*A new drama has launched on network TV. “The Red Line,” executive produced by Ava Duvernay, has launched on CBS on Sunday evenings.
The limited special event series follows three families in Chicago who are on a journey of healing and hope after tragedy connects them.
Daniel Calder (Noah Wiley) is a high school history teacher mourning the death of his husband, Harrison Brennan (Corey Reynolds) a doctor who was shot by a white cop in a case of mistaken identity. The grief and anger from Brennan’s death leads their adopted daughter, Jira (Aliyah Royale) to reconnect with her biological mother Tia (Emayatzy Corinealdi), a rising politician on the opposite side of the city. Paul Evans (Noel Fisher), is the white police officer who was involved with the shooting, struggles with his role and subsequent guilt in Brennan’s death.
As the three stories of the Calder, Young and Evans families intersect, the idea that it’s possible to go through tragedy and emerge even stronger than before, when we connect with others and learn not to just survive, but to thrive.
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EURweb’s Jill Munroe sat down with Corinealdi and Royale to discuss the series and their characters connection to each other.
When asked about their first reaction to reading the script and discovering their characters connections, they had this to say:
“Upon reading the script, I felt as though I was reading it as Jira already” said Royale who got her start in TV on shows like TNT’s “Major Crimes” and “Man and Wife”
I thought, oh my God, I’m going to meet my mom, we’re going to instantly connect and it’s going to be great… I had that hopeful innocence to me. After shooting a couple of scenes and reflecting, I realized this journey was never going to be easy.” For Jira (as a character) she thought her mom would be the same person she was when she gave her up.”
Corinealdi added “what I liked about the script that there was an opportunity for people who have found themselves in this situation – either giving up children for adoption or have been adopted – this show gave us an opportunity to explore how that can play out between two people.”
The eight-episode run airs on CBS Sundays at 9/8c.
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