Greatest Hits

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Greatest Hits (2012-present)

60 min
Drama / Dramedy

Drama that revolves around a slacker record-store employee who turns into a hitman. Matt Jones is the Executive Producer.

Was a mid-season replacement on Liberty in the 2011-12 season.

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Cast & Crew

Principal Cast Information
Freddy Prinze Jr as Marshall Bryant
Hilary Duff (season 4 - )
Bill Pullman (season 4 - )
Chris Jericho (season 5)
Christopher Bolton (season 5)
Rebecca Gibson (season 5)


Past Principal Cast Information
Elliott Gould as Caesar (season 1)
April Rose as Agent Provacateur (season 1)
Michael Cade as Leif Harlowe (seasons 1-4)
Neve Campbell as Monique Petit (seasons 2-3)
Talen Ruth Riley as Sarah Petit (seasons 2-3)
Lisa Hartman Black as Marsha Bryant (seasons 1-3)
Paul Gross as Stu Stewart (seasons 3-4)
Yvonne Strahovski as Nikki Tookey (seasons 3-4)


SELECTED CREW INFORMATION:
- Matt Jones as Creator/Executive Producer
- John Cusack as Executive Producer
- Joan Cusack as Executive Producer (season 4 - )
- Marc Guggenheim as Writer/Producer
- Jonah Stroh as Writer/Producer (season 3)
- Rene Balcer as Writer
- Matt Sadowksi as Writer/Director
- Paul Hunt as Director
- Brian McCulley as Writer/Director/Producer (season 3)

Past Crew Information
Tom Jankiewicz as Writer (RIP 2013)

Studio Information
New Crime Productions
Sony Television

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episode guide

1.01 - "Homecoming King" (2012)
The show opens with Marshall Bryant pacing, gun in hand while his mother Marsha Bryant is gagged and tied to a chair. Wearing sunglasses and looking manic he apologizes to his mother "for all this" and then begins to tell her the story of how he, a record store employee, became a hitman on the side.
It all began when he was working at the used Embassy record store in his hometown of Somers Point, PA. Marshall was sorting records in the storeroom when Joe Murphy came into the store, and tried to kill Marshall's boss Leroy. Marshall came out from the back just in time and out of instinct used a copy of REO Speedwagon's "Hi Fidelity" like a frisbee slicing open Joe's throat. The homecoming king, Joe Murphy was dead. Before the cops could come in though a "cleaner" arrived except there was the wrong body to clean. This man Leif Harlowe made a quick phone call and then gave Marshall a choice, take Joe's place and become a trained killer or take Leroy's place and get shot in the head.
As it was Leroy was already dead, the trauma of the event triggered a massive heart attack. Marshall used that excuse to get away for the summer taking the job at the resort, except he wasn't really working, he was training in his new craft.
The syndicate forged some papers and when Marshall returned after the summer to Somers Point he had now inherited Leroy's record store from the old man, who must have loved him like a son.
The rest of the episode centered around his first hit, being mentored by the cleaner Leif Harlowe, and how that pizzaria owner in Philly seemed like such a nice guy, but when Marshall saw the truth, saw what he did to the illegal immigrants that worked for him ~ he pulled the trigger.
The show ends with Marshall sitting across from his Mother whose terror showed clearly in her tear filled eyes, hands over his knees, gun in hand, saying that was my first kill Mother, but it was not the last.

1.02 - "Crush List" (2012)
Marshall tries to convince his employer to call off a hit on a teenager who's only crime seems to be to have published a crush list on facebook.

1.03 - "The Last DJ" (2012) 1.4/4 4.12
The syndicate calls Marshall in to take care of business when a radio executive won't play ball with the right recording artists.

1.04 - "Competition Breeds Contempt" (2012) 1.2/3 3.51
Leif puts both Marshall and a new hitman Johnny onto the same job to see which one is the better contractor.

1.05 - "Crack of Ice" (2012) 1.2/3 3.37
Marshall finally gets a job he agrees with, to snuff out a drug dealer. Only he finds out it's not all that simple as the target really isn't that bad of a guy.

1.06 - "Heat of the Moment" (2012) 1.2/3 3.31
Marshall is sent to kill a college professor by the syndicate but when he breaks into his house to lie in wait, as he pokes around he discovers the prof. is also the global president of the Asia fan club (the band). This setting puts Marshall through a series of flashbacks about growing up.


1.07 - "i Kill" (2012)
A technology brat has stolen billion dollar secrets from America's leading technology company; and the syndicate wants Marshall to take him out.

1.08 - "Townie" (2012)
A crew of Boston boys chose the wrong Philly bank to rob and the syndicate gives Marshall his first multiple hit job; take out all 4 of the robbers.

1.09 - "Something About A Girl" (2012)
When Marshall's next hit seems to simply be a case of one man paying to have his romantic rival snuffed out he has had enough and balks; making the Syndicate, Leif, and Caesar very angry.

