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MANHATTAN: “The New World” Photos and Synopsis

By Roz | September 4, 2014

A power plant going critical – in all the wrong ways – and life back on The Hill being as normal as ever. Just another week on Manhattan, where the fate of more than just the town rests upon the shoulders of nuclear specialists.

Synopsis

“The New World” – As Helen and Charlie remain at the reactor in Tennessee, something goes wrong as soon as the reactor hits criticality – leading Charlie to make a terrifying discovery about the future of Thin Man. Meanwhile, when Frank accompanies Liza to visit Paloma, who is dealing with a crisis of her own, Liza senses that something’s suspicious. Elsewhere, Abby and Elodie have a girls’ night out to help Abby forget about Charlie and Helen – and reach a turning point in their friendship.

“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 Jefferson White as Cole “Iowa” Dunlavey, Carole Weyers as Elodie, Tailinh Agoyo as Paloma, John Carroll Lynch (“The Americans”) as Daniel Ellis, Corey Allen as Theodore Sinclair, Frank Bond as Bill Tupper and David Midthunder as Aniceto.

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 New World” was written by Dusty Thomason and Lila Byock and directed by Rosemary Rodriguez.

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.