Company Man is a 2008 20th Century Fox TV thriller ordered to pilot starring Jason Behr as Paul Fisher and Annie Wersching as his wife, Kate Fisher. <ref>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117961954.html?categoryid=1300&cs=1</ref>. It is executive produced by Robert Cochran, David Ehrman, Jon Cassar, Joel Surnow and Howard Gordon.

The show was not picked up.<ref>http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117958299.html?categoryid=14&cs=1</ref>

Plot

Paul Fisher is an engineer recruited to become a spy for the National Security Agency. Paul works in the defense industry, is an otherwise ordinary man with ordinary abilities, trying to live a normal life. He is made an unwilling spy, forced to serve his NSA handlers in order to hide a personally devastating secret. He is unable to tell his family/loved ones what he is doing<ref>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?id=company_man_fox</ref>.

Paul's wife, Kate, becomes suspicious when their once-strong bond seems to be unraveling with Paul's increasingly secretive behavior. She's determined to find out what's going on even to the point of hiring a private investigator.

Agency handler Sara Baker, played by Stana Katic bullies and blackmails Paul into working for her. While she admires Paul, it is her job to pull him away from Kate and guide him through his various missions.

Tom Wicks (Billy Brown) is Baker's partner.

Cast

Annie Wersching as Kate Fisher

Billy Brown as Tom Wicks

Jason Behr as Paul Fisher

Stana Katic as Sara Baker

Crew

David Ehrman as Creator/Executive Producer

Robert Cochran as Creator/Executive Producer

Jon Cassar as Executive Producer/Director (Pilot)

Howard Gordon as Executive Producer

Joel Surnow as Executive Producer

Critical Reception

The Futon Critic gave the pilot a fairly neutral review, and rated it two stars out of four. [571]

Trivia

Project was previously titled "NSA Innocent"

Stephen Moyer was the previous choice to play Paul Fisher. He was replaced when the producers retooled the show to go for a younger cast.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070327/tv_nm/companyman_dc</ref>

Jesse James was originally tapped to play Paul and Kate's son. The role was written out during the re-tooling.<ref>http://www.jasonbehr.org/</ref>

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