Fallon's War: The Series

Fallon's War: The Series is an American television series that aired for seven seasons on CBS from January 13th, 2002 to June 28, 2008. It is a follow-up to the TV films Bound By Honor and In the Name of Justice, which in turn are based off of an alternate version of the TV movie Logan's War: Bound By Honor.

Like it's cousin show, Walker, Texas Ranger, the series held a degree of moralistic style. The characters refrained from the use of drugs, and they participated in community service. Martial arts were displayed prominently as the primary tool of law enforcement and occasionally as a tool for the Fallons and company to reach out to the community.

Premise
Six months after the end of In the Name of Justice, Logan and Jessica Fallon's freelance private protection/security/investigations agency is doing moderately well. But, deciding they want to expand and do more for their community, they decide to assist the police in investigations. After helping to solve a gang-related murder and seeing how so many young lives the gang life has either taken or endangered, the Fallons and their agency become official police consultant detectives for the Chicago Police Department, and also convert part of their building into a dojo for giving children martial arts lessons in order to keep them out of the gang life. The series follows their efforts to do what they do best: protecting the public and battling injustice in the city of Chicago.

Production
A month after the release of In the Name of Justice, CBS ordered 13 episodes of a TV series based off of the films. Carlton Cuse, Chuck Norris, and his brother Aaron Norris were hired as executive producers, with Chuck reprising his role as Jake Fallon in a recurring capacity.

Eddie Cibrian, Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Tony Todd, Shannon Lee, and Matt Schulze signed on to their roles from the films as the main cast. Due to his commitment to the film 2 Fast 2 Furious, Paul Walker was unable to commit to the main cast, although he would appear as a recurring member, though he later was upgraded to a regular for the third season.

For the Chicago Police Deparment, Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order) and Tom Wright (Martial Law) were the first to be cast as the Major Crimes Unit's first lead detective and superior. Michael Imperioli and Alan Tudyk soon followed as additional detectives.

It was also announced that, Joe Spano, Morgana Shaw, and Devon Michael would reprise their roles from the movies on a recurring basis.

Gena O'Kelley, Chuck Norris real-life wife, was cast in the recurring role of Nora Davidson-Fallon, Jake Fallon's wife who he met and married between the two movies, and mentioned in the second.

Mira Sorvino was cast in a recurring role as Bethany Cross, an A.D.A. who initally is skeptical of the Fallons, but soon comes to respect them greatly. She was upgraded to regular status in the second season.

Teri Hatcher was also cast as the sexy, but firm Medical Examiner Dr. Viola Stivers, who would help give the team and MCU info on murder cases from her autopsies.

On April 29, 2002, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season, and that Mira Sorvino would be upgraded to regular status. On June 13, 2002, 7 new recurring roles were announced:

Shortly after production began on the season, Shannon Lee became pregnant. The writers decided to include her pregnancy and after giving birth, she left for maternity leave for six episodes, returning for the last three episodes of the season.
 * 1) Lynne Thigpen was cast Leroy's sister Donna, who helps him run the bar.
 * 2) Sarah Michelle Gellar and Andy Samberg were cast as reporters Lisa Robbins and Ford Vickers, who like follow the team around
 * 3) Elizabeth Banks was cast as Robbins and Vickers' publicist colleague Laura, who turns out to be a childhood friend of Logan and Jessica and a love interest for the former.
 * 4) Cameron Bright and Abigail Breslin were cast Laura's children from her previous marriage.
 * 5) Craig T. Nelson were cast as the Chief of Police.

On March 12, 2003, Lynne Thigpen died suddenly at her home. Following this, it was announced her character would be written out to have died and be given a tribute, both of which occurred in the seventeenth episode of the second season.

On March 30, 2003, with filming on the second season almost complete, Michael Imperioli announced he would be leaving the show after two seasons to focus on his other TV series, The Sopranos, as he felt working two TV series at once was too exhausting. Teri Hatcher also announced that she would vacate her role in the series to explore other opportunites.

On April 13th, 2003, the show was renewed for a third season. That same day, it was announced that Paul Walker would be upgraded to a series regular, and Julianne Nicholson would be cast as Phoebe Weston, a new detective for the Major Crimes Unit.

On May 24th, 2003, it was announced that Angie Harmon (Law & Order) would join the cast in the third season in an "Also Starring" role as Jillian Foxworth the new Medical Examiner. It was also announced that Kelly Hu would recur in a yet-to-be-disclosed role, which was eventually revealed to be a Chinese Agent.

On June 14, 2003, it was announced that Tammy Lauren, Nicholas Gonzalez, and Cameron Douglas would take recurring roles as a trio of Vice detectives that work with the FPA and MCU throughout the season. The following day, CBS announced that Edward Woodward, William Zabka, and Keith Szarabajka would reprise their roles from The Equalizer in a four-episode arc.

On March 1st, 2004, the show was renewed for a fourth and a fifth season. Two days later, CBS announced Matt Schulze would depart the series as a regular after the third season concluded. Schulze attributed his departure to wanting to focus on other projects, though he would be open to returning for guest appearances in the future.

On May 16, 2004, recurring actor Sarah Michelle Gellar announced her departure from the series; this coincided with her character's death in the season finale.

On June 4th, 2004, Vanessa Ferlito was cast as Rose Lovato, a former NYPD detective, Crime Scene Investigator and forensic technician, and a new member of the Fallon Protection Agency. That same day, it was announced that Kelly Hu would return and be upgraded to regular status.