1.10 - "Mother's Day" (2012)
In the season finale we pick up where we left off in episode 1; Marshall apparently holding his Mother hostage, gagged and bound to a chair, a Mother's Day bouquet of flowers in the background. It is now revealed howerver that Caesar is sitting in the corner of the room, also gun in hand, forcing Marshall to kill his own Mother as punishment for trying to walk away from the Syndicate. Marshall does the inevitable and tips over his Mother's chair, rolls away and engages Caesar in an exchange of bullets. Marshall has to jump out the family room window, and run past a surprised Leif Harlowe. The chase is on and takes them through Marshall's high school. We get more flashbacks to Marshall's difficult days growing up, his attempts to be a singer in a band, his attempts to be a radio DJ, and finally his landing pad; a used record salesman. Marshall reminds himself that he has a new profession; hired hitman, and he's very good at it. Marshall manages to kill Caesar but Leif has the drop on him and looks like he could kill Marshall at any time. But instead the cleaner puts his guy away, telling Marshall now that Caesar is dead he is unemployed too. He gives Marshall a businesscard and tells him that if he decides to go out on his own to give him a call and he can provide clean up service. Marshall returns home to his traumatized Mom.



2.01 - "Ms Wolfe" (2012) 1.3/4 4.27
Sep 19/2012
Marshall takes a contract to kill a high school Narc officer, but things get complicated when he bumps into one of the teachers. Ms Wolfe is not only a former classmate of his for whom he did not get along with, but also unknown to him she is also the wife of one of Marshall's hits and is leading him into a trap.


2.02 - "Black Heart" (2012) 1.4/4 4.70
Sep 26/2012
Marshall is hired to kill a French industrialist who is taking liberties with the locals at his mine in Africa. However once he gets to the dark continent he finds his target has disappeared into the wilderness and is MIA. Marshall realizes he is being dragged into a "Heart of Darkness" situation which brings back bad school memories of having to read the Joseph Conrad book.

2.03 - "Neal and Bob" (2012) 1.4/4 4.48
Oct 10, 2012
guest stars; Jason Mewes and Jeff Anderson
Marshall receives a contract to kill two amatuer (and clueless) filmakers because they are making a mockumentary that ridicules the prophet Muhammad, and the client is afraid of a terrorist backlash against his family. That's because in this screwed up tale the contract is being taken out by one of the filmakers' father. Marshall makes a deal with the man that he will still get paid half the money if he can convince the duo not to make the film.

2.04 - "No, But I Play One on TV" 1.4/4 4.54
Oct 17, 2012
Marshall is hired by the directors of a cable television show to help them renact the assassination of Martin Luther King. However, the show's head of security grows jealous and weary of Marshall and tips the police off. If he wants to finish the project Marshall needs to stay one step ahead of the cops.

2.05 - "Turning Over a New Leif" 1.4/4 4.42
Oct 31, 2012
Leif Cade asks Marshall to do a job for him. An ex associate is now blackmailing Leif threatening to give him to the cops, so Leif wants Marshall to take him out. The only problem is that he doesn't know who the man is and Marshall will have to put himself in harms way to draw him out.


2.06 - "A Cocked Gun" 1.5/4 4.77
Nov 7, 2012
A man who initially set up a menage-a-trois for him and his wife, now hires Marshall to kill the other man after his wife leaves him for the third wheel.

2.07 - "Small Fish" (2012) 1.4/4 4.58
Nov 14, 2012
When a family owned supply chain is found to be poisoning a lake, the President of its much bigger rival hires Marshall to take out the head of his rival. Marshall has to wonder if this is about dead fish or market share.

2.08 - "Pact Man" (2012) 1.4/4 4.40
Nov 21, 2012
Marshall attends a comic convention when he is working on a contract where one on-line gamer has hired Marshall to kill a rival gamer. Marshall gets side tracked when he meets a childhood friend, and the contract goes sideways when it turns out he has been set-up and both gamers have real guns and are looking to take him out for fun.

2.09 - "The Big Blow Up" (2012) 1.4/4 4.61
Nov 28, 2012
Marshall is drawn into the world of adult sex toys when he is hired to take out a huge retailer. But instead of the filth and decadence that he is expecting Marshall finds a couple of quirky and loveable families.

2.10 - "Santa's Claws" (2012) 1.4/4 4.70
Dec 5, 2012
Marshall is hired by a man to kill a department store Santa after the man accuses the Santa of having molested his daughter. At first Marshall believes the man is mistaken and works to set him straight but after discovering the truth decides to do the contract despite it breaking one of the golden rules; having talked to the target first.

2.11 - "Discretion Assured" (2013) 1.5/4 4.97
Jan 16, 2013
Marshall and Leif Cade team up, posing as a couple at a gay men's resort where they are looking to take out a former KGB agent and his MI-5 lover.

2.12 - "Power Play" (2013) 1.4/4 4.66
Jan 23, 2013
When Marshall hear's that his childhood friend, Hal Powers, a pro hockey player is the victim of an attempted poisoning he takes it upon himself to investigate and try and stop a further attempt.

2.13 - "Three Steps Mister" (2013) 1.5/4 4.91
Jan 30, 2013
Marshall is hired to kill one of the members of a teen hearthrob band. The only problem, besides dealing with the band's security detail, is the father who ordered the hit isn't sure which of the trio knocked up his daughter because they are identical triplets and she won't tell him.

2.14 - "Head Games" (2013) 1.5/4 5.08
Feb 6, 2013
Marshall is hired to kill a local shock jock radio host on the air. He is conflicted first of all because he is a regular caller and a big fan of his fellow tormented soul; and secondly because its the host himself who has hired Marshall in his last attempt to become a bigger then life superstar.

2.15 - "Crack of the Bat" (2013) 1.5/4 5.21
Feb 13, 2013
Marshall is hired by a minor league baseball owner to find and kill whichever of his players has been sleeping with his daughter, but to get close enough he gets Marshall a walk-on try out at shortstop.

