
State of Play(2003)
The murder of Sonia Baker, a young political researcher, leads journalist Cal McCaffrey to uncover complex links between government and big business.


An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.

James Badge Dale
Will Travers

Jessica Collins
Maggie Young

Lauren Hodges
Tanya MacGaffin

Dallas Roberts
Miles Fiedler

Christopher Evan Welch
Grant Test

Arliss Howard
Kale Ingram

Miranda Richardson
Katherine Rhumor
Rubicon is a crime, drama, mystery series that first aired in 2010 exploring themes of spy, conspiracy, mysterious death, pattern recognition. it stars James Badge Dale, Jessica Collins, Lauren Hodges. An intelligence analyst at a national think tank in New York City called the American Policy Institute discovers that he may be working with members of a secret society that manipulates world events on a grand scale.
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