The Powers That Be

Seasons

1992

8.2

The exploits of a clueless American senator and the eccentric, morally corrupt people who are closest to him.

Episode List

S1 • E1

The Love Child: Part 1

Sophie arrives at the Senator's mansion and announces that she's his illegitimate daughter.

S1 • E2

The Love Child: Part 2

Former pro-football player Joe Bowman announces that he's running for Senator.

S1 • E3

Bill Gets Shot

When Theodore's suicide attempt backfires and catches the Senator in the posterior, the family plots a way to spin the story. Meanwhile, Sophie get irritated when she's asked to leave a family dinner.

S1 • E4

My Mother, My Self

Caitlyn receives an invitation for a luncheon that Margaret isn't invited to; tension mounts.

S1 • E5

Dirty Politics

Bradley, Jordan, and Margaret leak a fake tape of paraplegic Joe Bowman walking, only to discover that he actually can walk.

S1 • E6

Kiss Me Caitlyn

Caitlyn is ashamed to find herself attracted to Joe Bowman.

S1 • E7

Bill and Margaret's Excellent Adventure

Bill contemplates throwing over Jordan for his own wife; Caitlyn contemplates an affair with Joe Bowman; Bradley gets loopy on pain pills.

S1 • E8

Charlerella

Theodore falls for Charlotte; Caitlyn sneaks off to have an affair with Joe Bowman; the Senator and company get trapped in a limo during a blizzard.

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Cast

John Forsythe

Sen. William Franklin Powers

Holland Taylor

Margaret Powers

Eve Gordon

Jordan Miller

Peter MacNicol

Bradley Grist

Valerie Mahaffey

Caitlyn Van Horne

David Hyde Pierce

Theodore Van Horne

Elizabeth Berridge

Charlotte

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Pierce Van Horne

Robin Bartlett

Sophie Lipkin

Craig Bierko

Joe Bowman