About
The District is a television police drama which aired on CBS from October 7, 2000 to May 1, 2004. The show followed the work and personal life of the chief of Washington, D.C.'s Police Department.
Cast
Craig T. Nelson
as Jack Mannion
Jonathan LaPaglia
as Kevin Debreno
Roger Aaron Brown
as Joe Noland
Sean Patrick Thomas
as Temple Page
Elizabeth Marvel
as Nancy Parras
Episodes
Season 1
Pilot
Jack Mannion is greeted with hostility as soon as he's hired as the new chief of police in Washington D.C.
Dirty Laundry
Mannion issues a mandate to get illegal guns off the streets and uncovers the surprising motive behind the murder of a well-connected young man.
Worst Block
As Mannion vows to clean up the most crime-ridden block in the city, community tensions rise when Temple is accused of intentionally pushing a police suspect into oncoming traffic.
Surveillance
Mannion creates departmental strife when he orders a special night shift that will put senior officers out on the streets during peak crime hours.
The Real Terrorist
The threat of biological terrorism strikes Washington and Chief Mannion has to arrange almost all his force to search for a potential terrorist. An escapee from juvenile detention murders a taxi driver and a few drug dealers and becomes a big threat once he hides in a public schools, putting in danger hundreds of lives. Temple disguises as a student to catch the killer, in an operation that almost cost Ella the guard of her nephew, if it wasn't for Mannion's interference to the judge.
How They Lived
The statement on this episode about the Pumpkin Tapes should be on Episode #8
Imperfect Victims
Ella is fearful of what will happen to Ricky when he testifies against his father, who's on trial for murdering the boy's mother; Temple tries to convince the victim of a serial rapist to testify; Nick discovers some explosive evidence against the mayor.
The Jackal
The city is terrorized by a criminal who stalks elderly people, empties their bank accounts and then kills them; the Mayor comes clean about his sordid past; Ella is asked out on a date, but she's not sure if she should accept.
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