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AMC Rubicon Episode Guide

PLOT: Set in the New York City–based American Policy Institute (API), a federal intelligence agency, “Rubicon” follows Will Travers (James Badge Dale), a beleaguered and brilliant API analyst, who, when faced with a shocking tragedy, begins to uncover clues that could point to a complex and sinister conspiracy. Protagonist Will sets off on a compelling search for the truth and grapples with issues of mistrust, power, control and paranoia. With every question he asks, every clue and incriminating fact he uncovers, Will descends further into a complex world of mystery, intrigue and imminent danger.

Season 1


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Episode 101 : 08/01/2010 “Gone In The Teeth”
Episode 102 : 08/01/2010 “The First Day Of School”
Episode 103 : 08/08/2010 “Keep The Ends Out”
Episode 104 : 08/15/2010 “The Outsider”
Episode 105 : 08/22/2010 “Connect The Dots”
Episode 106 : 08/29/2010 “Look To The Ant”
Episode 107 : 09/05/2010 “The Truth Will Out”
Episode 108 : 09/12/2010 “Caught In The Suck”
Episode 109 : 09/19/2010 “No Honesty In Men”
Episode 110 : 09/26/2010 “In Whom We Trust”
Episode 111 : 10/03/2010 “A Good Day’s Work”
Episode 112 : 10/10/2010 “Wayward Sons”
Episode 113 : 10/17/2010 “You Can Never Win”

More information is forthcoming...

AMC Rubicon S01E13 : You Can Never Win

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In the gripping season finale, the API team tries to find their footing in the aftermath of the explosion in Galveston Bay. Plus, Will confronts Spangler (MICHAEL CRISTOFER).

S01E13

# 2M5262
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 17-Oct-2010

In the gripping season finale, the API team tries to find their footing in the aftermath of the explosion in Galveston Bay. Katherine sets up a meeting with Will shortly after being directed to a new safe house. And Will confronts Spangler (recurring guest star MICHAEL CRISTOFER), but will he get the answers he is looking for?

AMC Rubicon S01E12 : Wayward Sons

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Will begins to put pieces together... but is it too late?

S01E12

# 2M5261
Written by: Richard E. Robbins
Directed by: Mike Solvis
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 10-Oct-2010

The API team is forced to work with the FBI to try and locate the man they think is Kateb, who has crossed on to U.S. soil. Will may be able to figure out the next target destination ... but will it be too late? Meanwhile, Katherine is taken to a safe house.

AMC Rubicon S01E11 : A Good Day's Work

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Spangler (MICHAEL CRISTOFER) gives Will a unique assignment.

S01E11

# 2M5260
Written by: Zack Whedon
Directed by: Brad Anderson
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 03-Oct-2010

Will gets a special assignment from Spangler (recurring guest star MICHAEL CRISTOFER). Tanya is asked to rejoin the team to help locate Kateb. A threat leaves Katherine afraid to leave her house.

AMC Rubicon S01E10 : In Whom We Trust

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Will and Katherine meet secretly. Meanwhile, the API team continues trying to track down Kateb, and Will discovers he shared a common interest with his late boss, David Hadas.

S01E10

# 2M5259
Written by: Nichole Beattie
Directed by: Keith Gordon
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 26-Sep-2010

Will and Katherine meet secretly, and Katherine shares what little she knows. Meanwhile, the API team continues trying to track down Kateb, and Will discovers he shared a common interest with his late boss, David Hadas. Kale takes steps to "clean" his apartment.

AMC Rubicon S01E09 : No Honesty In Men

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Feeling unsafe in his apartment, Will reaches out to his neighbor, Andy (ANNIE PARISSE -- Fringe). Katherine learns more information about the photograph she received.

S01E09

# 2M5258
Written by: Eliza Clark
Directed by: Alan Taylor
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 19-Sep-2010

Feeling unsafe in his apartment, Will reaches out to his neighbor, Andy (guest star ANNIE PARISSE -- Law & Order, The Pacific, Fringe). Kale suspects he is being followed, and Katherine learns more information about the photograph she received, including a connection to API. Meanwhile, while Tanya is "temporarily reassigned" (to rehab), Julia (recurring guest star NATALIE GOLD -- The Good Wife, Love and Other Drugs) pitches in to help Miles and Grant.

AMC Rubicon S01E08 : Caught In The Suck

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The CIA asks Miles and Tanya to oversee an interrogation.

S01E08

# 2M5257
Written by: Blake Masters
Directed by: Ed Bianchi
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 12-Sep-2010

The CIA asks Miles and Tanya to oversee the interrogation of a captured Al-Qaeda member. Will looks into Atlas MacDowell. Katherine receives a mysterious envelope.

AMC Rubicon S01E07 : The Truth Will Out

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A security lockdown is imposed on API by the FBI and everyone must undergo a polygraph test. Will sees something of interest in Spangler's (MICHAEL CRISTOFER) office.

S01E07

# 2M5256
Written by: Eliza Clark
Directed by: Alik Sakharov
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 05-Sep-2010

To find a leak, a security lockdown is imposed on API by the FBI and everyone must undergo a polygraph test. Miles is frantic to find a missing classified file, while Grant is frantic to get in touch with his wife. Meanwhile, Will sees something of interest in Spangler's (recurring guest star MICHAEL CRISTOFER) office, and Katherine realizes she is not safe in her own home.

