performed "Hero" with Chad Kroeger of Nickelback.- Career :Prior to Saliva, Scott fronted a Memphis-area heavy metal band called BlackBone in...
.....Rodney Gronbeck - Joaquim de AlmeidaJoaquim de AlmeidaJoaquim António Portugal Baptista de Almeida is a Portuguese-born American actor. He began his acting doing some theater. During the 1980s, he started his film career appearing on the 1982 action film The Soldier, and later achieved recognition for playing Andrea Bonanno in the 1987 Italian film...
.....Captain Manuel Valenza - Benjamín BenítezBenjamín BenítezBenjamin Benitez is an Mexican-American actor, who played Gardez on the TV Series, Tru Calling.-External links:...
.....FBI Special Agent Tommy Rodriguez - Alex FernandezAlex Fernandez (actor)Alex Fernandez is an American actor from Miami, Florida, known primarily for his work on television, most notably as National Security Advisor Anthony Prado on Commander in Chief and Rafael "Rafi" Alvarez on Without a Trace, as well as guest appearances on such series as House, The Closer,...
......Max Rubio - Rashida JonesRashida JonesRashida Leah Jones is an American film and television actress, comic book author, screenwriter and occasional singer. She played Louisa Fenn on Boston Public and Karen Filippelli on The Office as well as roles in the films I Love You, Man and The Social Network...
.....Detective Carla Merced - Brendan KellyBrendan Kelly (actor)Brendan Kelly is an Irish-born actor and artist who has appeared mostly in TV series. Kelly has starred and guest-appeared in series like Acapulco H.E.A.T., Tarzan, NY Undercover, Oz, NYPD Blue, and countless others.He has also made small appearances in movies like Malcolm X, Clockers, Devil in a...
.....DEA Officer Joe Vacco - Vince Lozano......Ozzie Devine
- Dedee PfeifferDedee PfeifferDedee Pfeiffer is an American film and television actress.Pfeiffer was born Dorothy D. Pfeiffer in Midway City, California, the daughter of Donna , a home-maker, and Richard Pfeiffer, a heating and air-conditioning contractor...
.....Lucinda Rose - Karen SillasKaren SillasKaren Sillas is an American stage and film actress. She graduated from the Acting Conservatory of the State University of New York...
.....Mariah Belichek - Lee TergesenLee TergesenLee Allen Tergesen is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Tobias Beecher in HBO’s prison drama Oz and as Evan Wright in Generation Kill.-Early life:...
.....Eddie Drake - Dimitri Diatchenko.....Dar Sitska
Season 1
| Ep # | Title | Airdate |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pilot | July 31, 2005 |
| 2 | "The Wild Bunch" | August 7, 2005 |
| 3 | "Rubbing One Out" | August 14, 2005 |
| 4 | "Badlands" | August 21, 2005 |
| 5 | "The Promise of Darkness" | August 28, 2005 |
| 6 | "Sex Pistols" | September 4, 2005 |
| 7 | "Click, Click, Boom" | September 11, 2005 |
| 8 | "Ronin" | September 18, 2005 |
| 9 | "Shoot to Thrill" | December 5, 2005 |
| 10 | "Lips are Lips" | December 5, 2005 |
| 11 | "La Pistola y El Corazon" | December 12, 2005 |
| 12 | "The Last Temptation" | December 19, 2005 |
| 13 | "Judas" | December 26, 2005 |