CRIME MINISERIES OFFERS NOTHING NEW TO PONDER.Byline: David Kronke Mark Harmon For the musician of the same name, see . Mark Thomas Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. As of 2007, Harmon is the star of the CBS series NCIS. gives a creepily calm performance in ``And Never Let Her Go,'' based on Ann Rule's nonfiction best seller. Harmon plays Tom Capano, a prominent Delaware attorney who in 1999 was convicted of the 1996 murder of a young governor's secretary, a case to which President Bill Clinton had been asked to contribute investigative resources (and no, no pardon resulted). Capano, it turned out, had not let his marriage and family prevent him from seducing a number of women in the same manner that he added the attractive yet insecure Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn Morris Kathryn Morris (born January 28, 1969) is an American actress, perhaps best known for her lead role in the CBS series Cold Case. Biography Career Her first role was a minor part in the 1991 telemovie Long Road Home. ) to his stable of mistresses. The film, written by Adam Greenman and directed by Peter Levin, neatly circumnavigates the seamier side of the case while offering enough asides to suggest its depths of depravity. Harmon capably exudes the quiet charisma and sensitivity that drew women to Capano; he also nicely conveys his character's sinisterly manipulative qualities and underplays his flashes of anger when his women attempt to wrest wrest tr.v. wrest·ed, wrest·ing, wrests 1. To obtain by or as if by pulling with violent twisting movements: wrested the book out of his hands; wrested the islands from the settlers. themselves from his control. Paul Michael Glaser Paul Michael Glaser (born March 25, 1943) is an American actor and director. Biography Originally Paul Manfred Glaser, he was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the youngest of three children. His parents were Dorothy and Samuel Glaser. (``Starsky and Hutch'') and Steven Eckholdt Steven Eckholdt (born 6 September 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. Played Mark, on the third season of Friends (on 1997), the guy who fell in love with Rachel and Ross was jealous of him. (``It's Like, You Know...'') turn in stolidly stol·id adj. stol·id·er, stol·id·est Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: "the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system" competent performances as the men investigating Anne Marie's disappearance, while Morris is better at essaying the victim's charms than the gnawing insecurities that drove her into her affair with Capano. ``And Never Let Her Go'' can be interesting as a police procedural, but at times it can seem to go on as long as the marathon investigation that finally resulted in Capano's conviction (currently under appeal). The case looks tailor-made for a TV movie, but there's simply nothing that intrinsically fascinating about the material presented here that justifies a miniseries. ``AND NEVER LET HER GO'' What: True-crime miniseries based on the murder of a young woman by a Delaware lothario. The stars: Mark Harmon, Kathryn Morris, Steven Eckholdt, Paul Michael Glaser, Rachel Ward, Olympia Dukakis. Where: CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. (Channel 2). When: 9 tonight and Wednesday. Our rating: Two and one half stars CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Mark Harmon portrays Tom Capano, the real-life killer of Anne Marie Fahey (Kathryn Morris), in the CBS miniseries ``And Never Let Her Go,'' tonight and Wednesday. |
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