2.16 - "Holy Snikes" (2013) 1.6/4 5.54
Feb 20, 2013
The one person other then Leif that Marshall confides in is his Priest at confession; only to have the good Father blackmail Marshall into killing a scientist hell bent on proofing there is no God. Marshall brings in Leif to help him with his moral dilemna, but when the Priest turns up dead both Leif and Marshall think the other did it and believe they are next.

2.17 - "Surgic Precision" (2013) 1.5/4 5.29
Feb 27, 2013
Marshall accepts a contract to kill a surgeon, who while brilliant in the OR, is a monster outside the hospital. However, when he discovers the patient wait list includes his own Mother he has to try and back out.

2.18 - "Tween Cabal" (2013) 1.6/4 5.50
Apr 10, 2013
Marshall receives a contract to kill a babysitter, and only accepts it so he can stop it from happening. However, he uncovers a babysitting cabal run by a couple of tween brats and vows to take them down (non lethally). Along the way he meets a young girl, Sarah, and her mother Monique (Neve Campbell) and falls for them both. Marshall has to call in his Mother, Marsha Bryant (Lisa Hartman Black) to help him win over Sarah and Monique.

2.19 - "Bar Flea" (2013) 1.5/4 5.27
Apr 17, 2013
Marshall's contract to kill a sleazy barfly who knowingly gave ladies an STD flounders when he finds himself spending more time with Sarah and Monique. Leif has to step in to finish the contract but it goes bad and he is arrested, and might have to rat out Marshall to cut a deal.

2.20 - "Jon-Jay, not JJ" (2013) 1.5/4 5.19
Apr 24, 2013
Marshall grows suspicous of Monique's boss and goes on stakeout to find out more. He comes to belive that the man Jon-Jay is a pimp, then thinks he is Monique's parole officer, and finally after a fist fight that he loses finds out that Jon-Jay is an FBI agent and Monique and Sarah are in witness protection.

2.21 - "Send Me an Angel" (2013) 1.6/4 5.46
May 1, 2013
Marshall, Leif, and Marsha try to find Monique and Sarah after the FBI relocate her. In the process Marshall finds out that Monique is the prize witness and former mistress of a mafia boss and begins to rethink his desire to find her. Monique gives the FBI an ultimatum, let Marshall back into her life, or lose her as a witness.

2.22 - "Neal, Bob, Jon-Jay, Leif, and a Bullet" (2013) 1.6/4 5.60
May 8, 2013
Season Finale
The FBI begins to investigate Marshall just as one of his former "non-hits" (Neal and Bob) comes back to haunt him. Marshall ends up plotting to kill Jon-Jay the FBI agent but before he can pull the trigger Leif screws it up, only to have Neal kill both Bob and Jon-Jay. Marshall makes a split second decision to leave his life behind and takes Monique and Sarah to hide out with him in Africa.

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Greatest Hits; 2013-14 Season Preview

Liberty television is proud to announce that Greatest Hits starring Freddie Prinze Jr will be returning for its 3rd season on Wednesday, September 18th at 10pm eastern time.

The main storyline early in the new season will have Marshall (Prinze Jr) trying to keep himself, Monique (Neve Campbell), and Sarah (Talen Ruth Riley) hidden in North Africa, while his former friend Leif Harlowe (Michael Cade) tries to track them down for the FBI because he believes he was betrayed by Marshall. That storyline will not drag out however, and soon Marshall will find himself back stateside with a glum future. He will even have to move back in with his mother (Lisa Hartman Black), something that does not look good on a hitman's resume. Marshall finds himself breaking his longtime oath and working for the CIA as a means to get out from under his troubles.

Last year the show's ratings saw a modest incline from a low of 1.3/4 4.27 in episode 1, to a high of 1.6/4 5.60 in the season finale episode 22. The show finished the season with an average demo rating of 1.47 well above the average for the network's ratings.

This year the show will remain in the same Wednesday 10pm slot. Last season the competition was Moden Family and Suburgatory on ABC, Criminal Minds on CBS, Supernatural on CW, X-Factor and American Idol on FOX, and Law & Order SVU on NBC. Quite simply this may have been the toughest time slot in all of TV, and Greatest Hits performed well. This year Super Fun Night replaces Suburgatory as follow-up to Modern Family on ABC, The Tomorrow People replaces Supernatural on CW, while the rest of the competition remains the same. The network would be happy if Greatest Hits could average this year it's high water mark from last year of 1.6 demo.

The show is getting a bit of a face lift in front of the camera with Neve Campbell becoming a regular at the start of the season, and an enhanced role for Lisa Hartman Black for later in the year. There are talks of Hilary Duff or Yvonne Strahovsky perhaps joining the show later in the year, and a reoccuring small role in front of the camera for EP John Cusack as a former hitman.

Behind the camera the show had to shuffle after the passing of writer Tom Jankiewicz who was part of the original Grosse Pointe Blank gang with Cusack. Jonah Stroh (writer/producer) and Brian McCulley (writer/director/producer) have been added to help pick up the slack in one of the smallest principal crews on network TV.

The show has received a full 22 episode order and there is some talk it could be expanded to 24 episodes if warranted.

