Drama / Crime
A rising-star restaurateur is forced into New York's criminal underworld when his chaotic brother returns to town with loan sharks on his trail.


Awaiting a make-or-break visit from a food critic, restaurateur Jake Friedken is thrown off-center by the return of his troublesome brother, Vince.

Riding high, Jake begins to dream of a second restaurant — until a financial curveball puts both him and Vince in jeopardy with their creditors.

When Jake and Vince throw a lavish last-minute fundraiser, Roxie suspects an ulterior motive. A disgruntled former employee rears his head.

Jake scrambles to conceal the truth after a reporter starts snooping around the Rabbit. A moment of overconfidence puts Vince in even deeper danger.

When Junior and Babbit turn up the heat, the brothers respond in kind. Roxie appeals to Wes to make changes at the restaurant.

As deals, debts and double-crosses intensify, all roads lead to one fateful night at the Rabbit.

A furious Mancuso vows to settle the score with Vince. Jake faces tough questions from every direction. Estelle wrestles with guilt.

With threats closing in on all sides, the brothers make a final bid for survival that brings them face-to-face with their complicated past.

Vince Friedken

Jake Friedken

Babbitt

Joe Mancuso

Anna

Gen

Tony

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Somerset 1894. When a pioneering Victorian psychologist brings his vivacious young wife to live on his family's estate, he is confronted by one disturbing case after another. Are these strange events linked merely by coincidence, or is there something more sinister - more supernatural - going on at Shepzoy?

Mike McNeil is a decorated New York City detective whose toughest assignment is himself. He's struggling to balance a challenging personal life with a job that leaves him wondering on a daily basis if he is the last sane person in New York. His unconventional approach to his job makes him a great cop, even on the most trying days. The only thing he can't figure out is why, if he's the only sane guy around, everyone's always looking at him like he's crazy.

David McCallum stars as the rebellious Alan Breck Stewart, and this ambitious serial (a co-production between HTV and Germany's Tele-Munchen) also features a host of British character actors, including Bill Simpson, Patrick Allen, Andrew Keir, Patrick Magee and Frank Windsor. When young David Balfour arrives at his uncle's bleak Scottish house to claim his inheritance, his relative tries to murder him then has him shipped off to be sold as a slave in the colonies. Luckily for the lad, he strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck Stewart, who is on the run after Bonnie Prince Charlie's defeat at Culloden. When a ship's captain tries to kill Breck for his money, the two manage to get to land and set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats along the way.