Fight (TV series)

Ellen, a clever and talented law school graduate, becomes the assistant to Patty Hughes, the most "toothy shark" among lawyers who deal with cases with very large stakes. But after a while, Ellen realizes that she was hired not only because of a good certificate. When Patty decides to file a lawsuit against an influential billionaire named Arthur Frobisher, she threatens not only her own life, but also the welfare of Ellen and her family ...

• Patty Hughes ( Glenn Close ) is the ruthless, unprincipled and very intelligent head of Hughes and Partners, one of the most influential law firms in New York. She is married and has a son.
• Ellen Parsons ( Rose Byrne ) is a promising young graduate of law school. Got a job to Petty, is going to marry David.
• David Conor ( Noah Bean ) - Helen's fiancé, a doctor, works in a hospital.
• Ketty Conor ( Anastasia Griffith ) - David's sister, professional cook. Arthur Frobisher is its investor. His money allowed Ketty to open his own restaurant.
• Arthur Frobisher ( Ted Denson ) is a businessman, married with two children. Defendant in the Petty Hughes case.
• Tom Sheise ( Tate Donovan ) - Attorney, Patty's partner.

Hughes and Partners is suing Arthur Frobisher ( Ted Denson ), a billionaire who ruined five thousand of his employees, forcing them to invest in a knowingly unprofitable company. Petty threatens to destroy Frobisher, and nothing can stand in her way. Intrigue, manipulation, bribery, blackmail, murder - is it all worth it to win the case? Ellen learns that David's sister, Ketty, is associated with Frobisher. However, the involvement of Ketty in the case is becoming more and more dangerous for the three of them.
Five months later, David was found murdered in an apartment. Ellen is charged with murder. But is everything so simple? ..

Petty receives strange documents from a longtime acquaintance and at first does not suspect that this is only the tip of the iceberg. Ellen helps the FBI put Petty in jail and at the same time helps Petty in a fight with powerful energy bosses.

Six months later, Petty comes to Ellen. She doesn't know it's a trap and the FBI is filming their conversation. Ellen shoots .......

Again, Petty Hughes and her law firm partner Tom Shayz get a big deal - a lawsuit of unprecedented fraud on the exchange. Thousands of defrauded investors are waiting for justice. Huge money is hidden somewhere, and Petty, Tom and Ellen Parsons come to grips with the cruel world of profit. In a fight that will cost life, including one of them ...

In the fourth season, Ellen and Petty find themselves embroiled in a fight against military contractor Howard Eriksson ( John Goodman ). He made a fortune on cooperation with the US government in the supply for the armed forces in Afghanistan. In addition, Ericsson is under the auspices of the highest echelons of power in Washington. Ellen and Petty are trying to expose a corrupt employer and his business in the Middle East.

In season five, the focus is on the transparency of government and corporate affairs and on how to get information about such affairs and how it is used. Frames of flashbacks that are present in each season, show the body of Ellen, lying in the alley, as if she had fallen from the roof.

After four seasons of professional and personal manipulation and deception, the fifth season sets the stage for the final clarification of the relationship between Patty and Ellen. In the storyline inspired by the informant and founder of the Wikileaks site, Julian Assandzhem, Channing McLaren ( Ryan Philip ) portrays a computer expert and the founder of the McClarenTruth.org site, dedicated to state and corporate transparency. In a promotional interview, one of the executive producers of the television series uses the phrase “freely inspired”, but in the same part of the interview Philip says that he studied all the materials he was able to get to, both before and after he received this role.

The show in 2008 was nominated for an Emmy in the category Best Dramatic Series . In all, the series received 19 Emmy nominations, four of which won. In 2008 and 2009, Glenn Close won an Emmy award in the Best Actress in a Drama Series . In 2008, Close also received the Golden Globe award for best drama actress on the show.

The premiere of the series on July 24, 2007 attracted 3.7 million viewers, and in total with DVR views over 5 million in the evening of the premiere. ^[1] However, the audience dropped significantly during the first season, partly because of the flashback story telling with the flashback too complicated for the average viewer. ^[2]

The second season attracted only 1.7 million spectators, even despite winning prestigious ceremonies. Despite the low ratings, the channel extended the show for a third season.

The premiere of the third season gathered a measly 1.4 million viewers. ^[3] During the season, the number of spectators decreased, reaching a minimum of 650 thousand in the middle of the season. The final attracted less than a million spectators.

Due to low ratings and high production costs, many predicted closing the show after three seasons. However, Sony reached an agreement with DirecTV . Insiders assumed that media tycoons would divide the cost of the show, but eventually DirecTV bought the series and extended it for the fourth and fifth seasons. ^[four]

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