Character: Paul Rader
Day and time: Sundays, 9:00-10:00 p.m. ET
Network debut: September 25, 2006 (on the CW)

Show Synopsis: In the small town of Bridgewater, Iowa, a new family has just moved in. There is nothing out of the ordinary about The Hollands: Dad, Mom, three kids, a minivan. They're a normal, middle-class American family. But beneath the surface, this family has a secret. First of all, their last name isn't Holland. Paul Rader (Donnie Wahlberg, Band of Brothers, Boomtown), his wife Lily (Leslie Hope, 24, Commander in Chief), teenagers Henry (Dustin Milligan, Butterfly Effect 2, Final Destination 3) and Hannah (Sarah Ramos, American Dreams), and 8-year-old Tommy (Nathan Gamble, the upcoming film Babel) are on the run, struggling to blend into a new life, hiding from the legal system that unjustly accused Paul Rader of a terrible and violent crime.

Just weeks ago, Paul was a successful attorney, and Lily owned an art gallery near their beautiful home in Potomac, Maryland. That comfortable life was shattered the night Paul was wrongly accused of the murder of Erin Baxter, a beautiful young associate in his law firm. When Paul started searching for the truth, the real killer's next move was to threaten the lives of the three children. Paul and Lily had no choice but to take their children and run.

Now their careers and beautiful home seem a world away, and the Raders are learning how to deal with the challenges of life on the run. Skills they never dreamed they would need - stealing cars, monitoring police channels, and coming up with credible lies about why they have no evidence of a past - are becoming second nature for Paul and Lily. For the Rader kids, the emotional strain of leaving familiar friends, schools and routines behind is already taking a toll. Henry deeply misses his girlfriend, Kylie, and sometimes takes foolhardy risks to stay in touch with her, and Tommy is having trouble keeping his lies straight. Hannah seems to be the only one who prefers the possibility of creating a new life where she isn't the social outcast she was back home.

Despite all the tension and upheaval, there is one undeniable improvement the Raders are starting to notice: they are slowly growing closer. In their former lives, there was a distance and sometimes even a resentment for one another. Paul was absent much of the time, giving so much of himself to his job that Lily and the kids barely saw him. As a result, Henry's and Hannah's days were ruled solely by their social lives (or lack thereof) and Tommy never took his eyes off of his video games. Now they are forced to depend on each other and trust one another. In the pretend world they've entered, the Raders are becoming more real with each other than they ever were in the real world they left behind.

The family is unaware that their case has been assigned to Angela Huntley (Karen LeBlanc, Kevin Hill) one of the best agents in the U.S. Marshals Service. Relentless, intimidating, and as smart as they come, Agent Huntley has focused her considerable skills on finding Paul Rader and his family.

For the moment, though, the family is safely hidden away in a quiet corner of Iowa, where Paul finds unexpected help from the local realtor, Gina Bennett (Susan Floyd, Law & Order), an attractive single mom with a law school education.

As Paul works to protect his loved ones and uncover the evidence that will clear him, he lives with the daily fear that his wife or one of his kids will accidentally reveal the family's dark secret. Even worse, Paul and Lily both fear that the real killer will finally find them and carry out the threat of violence against the children. (The Futon Critic)

Character Synopsis: Father, accused of killing a co-worker, who becomes a fugitive, with his family, in order to prove his innocence.

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