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episode guide 2013-2014

3.01 - "Casablanca" (2013)
Marshall tries to hide along with Monique and Sarah in Casablanca with the CIA and Leif Cade hot on his tail. Along the way he meets a retired CIA operative named Bryan who becomes a drinking partner, a confident, and finally a traitor.

3.02 - "Nikki, you Blow My Mind, Hey Nikki" (2013)
Marshall convinces Leif that they need to work together against Bryan and the CIA in order to escape from Casablanca. Along the way Leif falls for an Australian intelligence agent named Nikki (Yvonne Strahovsky). Together the three manage to get Monique and Sarah stateside. Monique though has a nervous breakdown and its decided that Nikki will take Monique and Sarah away to safety with no contact until Marshall and Leif can get her in the clear with the FBI; by assassinating the mob boss she is supposed to be testifying against.

3.03 - "All Superheroes Have Two First Names...but Not The Same Two Names" (2013)
Marshall and Leif get themselves arrested but their trip to prison is for not as the mob boss Frankie Barbaro gets released from prison because thanks to Monique's flight the case against him falls apart. Just when it looks like they will be stuck in prison an FBI agent Stu Stewart offers them a deal; he will let them out of prison if they will kill Barbaro; to which they agree since that was their plan anyway.

3.04 - "Death Trap Sounds so Ominous" (2013)
The FBI helps Marshall and Leif get close to Barbaro so that they can complete the assassination. However Barbaro gets wise and has the two captured. Barbaro proves to have inside information that not only tipped him off to their presence but also gave him cause to believe they know where Monique is hiding; information he intends to extract. Leif gets seriously wounded during Stu Stewart's attempts to set things right, but Marshall manages to put a fatal bullet into Barbaro. Unfortunately the killing is witnessed by his family making Marshall a marked man.

3.05 - "The Devil You Know" (2013)
Monique decides she can not live like this, and despite Marshall proclaiming he will retire and settle down she takes her daughter Sarah and they move on. Nikki cares for Leif during his recovery and the two start an explosive relationship. Stu Stewart offers Marshall a deal, to come work for the good guys, the FBI, and in turn they will use their resources to protect him against the many enemies he as accumulated. The mob sends a Sicilian hitman overseas to kill Marshall but Guido falls in love with America and prolongs the contract for as long as he can.

3.06 - "A Fresh Start" (2013)
Stu Stewart sends Marshall down to Savanah Georgia where he is supposed to use his skills to follow a stolen car magnate and try and get evidence on him. Leif and Nikki decide to make a new start and head off to London England to open up their own investigative agency.

3.07 - "This One Time at Assassin Camp" (2013)
Marshall is sent to a small town in Mexico where a former CIA operative runs a camp for Assassins. Marshall is supposed to assassinate the instructor but he unwittingly reveals his hand and the instructor convinces all 9 of Marshall's classmates to pursue him and take him out, as part of the camp itinerary.

3.08 - "N.S.A. - No Strings Attached" (2013)
A high ranking member of the N.S.A. borrows Marshall for a mission, but his real motive is to have Marshall kill a man he met online for some N.S.A. (no strings attached) fun, and who is now blackmailing him. Marshall of course tries to talk the target into making peace but the N.S.A. executive will have no part of it and threatens Marshall's career.

3.09 - "Three Men Walk Into A Bar" (2013)
While waiting for his Mom at the hairdresser, Marshall pops in across the street to a small watering hole for a drink. As luck would have it a former CIA contact who does not know that Marshall is with the FBI and believes he is still a wanted killer is also in the bar. To make matters more complicated the bartender is Marshall's former nemesis Neal. Neal wants to kill Marshall but knows that the other guy in the bar is CIA. A three way cat and mouse game begins with each man trying to outsmart the others, and none of them willing to turn their backs and make a break for it.

3.10 - "Holiday Hits" (2013)
A combination of alcohol and depression set in for Marshall on the holidays. His Mom has decided to go to Mexico and the FBI warned Marshall he wasn't allowed to leave the country. Leif and Nikki are still refusing to return his phone calls. So Marshall finds himself roaming around the fairly deserted snowy grounds of his college alma mater, and soon joins a game of "Gotcha" assassin paintball with some of the remaining college students.

3.11 - "Marshall's List" (2014)
Marshall is not appreciative when he is hired to do a job only to find out it has been subcontracted by a guy through a popular online buy and sell site.

3.12 - "High School Confidential" (2014)
Marsha convinces Marshall he needs to get out more, reconnect with old friends. However as he has dinner with his old high school pals, and they swap stories about teachers, memories start to come back to Marshall that lead him to the conclusion that his old high school guidance counsellor killer his wife and hid the truth while he was a student.

3.13 - "Gunslingers" (2014)
Marshall gets in the middle of a Barbaro crime family gun smuggling ring.

3.14 - "Paparazzi" (2014)
Marshall is ordered by the FBI to kill a paparazzi member who has incriminating evidence against a host of government officials and private contractors.

3.15 - "Witness Tampering" (2014)
Stu Stewart and the FBI want Marshall to kill a juror on a high profile case against a member of the Barbaro crime family. The gangsters have paid off a witness and the FBI doesn't have enough proof to go to the judge but don't want their case to implode.

3.16 - "Making Contact" (2014)
Marshall's digging into the whereabouts of Nikki and Leif who have disappeared from their London agency takes him across the globe from Philadelphia to New York to London to Australia. Along the way Marshall has to evade two FBI agents sent as a tail so that he does not compromise his friends' location.

