The Lyon's Den was a NBC network legal drama series created by Remi Aubuchon, which aired from September 28 to November 30, 2003, lasting for one season & 13 episodes (leaving 7 of them unaired).
It was produced by Brad Grey Television, Baby Owl Works and 20th Century Fox Television.
Plot[]
The series centered on lawyer Jack Turner, who is newly appointed as the partner of a long-established law firm which harbors some dark secrets & conspiracies, and Turner's attempt to uncover them.
Cast[]
- Rob Lowe as Jack Turner
- Matt Craven as George Riley
- Elizabeth Mitchell as Ariel Saxon
- Kyle Chandler as Grant Rashton
- James Pickens, Jr. as Terrence Christanson
- Frances Fisher as Brit Hanley
- David Krumholtz as Jeff Fineman
Production[]
Singer Jewel's casting[]
In his memoir, "Love Life", Rob Lowe stated that he lobbied for singer-actress Jewel to be cast as his love interest in the show after seeing her performance Ang Lee's cult film "Ride With The Devil".
However, when she arrived on set there was no chemistry between the two and Jewel brought her then-boyfriend, rodeo star Ty Murray, to the set with her on the day the actors were to film a love scene.
According to Lowe, Jewel appeared uncomfortable at having to kiss Lowe, and unsuccessfully asked if the scene could be removed. Finally relenting by stating, "Let's just do this", Lowe said that Jewel agreed to do the scene.
Lowe stated: "But as we approached the kissing moment it became strained and it's never good when you can't trust that your fellow actor is on the same page... I pecked her on the lips; her mouth scrunched closed like you would do if someone was going to stick something unwanted into it, which I was not intending. I sort of moved my head from side to side to make it look real, like there was at least a dollop of energy or passion. 'Cut', said the director. Jewel looked at me and wiped the back of her hand across her lips like an American Sign Language version of 'Yuck'".
Jewel was one of the celebrities chosen to roast Rob Lowe in 2015. She joked that she had asked to write out the kiss with Lowe "because I knew where that mouth had been."
Cancellation\improvised ending[]
Rob Lowe said, in an May 9, 2014 appearance on the NPR radio gameshow "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" that he and the show's producers purposefully made all 13 episodes, which they were contractually obligated to make for possible DVD distribution, as absurd as possible.
The last episode ended with Lowe's character being exposed as a serial killer by Grant Rushton (Kyle Chandler), whom he then kills before jumping to his death from the firm's office tower.