AMC Rubicon S01E06 : Look To The Ant

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Ingram makes Will a surprising offer. Katherine finds a connection between Tom’s death and another suicide victim. Maggie allows Craig to take Sophie for the night.

S01E06

# 2M5255
Written by: Zack Whedon
Directed by: Seith Mann
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 29-Aug-2010

Kale invites Will over for dinner and gives him some interesting information. Katherine discovers a commonality between her husband and the subject of an old obituary she found in her husband's files. Meanwhile, with her daughter away for the night, Maggie finds a way to fill the lonely hours, and Miles recruits help when tasked with watching George Boeck via a live video feed.

AMC Rubicon S01E05 : Connect The Dots

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David’s code leads Will to suspect someone at API. Katherine loses faith in Wheeler and decides to take matters into her own hands.

S01E05

# 2M5254
Written by: Nichole Beattie
Directed by: Nick Gomez
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 22-Aug-2010

Will and Ed (recurring guest star ROGER ROBINSON) manage to track down Donald Bloom (guest star MICHAEL GASTON -- Fringe, Damages, Jericho) -- one of the seven names -- who is visiting New York. Will follows Bloom and is surprised to discover who he is meeting. Meanwhile, Will keeps a careful eye on Tanya at API and, after meeting with a financial advisor, Katherine begins to inquire about MRQ Alternatives, an investment her husband left her two days before his death. Plus, at a fundraiser for Spangler's (recurring guest star MICHAEL CRISTOFER) wife's charity, Will meets Katherine.

AMC Rubicon S01E04 : The Outsider

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Truxton invites Will on a business trip to DC, leaving the team to make a very important governmental decision on their own.  Katherine’s attempt to move on is derailed when she finds a suspicious voicemail on Tom’s cell phone from the day before he died.

S01E04

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Written by: Richard E. Robbins
Directed by: Jeremy Podeswa
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 15-Aug-2010

Will travels to Washington, D.C. with Spangler (recurring guest star MICHAEL CRISTOFER), leaving his team to make a very important decision on their own. Meanwhile, Katherine finds a suspicious voicemail on her husband's cell phone from the day before he died.

AMC Rubicon S01E03 : Keep The Ends Out

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Katherine and Wheeler share their grief and confusion over Tom’s suicide and find themselves closer than expected.  Maggie’s ex-husband returns asking forgiveness. David’s son visits Will, leaving him with yet another clue to David’s death.

S01E03

# 2M5252
Written by: Michael Oates Palmer
Directed by: Jeremy Podeswa
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 08-Aug-2010

Will has his API colleagues continue their digging on the man in the photograph. Maggie gets a surprise visit from her past, and Katherine agrees to meet her husband's best friend, James Wheeler (recurring guest star DAVID RASCHE -- The Sentinel, Ugly Betty). Meanwhile, Will finds another piece of David's puzzle -- but can he decode it? Recurring guest star ROGER ROBINSON appears as Ed Bancroft. Guest star CHRISTOPHER DENHAM (Shutter Island) appears as David's son, Evan, who wants something David gave to Will.

AMC Rubicon S01E02 : The First Day Of School

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Will faces his first day as the boss to his former teammates.  While struggling to maintain authority, he pieces together messages left for him by David.  Katherine learns Tom had a secret life.

S01E02

# 2M5251
Written by: Henry Bromell - teleplay/story, Jason Horwitch - story
Directed by: Guy Ferland
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 01-Aug-2010

Will is instructed by his superior, Spangler (recurring guest star MICHAEL CRISTOFER -- An Enemy of the People), to investigate the people in a certain photograph, and Will begins to feel the stress of his new responsibilities. Will pays another visit to Ed Bancroft (recurring guest star ROGER ROBINSON), who is able to shed some light on a clue found by Will. Meanwhile, Katherine becomes suspicious of things that happened just before her husband died.

AMC Rubicon S01E01 : Gone In The Teeth

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Will suffers a shocking tragedy.  While he considers leaving his job at API, he begins to uncover clues that point to a sinister conspiracy.  Katherine questions her billionaire husband’s unexpected suicide.

S01E01

# S90421
Written by: Jason Horwitch
Directed by: Allen Coulter
U.S. Broadcast Premiere: 01-Aug-2010

Inspired by the suspenseful and high-stakes political whodunits of the 1970s, RUBICON is a thrilling new one-hour series where nothing is what it seems. Set in the New York City-based American Policy Institute (API), a government intelligence agency, the drama follows Will Travers (series star JAMES BADGE DALE), a beleaguered analyst who has already faced terrible personal loss.

In the series premiere, Will, who is now faced with another shocking tragedy, begins to uncover clues that could point to a complex and sinister conspiracy. While he considers leaving his job at API, his enigmatic boss, Kale Ingram (series star ARLISS HOWARD), makes Will an offer -- and an ultimatum. Will must make a major decision which will affect his work at API, and that of his colleagues Maggie Young (series star JESSICA COLLINS), Miles Fiedler (series star DALLAS ROBERTS), Grant Test (series star CHRISTOPHER EVAN WELCH) and newcomer Tanya MacGaffin (series star LAUREN HODGES). Meanwhile, Katherine Rhumor (series star MIRANDA RICHARDSON) discovers her billionaire husband's unexpected suicide.

Guest star PETER GERETY (Brothers & Sisters, The Wire) appears as David Hadas. Recurring guest star ROGER ROBINSON (Brother to Brother, ER, Kojak) appears as Ed Bancroft.