MANHATTAN: “The Prisoner’s Dilemma” Synopsis and Photos

Following on the success of WGN America’s Salem, the network premiered a new hour-long drama last week, Manhattan. The show follows families who moved to the New Mexico desert to help develop the first nuclear weapons. But in moving there, all the men are forced to keep the secrets of their work from everyone else in their families.

Synposis

“The Prisoner’s Dilemma” – A special shipment of the first sample of plutonium arrives at The Hill – one that could change everything. With the future of his team up in the air, Frank knows that having some of the precious material could make all the difference. As Frank desperately tries to keep his team alive, he learns that Liao has been detained by a covert outside party. Meanwhile, Liza helps Abby find creative ways to survive life on The Hill. As the wives grow closer, competition escalates between Frank and Charlie in the lab.

This all-new episode of “Manhattan” airs SUNDAY, AUGUST 3 (10:00 P.M. ET/ 9:00 P.M. CT).

“Manhattan” stars Rachel Brosnahan as Abby Isaacs, Michael Chernus as Louis “Fritz” Fedowitz, Christopher Denham as Jim Meeks, Alexia Fast as Callie Winter, Katja Herbers as Helen Prins, John Benjamin Hickey as Frank Winter, Harry Lloyd as Paul Crosley, Eddie Shin as Sid Liao, Daniel Stern as Glen Babbit, Olivia Williams as Liza Winter and Ashley Zukerman as Charlie Isaacs.

Guest starring are Richard Schiff (“Murder in the First,” “The West Wing”) as Occam, Jefferson White as Cole “Iowa” Dunlavey, Carole Weyers as Elodie, Jonny Coyle (“Alcatraz”) as Dr. Alek Barath, Tailinh Agoyo as Paloma, Stafford Douglas as Thatcher and Travis Hammer as O’Byrne.

Created and written by Sam Shaw (“Masters of Sex”) and directed by Emmy Award-winning director Thomas Schlamme (“The West Wing”), “Manhattan” is executive produced by Sam Shaw, Thomas Schlamme, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross and Dustin Thomason. Filmed on location in New Mexico, the series is produced by Lionsgate Television, Skydance Television and Tribune Studios.

“The Prisoner’s Dilemma” was written by Sam Shaw and directed by Thomas Schlamme.

Set against the backdrop of the greatest race against time in the history of science — the mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb — “Manhattan” follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families in Los Alamos as they attempt to coexist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.

“Manhattan” carries a TV-14 rating.