TV
Limitless (CBS 2015-2016, Jake McDorman, Jennifer Carpenter)
Limitless, based on the feature film of the same name, is a fast-paced drama about Brian Finch (Jake McDorman), who discovers the brain-boosting power of the mysterious drug NZT and is coerced by the FBI into using his extraordinary cognitive abilities to solve complex cases for them.
Working closely with Brian in the major case squad in New York City is Special Agent Rebecca Harris (Jennifer Carpenter), a formidable investigator with a dark past, and Special Agent Boyle (Hill Harper), a former military officer and Rebecca’s confidante. They report to Special Agent in Charge Nasreen Naz Pouran (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), a canny manipulator of the reins of power.
Unbeknownst to the FBI, Brian also has a clandestine relationship with Senator Edward Mora (Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper, recurring), a presidential hopeful and regular user of NZT who has plans of his own for his new protégé. Fueled now with a steady supply of NZT that enables him to use 100% of his brain capacity, Brian is more effective than all of the FBI agents combined, making him a criminal’s worst nightmare and the greatest asset the Bureau has ever possessed.
production details
USA | CBS – CBS Television Studios – K.O. Paper Products – Relativity Television | 22×45 minutes | Broadcast 22 September 2015 – 26 April 2016
Alan Glynn as Original author
Alex Kurtzman as Executive Producer
Andrew Marcus as Co-Executive Producer
Bradley Cooper as Executive Producer
Craig Sweeny as Creator/Executive Producer
Heather Kadin as Executive Producer
Leslie Dixon as producer
Marc Webb as Executive Producer/Director of Pilot
Neil Burger as Executive Producer
Ray Ricord as Co-Executive Producer
Roberto Orci as Executive Producer
Ryan Kavanaugh as Executive Producer
Sallie Patrick as Co-Executive Producer
Scott Kroopf as producer
Todd Phillips as Executive Producer
Tom Forman as Executive Producer
Tucker Tooley as Executive Producer
cast
Jake McDorman as Brian Finch
Jennifer Carpenter as Rebecca Harris
Hill Harper as Spellman Boyle
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Nasreen ‘Naz’ Pouran
Arjun Gupta as Eli Whitford
Analeigh Tipton as Shauna
Terry Serpico as David Englander
Andrei Arlovski as Aleksey Basayev
Ron Rifkin as Dennis Finch
Blair Brown as Marie Finch
Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Lawrence Drake
James McDaniel as Kenneth Paulson
Joel de la Fuente as Daniel Lee
Michael James Shaw as Agent Mike
Malik Yoba as John Kellerman
Max Baker as Arthur Maciel
Matt Walton as Jeffrey Vachs
Colin Salmon as Jarrod Sands
Jacob Pitts as Adam Brewster
Adam Mucci as Mike Timms
Marc Blucas as Nick Tanner