Trust Me, a new TNT drama
RB and I had a date of sorts this morning. We haven’t gotten to spend much time together lately. I made a pot of fresh coffee and we got comfy on the couch and watched some television. I’m not talking about just any television, I’m talking about new television, a brand new series that you haven’t seen yet.
Thanks to Beth Feldman at Role Mommy, I was able to get my hands on the first two episodes of the new series Trust Me.
Press release – “Eric McCormack and Tom Cavanagh return to series television in TNT’s TRUST ME, a sharp, witty drama series that centers on two best friends working as creative partners at a top-ranked Chicago ad agency.
Joining McCormack and Cavanagh in TRUST ME are Monica Potter (Boston Legal), Griffin Dunne (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Sarah Clarke (24), Mike Damus (Lost in Yonkers) and Geoffrey Arend (Garden State).
Set against the backdrop of the high-pressure world of advertising, TRUST ME focuses on Mason (McCormack) and Conner (Cavanagh), a pair of ad men whose strong creative partnership has served the firm of Rothman Greene & Mohr extremely well over the years. Mason, an art director, is a responsible, workaholic family man with a beautiful wife, Erin (Clarke), two children and an undying loyalty to the brands he helps sell. By contrast, his writing partner, Conner (Cavanagh), is a single, impulsive copywriter with the attention span of a teenager. Their yin-yang relationship is put to the test when Mason is named a creative director of the agency, making him Conner’s boss. The series follows the changing dynamics between the two friends, who are better together than they are apart.
Also working in the same creative group is new hire Sarah Krajicek-Hunter (Potter), an award-winning copywriter whose forceful personality has a tendency to rub people the wrong way. Hector (Arend) and Tom (Damus) are a junior creative team with untraditional ideas that don’t always sit well with their new boss. The entire team is supervised by Tony Mink (Dunne), a man who lives and dies by the advertising business but has a growing sense his days in this young person’s business may be numbered.
TRUST ME follows these memorable characters as they try to navigate the waters of inter-office politics, personality conflicts, easily bruised egos, professional jealousies and unreasonable client demands.
TRUST ME was created by Hunt Baldwin and John Coveny, who have a combined total of over 20 years of experience in the advertising world having worked for J. Walter Thompson and Leo Burnett Advertising in Chicago. Baldwin and Coveny are also co-executive producers on TNT’s THE CLOSER.”
I don’t want to give too much away, but we really enjoyed watching this new series. In the beginning of the first episode of Trust Me, friends and partners Mason (McCormack) and Conner (Cavanagh) seem to enjoy a great personal and professional relationship. Mason seems to be serious but has his sarcastic, funny moments. Conner seems to be a goof off with an excuse for everything. They learn someone from the agency may be getting let go, just as Sarah, an award winning new hire, arrives for her first day. When their boss Stu dies in his office from a heart attack, his boss Tony unexpectedly promotes Mason and the relationship between Mason and Conner undergoes a big change. Suddenly Mason is faced with being his best friend’s boss, managing his coworkers and trying to land a new account. Conner is faced with his feelings about his friend’s promotion, the death of his boss and how he wants to be remembered. Sarah is left trying to figure out where she fits in.
In the second episode of Trust Me, Mason realizes that an idea he was given by Conner and successfully pitched to a client isn’t actually original. Mayhem ensues as Mason and Conner attempt to rectify the situation before everyone is embarrassed. Viewers are introduced to Mason’s wife Erin. She shows a lot of support for her husband but also manages to get a few little digs in about things she’s not thrilled with. Sarah does her best to help the team. Mason is surprised to discover how much his raise is for, as you will also be.
We both really enjoyed the first two episodes of Trust Me. The show is a drama but it definitely had more then a few funny moments. With a television schedule full of doctor, cop and reality shows, I think Trust Me is a welcome addition to the schedule. It should be very interesting to watch a show that takes place in and around the advertising industry.
Trust Me will be premiering on TNT on Monday, January 26 at 10 pm. Trust me, you won’t want to miss it.
Category: TV Reviews
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