Stepfanie Kramer, Stephanie 'Stevie' Chandler, news director for a top, unnamed television network.Ronny Cox, Admiral William Reiker, the CIA director.John Mahoney, Lou Brenner, White House Chief of Staff.Mitchell Ryan, Vice President Daniel Eastman.Robert Loggia, Nick Mancuso, veteran FBI agent whose career with the bureau dates back to the early 1950s.James Whitmore, President Sam Baker, serving his first term.Linda Kozlowski, Sally Crain, Senator Fallon's longtime press aide.Senator Terrence Fallon of Texas and vice presidential aspirant. Mancuso and Ross gradually uncover different conspiracies that may shake the U.S. Through a friend at the CIA, Mancuso learns about Petersen, who is still lurking in the area and thought to be plotting a second attempt on Fallon's life, and must track him down. Ross is delighted with the assignment, but Mancuso explains that it's a setup because if the bureau was serious about finding the sniper, 'they would have assigned a whole division' of FBI agents to the case and not just 'a lameduck and a green kid.' Mancuso and Ross, however, pursue the case. O'Brien appoints only two agents, Nick Mancuso (Loggia), a cynical, bitter veteran who is close to retirement, and Dave Ross ( Lance Guest), an idealistic but inexperienced young agent, to investigate the Martinez assassination. Without the president's knowledge, Brenner intimidates O'Brien into running a low-key investigation that just goes through the motions. Brenner openly suggests that the disclosure that a former CIA agent assassinated Martinez might damage relations with the United States' Latin American allies. Based on eyewitness testimony, O'Brien identifies the sniper as Rolf Petersen ( Brian Thompson), an ex-Marine and former CIA agent who went rogue. President Baker also holds a meeting with Brenner, FBI director Henry O'Brien ( Kenneth McMillan), and CIA director Admiral William Reiker ( Ronny Cox) about the shooting.

However, secrets from both Fallon's and Crain's pasts may derail their ambitions.

She carefully plots the young Senator's path to the vice presidency and then possibly the presidency. Crain, who is ruthlessly devoted to Fallon, first met him when he was running for a seat on the Houston City Council in the late 1970s. Serving Fallon are Sally Crain (Kozlowski), his top press aide (and secret lover), and Chris Van Allen (Alexander), another top aide (and a homosexual). In both the novel and the miniseries, political parties are not named but referred to generically as the 'party.' President Baker, Vice President Eastman, Senator Fallon, and Speaker of the House Charles MacDonald all belong to the same political party. Ben Wycoff ( Frederic Lehne), begins plotting to undermine Fallon by digging into his background. For his part, Eastman refuses to go quietly, and his top aide, E. Baker is reluctant to pick Fallon, not knowing much about him and wondering if he qualified since he may occupy the Oval Office one day. His chief of staff, Lou Brenner (Mahoney), suggests that he can win by selecting the now-popular Fallon as his running mate and dropping the current Vice President Daniel Eastman ( Mitchell Ryan) from the ticket. Meanwhile, about 10 days before his party's convention, President Sam Baker (Whitmore) is facing a difficult re-election campaign. Fallon's words and his courage stun the nation, and overnight, he becomes a household name and the hottest political property in Washington, D.C. Fallon soon collapses and is rushed to a hospital. With tens of millions of people watching him live on television, Fallon delivers a passionate speech, condemning Martinez's murder and asking how Americans can turn their backs on people who are fighting for their freedom against oppression. Fallon, who is bleeding from his side, manages to crawl to Martinez's dead body and then stagger to the podium. The television and cable networks that are covering the press conference as routine news then begin broadcasting the unfolding events live. A sniper from a nearby rooftop fires on them, instantly killing Martinez and wounding Fallon. Octavio Martinez, the leader of the Nicaraguan contras. One morning, during an outdoor press conference in Washington, D.C., Fallon is delivering a speech welcoming Col. Fallon is idealistic and a vocal anti-Communist. The miniseries was adapted from the 1987 novel of the same written by Steve Sohmer, who also wrote the teleplay.įavorite Son follows the apparent rise of Terrence 'Terry' Fallon (Hamlin), a young and charismatic U.S. It starred Harry Hamlin, Linda Kozlowski, James Whitmore, Robert Loggia, John Mahoney, Ronny Cox, and Jason Alexander. Favorite Son is a miniseries about political intrigue that aired on NBC in three parts from October 30 to November 1, 1988, a week before that year's presidential election.

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