3.17 - "Canadian, Eh?' (2014)
guest star; Martin Short
Stu Stewart accompanies Marshall on a covert operation into Canada to kidnap and bring back a fugitive from the North for industrial espionage charges, but soon find themselves out of their element.

3.18 - "Don't Feed the Hipsters" (2014)
Marshall is joined by a young, laid back slacker from the FBI's cybercrime division in order to track and kill a high ranking terrorist who has arrived in Chicago.

3.19 - "Mexican Slay Ride: Part 1" (2014)
The FBI sends Marshall into a small Mexican town where the drug dealers run the show. However a straight forward job becomes complicated when the kill might actually make things worse.

3.20 - "Mexican Slay Ride: Part 2" (2014)
Marshall is joined by a freelance and motley crew of mercenaries in his shootout with the Mexican cartel.

3.21 - "Thank You, Thank you very much" (2014)
Marshall gets in a car accident and is reduced but its by an Elvis impersonator who just happens to be a rival hit man on an assignment by the CIA. Elvis forces Marshall to accompany him on the hit and tries to tie him up in the car as Marshall has a bad concussion. As madness sets in Marshall begins to believe that this is no impersonator and that Elvis really does work for the CIA.

3.22 - "The Great Grabovsky" (2014)
Marshall is supposed to take out a Russian mobster who has begun to operate in the United States. However the instructions get mixed up and Marshall ends up kidnapping the mobsters slacker nephew who wants nothing to do with his family.

3.23 - "A New Leif: Part 1" (2014)
Marshall is sent to Australia by Stu Stewart with orders to kill Leif. Marshall goes along with it under the plan to warn Leif and Nikki of the danger. However, Marshall finds out the hard way that he has been set up and the contract is actually on him and Leif.

3.24 - "A New Leif; Part 2" (2014)
guest star; Paul Hogan
Marshall, Leif, and Nikki fight across the outback accompanied by a legendary guide "Dick" as they try and turn the tables on the FBI agents sent to kill them.




4.01 - "The End" (2014)
Settling in back stateside, Marshall tries to broker a deal with Stu Stewart and the FBI to allow him to sever ties with the promise he will move out of the country. Marshall's world is rocked however when his mother Marsha passes away. At the funeral Marshall finds himself connecting with Nikki.

4.02 - "In Your Eyes" (2014)
Stu gives Marshall permission to sever ties if he leaves the country. However, as Marshall and Nikki succumb to their feelings and become romantically involved it leads Marshall and Leif on a path of mutual destruction. Nikki tries to talk sense into Leif but to no avail as he takes her hostage; forcing Marshall to take the kill shot.

4.03 - "Run" (2014)
Marshall and Nikki flee the FBI and local police after the shooting of Leif; with Stu Stewart hot on their trail.

4.04 - "Fore" (2014)
Marshall is contracted to kill a professional golf player who is said to have added strokes on purpose to appease gangster bets.

4.05 - "Spooky" (2014)
Marshall is hired to kill a man who is believed to have lured many teenage girls away to live with him at a commune. However, others believe that he is actually a vampire, and while skeptical at first, Marshall soon becomes convinced there is something other worldly about this guy.

4.06 - "Rosie" (2014)
guest star; Rosie O'Donnell
Trying to stay one step ahead of the FBI does not stop Marshall from agreeing to an interview session with daytime show host Roise (O'Donnell) where he gives the inside scoop on the profession, the Barbaro crime family, and some of his jobs.

4.07 - "Too Bad to Be True" (2014)
Marshall is offered a contract that is too good to pass up. The target is a child sex offender that cut a deal with the D.A. and is now out on parole walking the streets, and is regarded as a high risk to offend. However, the case turns out to be too good to be true as its an FBI set-up to draw Marshall out of hiding.

4.08 - "Too Soon for Jeff" (2014)
Marshall finds himself trying to talk a young man Jeff away from a life as an assassin. The down on his luck sharpshooter needs the contract money to support his family.

4.09 - "Heroes" (2014)
When Marshall sees on the news that a trio of gunmen have taken their college administration building hostage and the police seem reluctant to move in, he goes to the scene and soon finds himself infiltrating the building in an attempt to take out the hostage takers.

4.10 - "Blue Hawaiian: Part 1" (2014)
guest star; Jimmy Buffett
Marshall is sent by the FBI to take out a money launderer but instead comes across a major Asian drug route, during the Holiday season.

4.11 - "Blue Hawaiian: Part 2" (2014)
guest star; Jimmy Buffett
Marshall is sent by the FBI to take out a money launderer but instead comes across a major Asian drug route, during the Holiday season.

4.12 - "Vincent" (2015)
A young member of the Barbaro crime family hires Marshall to take out his uncle Vinnie who is a high ranking member of the organization. However, it soon comes out that young Vincent's reasons for taking out his namesake are not altruistic but rather just plain greed.

4.13 - "The Office" (2015)
guest star; Danny DeVito
A group of office workers pool their money together and hire Marshall to kill their overbearing co-worker.

4.14 - "The Alliance" (2015)
Marshall is hired to "tag" but not kill a group of high school students who have bullied a couple of their fellow students. However, when the fear tactic only causes them to escalate their torment, against the wishes of his contractor he begins to believe he might have to take one out as a warning to the others.

