February 14, 2002

MANNION MUST PROTECT THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION WHEN A TEACHER TAKES THEM HOSTAGE IN PROTEST, ON "THE DISTRICT," MARCH 2

"Wasteland" -- A teacher, protesting the Board of Education's inattention to her cries, takes the board hostage at gunpoint and Mannion must diffuse the situation, on THE DISTRICT, Saturday, March 2 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Jerry Levine directed the episode written by Reed Steiner and Jason Wilborn.

Frustrated by getting the run-around from the board and environmental agencies, she gives Mannion 12 hours to find answers to the teacher's and students' health problems before she opens fire. Mannion and his team must uncover a complex environmental cover-up while keeping the board and the teacher alive.

Meanwhile, Ella asks Clive, the new man she is seeing and a lobbyist for the chemical industry, to look into the case from his end.

Jack Mannion Craig T. Nelson
Ella Farmer Lynne Thigpen
Deputy Chief

  Joe Noland     ...Roger Aaron Brown
Temple Page     Sean Patrick Thomas

Nancy Parras Elizabeth Marvel
Kevin Debreno Jonathan LaPaglia
Clive Rodgers Gregalan Williams
George Wilson John Rubinstein
Irene Baxter Nicki Micheaux
Board Member #1 Marcie Lynn Ross
Board Member #2 Jennifer Echols
Dean Burland Thom Bray
Karisa Miller Chelsea Colwell
Debra Miller Debbie Ann Thomas
William Greene Robert Lipton

Joe Miller      Sedrathe Gillespie, Jr.
Uni     Tony Ervolina

Frank E. J. Callahan

RATING: TVPG

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MANNION AND PUTIN FACE OFF AGAIN AND THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL WHEN PUTIN KIDNAPS MANNION'S DAUGHTER,
ON "THE DISTRICT," MARCH 9

Michael Ironside ("The Perfect Storm") Returns as Mannion's Nemesis, Dimitri Putin

"Daughter for Daughter" -- Mannion faces off with Putin once again and the stakes are even higher when Putin resurfaces and kidnaps Mannion's daughter, on THE DISTRICT, Saturday, March 9 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. David Jackson directed the episode written by Greggory Nations.

Michael Ironside ("The Perfect Storm") reprises his role as Mannion's nemesis, Dimitri Putin.

Mannion's initial theory is that Putin wants to trade one daughter for another, but everything changes when the CIA informs Mannion that Putin's daughter, Erin, has disappeared from the Witness Protection Program. Mannion finally finds his dazed and confused daughter, Beth, however things get more complex when the police find a dead woman, believed to be Erin, in Beth's car trunk. Now, as Beth is arrested for murder, Mannion must prove that his daughter is being set up and the only person who can help him is Putin.

Jack Mannion Craig T. Nelson
Ella Farmer Lynne Thigpen
Deputy Chief Joe Noland Roger Aaron Brown Temple Page Sean Patrick Thomas
Nancy Parras Elizabeth Marvel
Kevin Debreno Jonathan LaPaglia
Sgt. Phil Brander Wayne Duvall
Beth Mannion Chad Morgan
Dimitri Putin Michael Ironside
Agent John Reynolds Scott Klace
Erin Vratalov Alla Korot
Gayle Noland Valarie Pettiford
Robert Morsen Dane Northcutt
Elmo Howard Larry Marko
Ferris Gluck Rita S. Jett
E.M.T. Oscar Nunez
FBI Agent Stewart William J. Jones Marlee Dalton Angela Sargent
Troy Helms Nicholas Gilhool
Worker Charlie Hirsch
Jerome Phil Huggins

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