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Airs Next: WB at Wednesday 9:00 PM (60 min.)
Status: Ended    Premiered: September 12, 2004    Last Aired: May 11, 2005
Show Category: Drama
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If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack (newcomer Matthew Long) and Bobby McCallister (Logan Lerman, The Butterfly Effect) for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister (Christine Lahti,...
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Last episode: Legacy
In the future documentary, there is a host who explains how Jack fought in the War of Americas and became a war hero (but was badly injured with his old knee injury becoming permanent), then became a famous public defender, was elected into Congress, and shot to death by a drug addict while driving to his son's soccer game. Jack was married and had two sons. Bobby was the one who encouraged Jack who was a Democrat to run for Congress and inherited Jack's seat when he died.

An older Peter and the Adult Marcus tell what happens after Jack dies. The host also says how everything the brothers do in the future are tied back to the day that they met their father in prison. The future reveals Jack's heartbreaking fate and details Bobby's unlikely road to the Presidency and, for the first time, we hear the voice of President McCallister.

In the present, Jack and Bobby discover that Grace plans to visit their father, Juan, in a Texas prison. Even though Bobby was originally the one who wanted to see their dad, Jack is the brother who meets him, and he feels responsible for their dad leaving, but their dad says that he left because he was a screwup. Their dad is in prison for murder, but there seems to be hints that he was unjustly convicted and is innocent---the reason Jack became a public defender.

Jack and Courtney finally reveal their true feelings for one another, and they kiss. Peter and Bobby connect as father and son. Lastly, Tom returns and goes to Grace's house. She answers the front door in a bath robe.
Aired: Wednesday May 11, 2005
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Christine Lahti - Grace McCallister
Edwin Hodge - Marcus Ride
John Slattery - Peter Benedict (photos)
Keri Lynn Pratt - Missy Belknap (also starring, episode 2-20)
Bradley Cooper - Tom Wexler Graham (also starring, episode 4-17) (photos)
Jessica Pare - Courtney Benedict
Logan Lerman - Robert "Bobby" McCallister
Matthew Long - Jack McCallister
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9.8
Superb
"Absolutely fabulous"
A look at the early life of a future US president.
Continue » Posted May 8, 2008 8:46 am PST
8.0
Great
"Who thought of this?"
Decent show
Continue » Posted Apr 6, 2008 11:07 am PST

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9.8
Superb
"Absolutely fabulous"
AMAZING!!
Continue » Posted Jan 18, 2008 11:53 am PST

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10.0
Perfect
"Bring it back!"
Personally I believe that Jack and Bobby should be brought back to TV. I knew many who watched it, and I myself watched it everyday.
Continue » Posted Oct 29, 2007 6:55 am PST
9.0
Superb
"Bring it back!"
The story of two brothers, one who would become president after the other one was killed. Sadly, it was cancelled too soon.
Continue » Posted Sep 13, 2007 6:48 am PST
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