4.15 - "KA-P.O.W." (2015)
An elderly veteran of the Korean war hires Marshall to kill the man who kept him prisoner in a P.O.W. camp in Korea. The target is now 87 years old and living out his days in a New York senior's home.

4.16 - "Lotto Luck" (2015)
Marshall is hired by an elderly woman who wants him to murder her cankerous, unfaithful, drunk of a husband who won the big state lottery, so that she can live in peace (and luxury).

4.17 - "Gym Rats" (2015)
Marshall is hired to take out a gym owner who is suspected of dealing steroids. But Marshall is unsure so he joins the gym and soon gets the fitness bug, and becomes buddies with the target.

4.18 - "Raider of the Lost Marks" (2015)
Marshall's latest target is a reclusive hedge fund manager who has cheated hundreds of blue collar workers out of their retirement funds. The only problem is that the investor is not an easy hit, instead a recluse gun nut who rarely leaves his office building and is heavily armed and protected by a private security force in a building he designed himself.

4.19 - "Forgive Me Father" (2015)
Marshall takes a contract to kill a Priest who the church plea bargained for when facing sexual assault charges on minors. A worry about his eternal soul though makes Marshall try and extract a confession before pulling the trigger.

4.20 - "Take That To The Bank" (2015)
Marshall gets caught in the middle of a bank robbery turned hostage taking and his allegiances fluctuate during the situation; especially when Stu Stewart is on the scene and in charge of the FBI response.

4.21 - "Couplet" (2015)
Marshall is hired, and then tries to end a contract to kill a High School drama teacher who is accused to fostering a Romeo and Juliette like relationship between two students of mixed race.

4.22 - "Rock My Ages" (2015)
Guest star; Joan Cusack
Marshall is hired to kill a scheming record producer who is accused of trying to kill rock and roll in this musical edition which is a tribute to the musical "Rock of Ages".

4.23 - "All Things Being Equal" (2015)
guest star; Bill Pullman
Marshall is on the run again from Stu Stewart and finds himself in the company of a former hitman looking to retire and find a replacement. The man Dean Howie (played by Bill Pullman) retired from the hitman business twenty years ago and has been making ammeds ever since by running interference and stopping hits; especially government sanctioned hits. He runs into Marshall because both of them are trying to stop Stu Stewart's hit on a corporate whistle blower.

4.24 - "Shot in the Dark" (2015)
guest stars; Hilary Duff, Bill Pullman, Chris Jericho
In the season finale, Dean Howie (Pullman) and Marshall are on the run from Stu Stewart's hitman "Wolfgang Reinhart" and take refuge in Howie's daughter's house (Katherine Howie; played by Hilary Duff) who herself is former military special ops . Sparks fly between Katherine and Marshall making Dean rethink his brining Marshall into the fold.

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Greatest Hits; 2015-2016 Season Preview

Liberty television is proud to announce that Greatest Hits starring Freddie Prinze Jr will be returning for its 5th season on Wednesday, September 18th at 10pm eastern time.

The main story direction this year will focus around Marshall Bryant (Prinze) now trying to retire from doing hits and instead preventing them, along with a new mentor Dean Howie (Bill Pullman) and his daughter Katherine Howie (Hilary Duff). The uneasy romance between Marshall and Katherine will come front and center and cause Dean to either deal with it or distance himself from Marshall. The cast has undergone another major facelift with Leif Harlowe (Michael Cade) and Nikki Tookey (Yvonne Strahovski) gone as recurring characters. Paul Gross returns as Stu Stewart the FBI agent, while Bill Pullman and Hilary Duff join the show as regulars for the season. Chris Jericho and Christopher Bolton also join the cast as regulars.
The producers have let it be known that Joan Cusack, The Barbaro Crime Family, Danny DeVito, Jimmy Buffett, and Rosie O'Donnell will all be part of the fun this year, as will a return as a guest star for Yvonne Strahovski.

Last year in the same Wednesday 10pm slot the show saw an average rating of 1.77 making it Liberty TV's highest rated show. This season the competition in the timeslot will be Nashville/Secrets & Lies (ABC); Code Black (CBS); and Chicago PD (NBC). CBS had Stalker in that slot last year, and Code Black doesn't seem like much of an upgrade. There doesn't seem to be a reason other then old age to think Greatest Hits shouldn't be able to have another great season for Liberty TV.

The show has received a full 24 episode order from the network.

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Episode Guide 2015-2016

5.01 - "Sanitation Engineer" (2015) 1.7/6 6.05
Sep 23, 2015
Marshall finds himself in disguise as a janitor at a prestigious college, when Dean believes that one of the professors has been targeted for elimination by the CIA; but isn't sure which one.

5.02 - "Wolfgang's Requiem " (2015) 1.6/5 5.95
Sep 30, 2015
A young political activist is targeted to be eliminated by the FBI, and to make matters worse for Marshall if he wants to stop it, is the triggerman is Wolfgang Reinhart (Chris Jericho).

5.03 - "The A-Hole" (2015) 1.6/5 5.83
Oct 7, 2015
Stu Stewart of the FBI reaches out to Marshall to have him stop an attempt on the life of a Presidential candidate; because the candidate has angered the agency so much Stu doesn't trust the government to protect her.

5.04 - "Jump!" (2015) 1.6/5 5.79
Oct 14, 2015
Katherine has to enlist Marshall's aid when she gets in over her head investigating a former joint ops mission in Saudi Arabia.

