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MANHATTAN: Acceptable Limits Synopsis and Photos

By Roz | August 28, 2014

What are acceptable limits for everyone on The Hill? It seems breaking points are fast approaching, at least for some.

Synopsis

“Acceptable Limits” – When Charlie is chosen to go on an important trip to Tennessee to see the country’s first plutonium reactor, tensions in the Isaacs’ marriage only deepen when Abby learns that Charlie is accompanied by Helen on his trip. Back on The Hill, Fritz has a medical emergency – and Frank’s attempt to intervene leads to a shocking discovery.

“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 (“The West Wing”, “Murder In The First”) as Occam, Tailinh Agoyo as Paloma, Bruce McIntosh as Samaritan, John Carroll Lynch (“The Americans”) as Daniel Ellis, Corey Allen as Theodore Sinclair, Frank Bond as Bill Tupper, Adam Godley (“Suits”) as Dr. Adelman, Lauren Myers as Jeannie, Jonny Coyle (“Alcatraz”) as Dr. Alek Barath and Joshua Rollins as Tuck.

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.

“Acceptable Limits” was written by Dusty Thomason and directed by Mike Uppendahl.

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.