The show places equal emphasis on the medical mystery of the week as on the ever-evolving personal lives of the main characters. The two brothers are joined by Divya Katdare played by Reshma Shetty , Hank's intuitive and wealthy physician's assistant. As the seasons moved on, the show added new doctors, love interests, and patients to the cast.
If you haven't watched any of Royal Pains , do not worry - the first seven seasons are available on Netflix. While her skills as a field agent needed to mature as the show progressed, Annie is a highly intelligent agent and is fluent in several languages. Piper Perabo was praised for her performance and earned a Golden Globe nomination in The series featured a large ensemble cast, including Annie's family members, colleagues at the CIA and other intelligence agencies , and politicians.
In typical USA fashion, the series was not a straight spy thriller, but also focused on Annie's personal life, and struggles maintaining her cover from her family. While generally well received-- Covert Affairs has a fresh rating for every season on Rotten Tomatoes-- the series failed to win any major awards and viewership trailed off towards the end of its run.
Nonetheless, Covert Affairs is one of the best in USA's library, and definitely worth a look if you are interested in spy dramas, especially those that feature a strong female lead. We are now hitting the cream of the crop: the true standouts on the USA Network. Burn Notice , another USA spy drama, is generally considered one of the network's most successful series, and was one of the most watched cable series for all of its seven seasons.
The series follows Michael Westen played by Jeffrey Donovan , a recently "burned" spy, who finds himself in Miami with no money and no clue who betrayed him. In order to make ends meet, Westen, with the help of his friends, begins taking on freelance work for his mother's friends and others seeking his help.
Westen often uses his spy training to come up with MacGyver- like solutions to problems, which he often narrates for the audience.
While the overarching theme of the series is Westen's quest to rejoin the intelligence community, each season features new antagonists who ultimately tie into that grander theme. Burn Notice was a fast-paced, action packed drama that remained thrilling for all sevens seasons it was on the air. White Collar was not the most original series, but it was an audience favorite. The series starred Matt Bomer American Horror Story as Neal Caffrey, an imprisoned con artist who escapes from detention in order to locate his girlfriend.
Once being recaptured by frequent pursuer, FBI agent Peter Burke played by Tim DeKay , he agrees to consult on white collar cases in order to stay out of prison. The series follows a similar formula to Burn Notice , with "case of the week" stories and creative solutions to problems.
Much like Michael Westen, Neal Caffrey has a particular set of skills which he utilizes to accomplish seemingly impossible tasks-- though most of these tasks involve stealing or breaking in somewhere. Neal often goes undercover and, despite seeming to be a constant thorn in Agent Burke's side, the two share a special friendship, which only evolves as the series progresses. The series highlights Neal's desire to live comfortably, as he enjoys fine wine, expensive art, and lavish suits.
His charming personality is always on full display, which he uses to woo the ladies and even secure housing with a wealthy widow although not by wooing her. The series, which lasted for six seasons, can be streamed in its entirety on Netflix. Suits , the USA Network's highly-rated legal drama, just recently returned for its sixth season. Adams as they tackle their clients' most complex cases. Of course, they do it in style, and it would not be surprising if many viewers try to embark on a career in the law to get some of the portrayed excitement and glamour.
Like most television shows, Suits is highly exaggerated. The series' hook is that Mike Ross, Harvey's new associate, is in reality not an attorney. While he is usually the smartest person in the room and has a photographic memory, he never went to law school, was expelled from college, and dabbled in dealing pot and taking the LSATs for paying customers.
A constant theme throughout the show is Mike's attempt to keep his secret from friends and colleagues, as he knows that practicing law without a license is a felony. Harvey learns the truth before even hiring Mike and so, throughout the series, he has equal stake in the keeping the secret. During its current six season run, the show has both moved away and returned to this plot.
The series also features Mike and Harvey's personal lives, as well as the other members of the law firm. Suits has a wonderful ensemble cast that includes, Rick Hoffman, as ballet enthusiast Louis Litt, and Sarah Rafferty, as Harvey's loyal and sassy assistant Donna Paulsen.
This character-driven drama is unique, as it is sometimes hard to tell what is going on in the minds of its complex characters. The series' protagonist, Mike Ross, is somebody you want to root for, because he does seem to truly want to help people, but at the same time, many of his actions can be viewed as selfish. The sixth season of Suits is currently airing on USA.
While the USA Network has had its fare share of success with original programming, it looks like it may have joined other cable networks in the upper echelon with the release of Mr. The hacker drama looks like it is going to be an awards favorite for as long as it is on the air.
After just one season, Mr. Robot stars recent Emmy nominee Rami Malek, as the depressed, sociall- awkward, cyber security expert-turned-vigilante hacker, Elliot Alderson. Robot, the leader of a hacking society. The recently premiered second season has built on the first season's overwhelmingly strong reviews and is being universally lauded. While Mr. Robot may eventually become the greatest show to ever air on the USA Network, currently it is still in its adolescence and so cannot rank ahead of USA's long running series, Psych.
The series' premise is that Shawn Spencer is a psychic who uses his "abilities" to consult on a variety of cases for the Santa Barbara Police Department. In reality, Spencer is not a psychic, just someone with incredible observational skills and a photographic memory, which he utilizes to come to conclusions escaping others in the police force.
Spencer originally pretends to be psychic when he is arrested as a suspect for calling in tips for crimes that the police feel he could only know about by being a conspirator. To avoid prison, Spencer has to keep up the facade that he is indeed psychic. While Detective Lasseter is constantly annoyed by Shawn and distrustful of his psychic abilities, Detective O'Hara is more fond of him, and the two share a mutual romantic interest throughout the series.
The show also features Corbin Bernsen as Shawn's father, Harvey, who appears both in the present and in flashbacks where he often teaches a young Shawn and Gus life lessons. Psych aired episodes over eight seasons, and is easily one of the most successful shows on basic cable, USA or otherwise. A family of friendly monsters have misadventures, never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely. Votes: 14, Nick Fallin is a hotshot lawyer working at his father's ultrasuccessful Pittsburgh law firm.
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