"E-Ring" (2005) TV series 2005-2006

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Creators:

David McKenna
Ken Robinson

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

21 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

The Pentagon. The Missions. The Heroes.

Plot Keywords:

Female Marine | Terrorism Prevention | Chain Of Command | Washington D.C. | Female Lawyer

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Benjamin Bratt	...	Maj. Jim Tisnewski (23 episodes, 2005-2006)
Aunjanue Ellis	...	MSgt. Jocelyn Pierce (23 episodes, 2005-2006)
Dennis Hopper	...	Col. Eli McNulty (23 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kelly Rutherford	...	Samantha 'Sonny' Liston (21 episodes, 2005-2006)
Kerr Smith	...	Bobby Wilkerson / ... (13 episodes, 2005-2006)
Maurice Compte	...	Charlie Gutierrez (10 episodes, 2005-2006)

Also Known As:

D.O.S. - Division des opérations spéciales (France) [fr]
E-Ring (Germany) [de]
E-Ring - Aporrites apostoles (Greece) [el]
E-Ring - Military Minds (Germany) (new title) [de]
Pentagon (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Trivia:

In the unaired version of the pilot Sarah Clarke played Maj. Tisnewski's wife and mother of his infant child. She was formerly of the CIA, but had left the agency to become a full time mom and homemaker. In the version that did eventually air, the Major was not married, had no children, but was dating a female CIA-agent, played by Kelsey Oldershaw.

Quotes:

Colonel McNulty: Sunday mornings at the Pentagon. Can't you just feel the love?

Crap

By far the worst example of American war-on-terror propaganda so far. Summary: Muslims = evil terrorists. US military intelligence saves the world from Muslims. Civilian bureaucracy and international opinion is threatening to the nation just as much as terrorists. Europeans are bad. Israelis are good. Acting is limited to harsh faces and simple lines. The dialog is frightening bad and only serves the purpose of explaining how evil the terrorists are and how heroic the Americans are. There is a lame attempt to introduce a romance but is so utterly boring that watching ice freezing is more sexy. The producers also have thrown in the mandatory "good Muslim", just to explain that there are, in fact, some Muslims that are not rotten to the bone. In essence the show is nothing more than US propaganda. I have no doubt that the already brainwashed American audience will love this show. But for non-American viewers its just an other flabbergasting example of American ignorance and hawkish war-mongering. As long as shows like this keep pumping out its black and white pictures of complex political problems, there is little hope for the world. It's not only bad. It's dangerous.