True Justice

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True Justice
Genre Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller
Created by Steven Seagal
Written by Steven Seagal
Directed by Keoni Waxman
Wayne Rose
Lauro Chartrand
Starring Steven Seagal
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 26 (List of episodes)
Broadcast
Original channel 5USA
Original run July 6, 2011 – September 26, 2012

True Justice is a television series about undercover police officers starring Steven Seagal.[1] Seagal stars as Elijah Kane, and heads a special task force in Seattle, Washington. On April 26, 2012, US broadcaster ReelzChannel renewed the series for a second season of 13 episodes to air in 2012.[2]

The series first aired on Nitro, a TV station in Spain, starting on May 12, 2011.[3] It also aired in the UK on 5USA, with the first episode broadcast on 20 July 2011.[4] 5USA also broadcast the 2nd season, starting on 4 July 2012, with the episode "Vengeance is Mine".[5] The second season is sub-titled "The Ghost", the name of the villain that the main characters are pursuing.

Some episodes were made available in Poland on Cyfrowy Polsat VOD, between 30 September and 31 October 2011.[6] The series started airing on Reelz Channel in the United States on March 30, 2012.[7] The series is gradually being released on DVD and Blu-ray, two episodes at a time, edited into single "movies" (see below). A box set of the first season was released in Australia by Paramount Home Entertainment on December 8, 2011.

Cast

Main Cast

Name Portrayed by Series
1 2
Elijah Kane Steven Seagal Main
Sarah Montgomery Sarah Lind Main
Mark Simms Lochlyn Munro Main
Johnny Garcia Jesse Hutch Main
Jessica Finch Tanaya Beatty Main
Marcus Mitchell † Adrian Holmes Recurring Main
Juliet Sanders † Meghan Ory Main
Landon Radner † Warren Christie Main
Andre Mason † William 'Big Sleeps' Stewart Main

Recurring Cast

Cast Role Episodes
Alex Mallari Jr. Hiro 13 episodes
J. Anthony Pena TINY 13 episodes
Adrian Hough Sheriff Graves 9 episodes
Kyle Cassie Brad Gates 9 episodes
Elizabeth Thai Jordan Sparks 6 episodes

UK DVDs

True Justice is gradually being released as a series of DVD (and some Blu-ray) "movies" in the UK, with each disc editing together two episodes (see List of True Justice episodes). To date the releases have been:

  1. Deadly Crossing (Season One, episodes one and two)
  2. Dark Vengeance (Season One, episodes three and four)
  3. Street Wars (Season One, episodes five and six)
  4. Lethal Justice (Season One, episodes seven and eight)
  5. Death Riders (Season One, episodes nine and ten)
  6. Urban Warfare (Season One, episodes eleven and twelve)
  7. Soldier of Vengeance (Season Two, episodes one and two)
  8. Blood Alley (Season Two, episodes three and four)
  9. Violence of Action (Season Two, episodes five and six)
  10. Angel of Death (Season Two, episodes seven and eight)
  11. Dead Drop (Season Two, episodes nine and ten)
  12. Deadly Assassin (Season Two, episodes eleven and twelve)

NB: The final episode of Season One, "Payback", has not yet been included on any of these DVDs.

References

  1. ↑ "Five buys Steven Seagal police show for digital channel". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  2. ↑ Munn, Patrick (April 26, 2012). "ReelzChannel Renews Steven Seagal’s True Justice For Second Season". TVWise. Retrieved April 26, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Nitro estrena Justicia Extrema" (in Spanish). Nitro. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. "NITRO, the channel Antena 3, is converted from tomorrow Thursday at 22:15 am in the first World Television to broadcast the series Extreme Justice (True Justice), starring and produced by Steven Seagal." 
  4. ↑ "Season 1 - Dark Vengeance, Part 1". 5USA. July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011. 
  5. ↑ "Vengeance is Mine". 5USA. 
  6. ↑ "Serial "Bez litości" w Cyfrowym Polsacie" (in Polish). Media2.pl. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2011. 
  7. ↑ Munn, Patrick (February 1, 2012). "ReelzChannel Sets Premiere Date For True Justice". TVWise. Retrieved February 1, 2012. 

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