The Lyon's Den is a short-Lived American legal drama starring Rob Lowe as a follow-up to The West Wing.It aired on NBC for one season.
The series follows Jack Turner, who joins Lyons, Lacross & Levine, a long-established DC-area law firm. There, he navigates the firm's murky internal politics while seeking to uncover the truth about his mentor's death.
Although the series started life as a straightforward drama, it's now best-known for going completely off the rails in its last few episodesnote and capping things off with a Gainax Ending.
The series also featured Matt Craven, Elizabeth Mitchell, Kyle Chandler, James Pickens Jr., Frances Fisher, David Krumholtz, and Rip Torn.
Tropes for the series:
- Alliterative Name: Benjamin Beacon (Erik Passoja) in Hubris.
- Gainax Ending: The drama was cancelled halfway through its only season but contractually obligated to deliver 13 completed episodes. Knowing that they could get away with pretty much anything with those last few episodes, Jack is revealed to be a serial killer who murders Grant Rashton when confronted before leaping to his death.
- I Want You to Meet an Old Friend of Mine:
- Mitchell and Krumholtz previously worked together on The Santa Clause 2.
- Peter MacNicol, who previously worked with Krumholtz on Addams Family Values, appears in The Quantum Theory. note
- Chandler and Lowe previously appeared together on Mulholland Falls.
- One-Word Title:
- Pilot.
- Hubris.
- Ex.
- Blood.
- Privileged.