On July 5th, 2004, filming began for the fourth season. It revealed that Julia Stiles would be cast as Ashlyn, an ex-girlfriend of Bruce's. A week later, Paul Walker's daughter Meadow, was announced to be cast as Raini, Bruce's long-lost daughter with Ashlyn.

On July 21st 2004, Gordon Clapp, Sigourney Weaver, Tara Strong, and Tina Majorino were all cast as Laura's parents, sister, and niece, respectively to guest star in four episodes each.

Cast and Characters
Fallon's War: The Series/Characters 

Fallon Protection Agency
Eddie Cibrian as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Logan Fallon (dis.) (Season 1-)

Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as U.S. Navy P.O. First Class Jessica Fallon (dis.) (Season 1-)

Tony Todd as U.S. Army Master Sgt. Leroy Griggs (dis.) (Season 1-)

Shannon Lee as Dawn Wong (Season 1-)

Paul Walker as U.S. Navy SEAL Lt. Bruce Jennings (Season 3-, regular; 1-2, recurring)

Kelly Hu as MSS Agent Jiang-Su "Janet" Li (Season 4-, regular; 3 recurring)

Vanessa Ferlito as Rose Lovato (Season 4-)

Former
Matt Schulze as Jericho "Jerry" McCabe (Season 1-3)

Chicago Police Department (Major Crimes Unit)
Benjamin Bratt as Detective-Sergeant Carlos Perez (Season 1-)

Alan Tudyk as Detective Lance Thomas (Season 1-)

Julianne Nicholson as Detective Phoebe Weston (Season 3-)

Tom Wright as Captain Duncan Wyler (Season 1-)

Mira Sorvino as Assistant District Attorney Bethany "Beth" Cross (Season 2-, main; 1, recurring)

Former
Michael Imperioli as Detective Louis Crosetti (Season 1-2)

Also Starring
Morgana Shaw as Helen Ridgeway (Season 1-)

Devon Michael as Jesse Ridgeway (Season 1-)

Jason Gray-Stanford as Patrick Trindle (Season 1-)

Jack McGee as Doug Mooney (Season 1-)

Elizabeth Banks as Laura Royce (Season 2-)

Cameron Bright as Owen Royce (Season 2-)

Abigail Breslin as Christina Royce (Season 2-)

Angie Harmon as Medical Examiner Dr. Jillian Foxworth (Season 3-)

Noah Wyle as Dr. Clark Royce (Season 3-)

Former
Teri Hatcher as Medical Examiner Dr. Viola Stivers (Season 1-2)

Recurring characters
Chuck Norris as U.S. Army Captain Jake Fallon (ret.) (Season 1-)

Joe Spano as FBI Special Agent John Downing (Season 1-)

Gena O'Kelley as Nora Davidson-Fallon (Season 1-)

Andy Samberg as Ford Vickers (Season 2-)

Nicholas Gonzalez as Vice Detective Joey Sanchez (Season 3-)

Cameron Douglas as Vice Detective Cruz Jareau (Season 3-)

Tammy Lauren as Vice Sergeant Sharon Flake (Season 3-)

Former
Lynne Thigpen as Donna Johnson (Season 2)

Craig T. Nelson as Chicago Police Chief Robert Monroe (Season 2)

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Lisa Robbins (Season 2-3)

Episodes
Fallon's War: The Series/Episode List 

Notable Guest Stars
Loretta Devine - Estella King (Offshoot)

Lee Thompson Young - Greg King (Offshoot)

Michael K. Williams -  Leon Davis (Offshoot)

Rory Culkin - Danny van de Lowe (Extraordinary People, Shot in the Dark)

Steven Weber - Reed Powers (Culinary Feud)

James Hong - Tzi Wong (Culinary Feud)

Marques Houston - Rashaad "Rayzah" Baylor (They're Playing My Songs)

Taylor Parks - Jazmine Baylor (They're Playing My Songs)

Mo B. Dick - Kaseem Isaacs (They're Playing My Songs)

Wilmer Valderrama - Ramon Cabaera (Love and War)

Josh Server - Davis Cully (Love and War)

Mila Kunis - Sadie Thomas (Family First)

William Zabka - Rick Speedle (Night Rider); Scott McCall (Meet the Equalizer, Blossom, Sweet & Sour, Rings of Gold)

Triple H - Calvin Jagger (The Juggernaut)

Stephanie McMahon - Aurora Zigfried (The Juggernaut)

Shawn Hatosy - Lenny Cirico (The Founder's Keeper)

Rory Cochrane - Justin Boyer (Soldier vs. Coward)

Stanley Tucci - FBI Special Agent Orville McCavoy (Live or Die (1))

Gary Busey - Grady Quinn (Live or Die (1-2))

Sheldon Turnipseed - Royce Young (Neighborhood Watch)

Marcus T. Paulk - Delroy Young (Neighborhood Watch)

Parker McKenna Posey - Tosha Young (Neighborhood Watch)

David O'Hara - Cameron Malloy (The Homeland)

Melissa Benoit - Debbie Eames (Den of Thieves)

Blake Jenner - Corey Kendall (Den of Thieves)

Marshall R. Teague - Nolan Lars (Den of Thieves)

DJ AM - Manny Bosco (Musical Chameleon)

Edward Woodward - Robert McCall (Meet the Equalizer, Blossom, Sweet & Sour, Rings of Gold)

Keith Szarabajka - Mickey Kostmayer (Meet the Equalizer, Blossom, Sweet & Sour, Rings of Gold)

Grace Park - Kelsi Chan (Fatal Nuptials Part 1 & 2)

Peter Stomare - Adrik Hans (Fatal Nuptials Part 1 & 2)