The Cut Man Cometh

"The Cut Man Cometh"
Season 2 Episode 11 Teleplay By Bill Wrubel and Aaron Sorkin Story By Bill Wrubel Director Alex Graves Original Airdate January 18, 2000 Episode chronology Previous Next "The Giants Win the Pennant, the Giants Win the Pennant!" "The Sweet Smell of Air"

"The Cut Man Cometh" is the eleventh episode of the second season and the thirty fourth episode of the series overall. It originally aired on January 18, 2000. The teleplay was written by Bill Wrubel and Aaron Sorkin from a story by Wrubel and directed by Alex Graves.

Plot

Dan's perennially disapproving father (Peter Riegert) is in town for a visit. The team is preparing to cover a heavily hyped boxing match, but must contend with an annoyingly dense on-site reporter who insists on being addressed as "Cut Man". The match ends in less than a minute, because the underdog goes down for the count on the very first punch, and the team has to improvise to fill the whole hour. Dana and Casey argue about the dating plan.

Production

Credits

Cast

Starring

1. Josh Charles as Dan Rydell
2. Peter Krause as Casey McCall
3. Felicity Huffman as Dana Whitaker
4. Joshua Malina as Jeremy Goodwin
5. Sabrina Lloyd as Natalie Hurley
6. and Robert Guillaume as Isaac Jaffe

Special appearance

1. Peter Riegert as Jay Rydell

Guest starring

1. Kayla Blake as Kim
2. Greg Baker as Elliott
3. Jeff Mooring as Dave
4. Ron Ostrow as Will
5. Timothy Davis-Reed as Chris
6. and Allen Garfield as Chuck "the Cut Man" Kimmel

Co-starring

1. James Edson as Mike Greenway

Crew

Opening Credits

1. Aaron Sorkin - Creator
2. Brian Grazer - Executive Producer
3. Ron Howard - Executive Producer
4. Tony Krantz - Executive Producer
5. Aaron Sorkin - Executive Producer
6. Rob Scheidlinger - Executive Producer
7. Thomas Schlamme - Executive Producer
8. Kevin Falls - Co-executive Producer
9. Matt Tarses - Producer
10. David Walpert - Co-producer
11. John Amodeo - Supervising Producer
12. Bill Wrubel and - Teleplay
13. Aaron Sorkin - Teleplay
14. Bill Wrubel - Story
15. Alex Graves - Director

Closing credits

1. Bonnie Zane - Casting
2. Paula Rosenberg - Casting
3. Bruce Chevillat - Co-producer
4. Stephen Putnam - Associate Producer
5. Bill Wrubel - Executive Story Editor
6. Peter Smokler - Director of Photography
7. Theo E. Azzari - Production Designer
8. Janet Ashikaga - Editor
9. Bruce Chevillat - Unit Production Manager
10. Shawn Hanley - First Assistant Director
11. Kristi "Kat" Antunovich - Second Assistant Director
12. W.G. Snuffy Walden - Music