5.05 - "Enigma" (2015) 1.6/5 5.82
Oct 21, 2015
Marshall is hired by a hacker group to protect them against an unknown assailant but when Marshall fails to do so, and one of them is assassinated, they turn their anger toward Marshall.

5.06 - "Puzzling" (2015) 1.5/4 5.54
Oct 28, 2015
Marshall, Katherine, and Dean spend Halloween doing a "puzzle room" only to bump into two members of the Barbaro crime family who recognize them and attempt to take them out.

5.07 - "Madrid" (2015) 1.5/5 5.71
Nov 4, 2015
Marshall is summoned to Madrid by Gene Oberlene (Danny DeVito) when he fears his former co-workers are trying to kill him again.

5.08 - "Tapped Out" (2015) 1.5/5 5.78
Nov 11, 2015
Marshall is hired by the owner of a mixed martial arts company (Randy Couture) when he begins to get death threats; but Marshall uncovers that the man is responsible for 3 murders of his own, including his ex-wife.

5.09 - "Blue Hawaii, Too" (2015) 1.4/5 5.35
Nov 18, 2015
Marshall returns to Hawaii for Christmas, along with Katherine, but are soon under fire from the FBI and have to turn to an old friend (Jimmy Buffett) for help in getting out alive.

5.10 - "C.B." (2016) 1.5/5 5.90
Feb 10, 2016
An outspoken pro-goalie who happens to be a Muslim is targeted by the CIA's top new hitter C.B. (Christopher Bolton) but when Marshall ruins the hit C.B. kidnaps Dean and uses it as leverage to try to have Katherine and Marshall complete the job.

5.11 - "Desi Desires" (2016) 1.5/5 5.84
Feb 17, 2016
An over the top comedian Desirae (Rosie O'Donnell) hires Marshall to babysit her to make sure she doesn't try to kill a male chauvinist State Senator (Louis Di Banco) with whom she has had a nasty online feud.

5.12 - "Sister Meisha" (2016) 1.6/6 6.29
Feb 24, 2016
guest star; Sarah Michelle Gellar
Marshall gets a huge surprise when his sister Meisha (Sarah Michelle Gellar) returns to America from Ireland for the first time in almost a decade. His surprise is heightened when her boyfriend is a well known Latin hit man (and lothario), who Marshall has to avoid so as not to get into a deadly confrontation. With Dean out of town Marshall spends the night at Katherine's where they get intimate for the first time.

5.13 - "Babylon X" (2016)
Mar 2, 2016
Dean asks Marshall to protect the leader of a motorcycle gang from a possible assassination; but Marshall has his doubts as to his worthiness to be saved; until Katherine gets in the middle and in harm's way.

5.14 - "Scene From an Italian Restaurant" (2016)
Mar 9, 2016
When a man is shot and killed at a restaurant that Marshall and Katherine are having dinner, Marshall has a compulsion to find out the identity of the killer; even before he becomes both a suspect, and the possible target.

5.15 - "Hit & Run (1)" (2016)
Apr 6, 2016
Katherine and Marshall get a call that Dean has been hit by a car and is clinging to life in the hospital. While Katherine holds vigil Marshall investigates and when he discovers foul play he will stop at nothing to get justice; even if it leads to a confrontation with the FBI.

5.16 - "Hit & Run (2)" (2016)
Apr 13, 2016
When the trail of Dean's attacker leads from the FBI to the CIA and puts Dean's life in danger while still recovering, it presses Marshall and Katherine to put their lives on the line.

5.17 - "Ruth Ann" (2016)
Apr 20, 2016
Marshall meets a sweet older lady who has been conned of her life investments; and has a tough time controlling his anger to a proportional response toward the perpetrator.

5.18 - "CBT" (2016)
Apr 27, 2016
Marshall is hired as a bodyguard for a high flying CEO of a pharmaceutical company, but after popping an experimental drug he see's trouble and conspiracy around every corner.

5.19 - "Gross Misconduct" (2016)
May 4, 2016
guest stars; Christopher Bolton, Chris Jericho
When Marshall's favourite sports team, the local pro hockey team makes the league championship he nabs tickets for himself, Katherine, and Dean. However, they run into both C.B. and Wolfgang there who are super fans (of the opposite team).

5.20 - "I Want To Date Your Daughter" (2016)
May 11, 2016
When Marshall confesses his relationship with Dean's daughter Katherine the situation explodes and Marshall finds himself all alone; just as a Russian assassin has Dean in his sites.

5.21 - "Thin Blue Line" (2016)
May 18, 2016
Stu Stewart adds Marshall to his protection detail guarding a dirty cop long enough to get him to trial to roll over on his boss and co-workers.

5.22 - "45 minutes" (2016)
May 25, 2016
A gang leader kidnaps Katherine and will kill her if Dean and Marshall do not kill his rival gang leader in 45 minutes.

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Ana de la Reguera (39F) added for the 2016-17 season.

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Chris Marquette (32M) has been added to the cast for the 2016-17 season.

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Greatest Hits; 2016-17 Season Preview

Liberty Television's #1 ranked show Greatest Hits returns for season 6 this fall at Wednesday 10:00pm/9cst. This year the show will be anchoring a pair of new offerings with Corvette Club and Nola Hart opening the night. The network should be aiming for ratings in the 1.5-17 range. The Wednesday 10pm timeslot see's competition from rookie show Designated Survivor on ABC, Code Black on CBS, and Chicago P.D. on NBC. Overall the competition is average, and pretty much the same as last year with Designated Survivor stepping in for Nashville & American Crime.

