Tommy 1x1 - In Dreams Begin Responsibilities

A true-blue New Yorker, Abigail "Tommy" Thomas uses herunflinching honesty and hardball tactics to keep social,political and national security issues from hindering effectivelaw enforcement in the Southland. Tommy steps into her new jobsurrounded by her predecessor's staff, including Chief ofStaff Donn Cooper, a savvy cop with good instincts and theability to be discreet; Blake Sullivan, the polished andconfident press secretary who is eager to earn Tommy's trust;and Ken Rosey , an idealistic speechwriter and formerattorney. Tommy also hires Abner Diaz, a fellow street-smartNew York transplant, as part of her personal security team.The person responsible for hiring Tommy is Mayor Buddy Gray, acharismatic politician whose goals and ambitions don't alwaysalign with Tommy's. Buddy relies on the political instincts ofhis deputy mayor, Doug Dudik, a slick operative withquestionable morals who is wary of Tommy's growing influence.Now that Tommy is in L.A., she has a second chance at arelationship with her adult daughter, Kate Jones, who stillfaults her mother for choosing career over family many yearsago. Possessing a New Yorker's gift for being tough andsarcastic while remaining likable, Tommy has the convictionneeded to succeed as the first woman to lead the LAPD in itsfight to keep citizens safe and crime at bay in the City ofAngels.