Network: CBS
Episodes: 13 (hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: February 26, 2013 — May 14, 2013
Series status: Cancelled
Performers include: Theo James, Chi McBride, Kevin Alejandro, Bonnie Somerville, Holt McCallany and Stella Maeve.
TV show description:
This dramatic series follows the fast rise (from age 26 to 34) of an ambitious cop who becomes the youngest police commissioner in the history of New York City — and the high personal and professional cost he pays to achieve it.
As Walter William Clark Jr. (Theo James) is interviewed for a story about his career, he looks back on his hard-fought journey from street kid to the most powerful man in law enforcement.
After only three years as a beat cop, Clark’s heroics on the job make him bold enough to ask for and receive the unheard-of promotion to homicide detective, angering the members of his new department who are eager to see him fail.
Clark is partnered with and mentored by experienced veteran Detective Don Owen (Chi McBride), a man just two years shy of retirement.
He would rather team with First Grade Detective Christian Arroyo (Kevin Alejandro), the alpha dog in the squad who’s just as ambitious as Clark — but without a moral center. Arroyo’s partner is Detective Deborah McKenzie (Bonnie Somerville), a tough third-generation cop and the only female detective in the unit.
Also on the team is Detective Joe Diaco (Holt McCallany), a well-connected officer with tremendous resources (which Clark might find useful). Though laser-focused on moving up the ladder, Clark’s soft spot is serving as the sole caregiver and supporter of his sister, Agnes (Stella Maeve) — a teenager demonstrating increasingly dangerous behavior.
Keenly observant and politically savvy, “Golden Boy” Clark bases his career decisions solely on his need to succeed as quickly as possible, and he’ll find that his epic journey will be filled with consequences.
Episode #13 — Next Question
Limited by his suspension and relegated to desk duty, Clark delves into Owen’s cold case in which the murder investigation of a construction worker, Jozef Dworaczyk, was compromised by the events of 9/11 happening simultaneously. Andrew Lightstone, Owen’s partner and mentor, was with him on the case and was called up to the North Towers leaving Owen to work the case on his own. That was the last time Owen saw Lightstone.
Clark notes the lack of shell casings and no reports of shots fired to speculate that a contract hit man could have been used. He and Owen confront the drug dealer whose crack house served as the crime scene about the similar way in which his rivals were killed, and the dealer reveals the name of the hit man he suspects had targeted him but mistook Dworaczyk for him instead.
When they track down the hit man, Owen coerces him to confess to fifteen murders including Dworaczyk’s and is rewarded with a promotion. Clark is perturbed when he discovers that three men were wrongly imprisoned for three of those murders and Commissioner Dowdell tells him to disregard his findings.
Lorraine kicks Arroyo out of the house after she discovers that he’s been cheating on her. Meanwhile, Clark’s father persuades Agnes to drive away with him and a volatile Deputy Mayor Holbrook confronts Clark and Margot with a gun.
First aired: May 14, 2013
What do you think? Do you like the Golden Boy TV series? Are you sorry that it’s been cancelled and there won’t be a second season?
good show, good acting, good story plots. A keeper.
excellent, well acted series. I watch every episode. my vote is to RENEW……….
I see it as a drama action show filled with emotions and humanity; watch it every time. Worth renewing
Love this show. Hope it is back next season!
This is one of our favorite shows. My whole family is so interested in the show and its stars. I know it would be a big disappointment if this is canceled.
Love this new show. DO NOT CANCEL. Best show o TV.
This is the BEST show this season. Please do not cancel!!!!! The acting is fantastic!!!
Renew Golden Boy! It’s a must see for me and one of the reasons I watch CBS over ABC, NBC, and FOX (never thought I’d say that). The premise is great, the chemistry between Chi McBride and Theo James makes this one of the best shows on television. Give it a chance, it gets stronger with each episode. I’m very invested in these characters and I want to see how he becomes commissioner in 7 years!
very good show!!!! put it on free on demand. so i miss the show
Keep Golden Boy as a continuing series. It is my favorite new series. Cancel instead NCIS LA, or Elementary, 2 Broke Girls, Rules of Engagement, Vegas, Undercover Boss, or The Mentalist instead.
Golden Boy is the best show since the original Law & Order. Great concept of book-ending each episode with future scenarios of Clark as Police Commissioner. Excellent writing, characters and acting, with a special nod to Chi McBride. He’s the reason I keep watching.
Golden Boy – great show -great cast – great writing – Golden Boy should NOT be cancelled.
This show is so awesome; I look forward to it every week. Please don’t cancel it!
This is a wonderful new series, please do not cancel give it a chance. The acting is excellent each character is well defined., Please do not cancel.
Keep the show