Last season we saw the continued relationship between Marshall and Katherine, despite Dean's objections, and the interference it causes in everyone's professional relationship. This season Dean (Bill Pullman) will retire to Costa Rica but will be back as a recurring character in the 2nd half of the year; leaving Marshall and Katherine to run "the agency" themselves. However, early in the season they will find themselves coerced into taking jobs for an unknown controller. Along the way they will team up with two new characters Brock Pruitt (Chris Marquette) an electronics genius, and Jeneva Damon (Ana de la Reguera) a smooth talking private operative with the hots for Marshall.

Behind the scenes original creator Matt Jones continues as executive producer, along with the brother sister team of John & Joan Cusack. The main man behind the scenes continues to be Marc Guggenheim who is listed as Writer/Producer and is in fact the showrunner. Jonah Stroh who joined the crew in season 3 acts as his second in charge (writer/producer) and is the heir apparent if there is a 7th season as Guggenheim had to be talked into returning for a 6th season.  Rene Balcer the veteran writer of Law & Order shows amongst others, continues to be the main volume writer and looks to step into a producing role as well if Guggenheim exits. Kimberly Peirce and Christopher M. Searcey join the show as directors this year in addition to Matt Sadowski and Brian McCulley. John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jonah Stroh, Bill Pullman, and Paul Gross are all listed as possible guest directors.

PRODUCTION COMPANIES

MapleStar Entertainment

Sony Television

New Crime Productions

CREW

Matt Jones as Creator/Executive Producer
John Cusack as Executive Producer
Joan Cusack as Executive Producer
Marc Guggenheim as Writer/Producer
Jonah Stroh as Writer/Producer
Matt Sadowksi as Writer/Director
Brian McCulley as Writer/Director/Producer

Kimberly Peirce as Director

Christopher M. Searcey as Director

CAST

Freddy Prinze Jr as Marshall Bryant
Hilary Duff as Katherine Howie

Ana de la Reguera as Jeneva Damon

Chris Marquette as Brock Pruitt

RECURRING/GUEST STAR

Bill Pullman as Dean Howie
Chris Jericho as Wolfgang Reinhart
Christopher Bolton as C.B.

Paul Gross as Stu Stewart 
Rebecca Gibson

Jimmy Buffett

Sarah Michelle Gellar as Meisha Bryant

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Greatest Hits
Episode guide
Season 6

6.01 - "The Flamboyant One" (Sep 28/2016) 1.4/5  5.27

guest star; Armand Assante

Katherine and Marshall find themselves alone running "the agency" with Katherine's father Dean having gone into retirement, moving to Costa Rica. Marshall receives an anonymous package with a kill sheet in it for a flamboyant Mexican kingpin (Armand Assante) currently residing in Tucson, Arizona. After Marshall pushes the envelope to the side Katherine falls victim to a drive by shooter who puts one between her eyes; thankfully just a paint pellet as a warning shot. Marshall and Katherine decide to do some background on the drug king but not to take action, just to step up their vigilance. However, this time its Marshall receiving one between the eyes from a rooftop sniper. Marshall and Katherine take a trip to Tucson where their plan to take out the kingpin goes sideways putting Marshall in danger when it turns out that he is not the flamboyant Mexican's type. The duo manage to finish the mission with some last minute help from a computer hacker Brock Pruitt, and a lonewolf operative Jeneva Damon.

6.02 - "It's Contrast" (Oct 5/2016)  1.3/5 4.90

guest star; Haylie Duff

The secret controller sends the four person team to take out a Russian arms dealer, but its his crazy Texan girlfriend who turns out to be the bigger problem; because she is Katherine's half-sister (Haylie Duff). Jeneva develops an attraction for Marshall that puts her and Katherine at odds; and Marshall making the mistake of enjoying the attention. When Brock's attempts to find out who the controller is, he sends a message to the mysterious man that he is done with this game; only to be sent a videofile of his girlfriend being executed. 

6.03 - "VHS" (Oct 12/2016) 1.3/5 5.04

guest star; Ethan Embry

The leader Ty (Ethan Embry) of a group of pro-government anti-myth debunkers who document their findings across the nation becomes the next target in an unsavory hit; until Marshall discovers that Ty is also dealing crystal Meth across the country to youth. Katherine falls in love with Ty's dog a Great Dane and wants to take it with them; especially after finding out that Jeneva is allergic. At the urging of the others Brock resumes his efforts to discover the identity of the controller.

6.04 - "Day 1"

guest star; Eric Balfour

The group receives its next assignment; and its virtually impossible. They are assigned to take out one of the CIA's top operatives, a guy who practically wrote the book on assassinations (Eric Balfour). The mission takes them to Luxembourg where they are split in two, and Marshall and Jeneva find themselves working together in intimate fashion. In the meantime Brock becomes suspicious of Katherine, and wonders if her father Dean may be their secret Controller.

6.05 - "Day 2"

guest stars; Eric Balfour, Paul Gross

With Marshall as his prisoner Jake Winwell (Eric Balfour) tries to flee Europe and evade pursuit. Brock and Jeneva form a secret pact to work against Katherine. Stu Stewart (Paul Gross) inexplicably swoops in to save the day.

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