Preview — The Company You Keep Season 1 Episode 1: Pilot
What happens when a con man and a CIA officer fall for each other? We’ll find out soon enough when the much-anticipated drama series The Company You Keep, starring Milo Ventimiglia and Catherine Haena Kim, premieres this Sunday.
On The Company You Keep Season 1 Episode 1, con man Charlie (Ventimiglia) and undercover CIA officer Emma (Catherine Haena Kim), wind up on a collision course professionally without realizing it.
While Charlie ramps up the “family business” so he can get out for good, Emma’s closing in on the vengeful criminal who holds Charlie’s family debts in hand – forcing them to reckon with the lies they’ve told so they can save themselves and their families from disastrous consequences.
The Company You Keep is based on the Korean Broadcasting System series My Fellow Citizens. The series stars Milo Ventimiglia as Charlie, Catherine Haena Kim as Emma, William Fichtner as Leo, Tim Chiou as David, Freda Foh Shen as Grace, James Saito as Joseph, Sarah Wayne Callies as Birdie, Felisha Terrell as Daphne and Polly Draper as Fran.
Executive producers and co-showrunners are Julia Cohen and Phil Klemmer, Milo Ventimiglia and Russ Cundiff (DiVide Pictures), Jon M. Chu and Caitlin Foito (Electric Somewhere), Todd Harthan and Lindsay Goffman (Gratitude Productions). Deanna Harris (DiVide Pictures) is a producer.
Check out the photos and promo video below for a preview of the pilot episode, which airs Sunday, February 19th at 10/9c on ABC.
Episode description: A night of passion leads to love between con-man Charlie and undercover CIA officer Emma, who are unknowingly on a collision course professionally.
Photos from The Company You Keep Season 1 Episode 1:
CATHERINE HAENA KIM, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
CATHERINE HAENA KIM, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
CATHERINE HAENA KIM
MILO VENTIMIGLIA
CATHERINE HAENA KIM
SARAH WAYNE CALLIES, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
MILO VENTIMIGLIA
CATHERINE HAENA KIM, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
MILO VENTIMIGLIA, SARAH WAYNE CALLIES
SARAH WAYNE CALLIES, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
SARAH WAYNE CALLIES, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
MILO VENTIMIGLIA
MILO VENTIMIGLIA
WILLIAM FICHTNER
MILO VENTIMIGLIA
TIM CHIOU
FREDA FOH SHEN, JAMES SAITO
CATHERINE HAENA KIM, MILO VENTIMIGLIA
Cast photos:
Promo video:
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The Company You Keep premieres Sunday, February 19th at 10/9c on ABC.
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Ashley Bissette Sumerel
Ashley Bissette Sumerel is a television and film critic living in Wilmington, North Carolina. She is editor-in-chief of Tell-Tale TV as well as Eulalie Magazine. Ashley has also written for outlets such as Rolling Stone, Paste Magazine, and Insider. Ashley has been a member of the Critics Choice Association since 2017 and is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her work as an editor and critic, Ashley teaches Entertainment Journalism, Composition, and Literature at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.