A Man in Full, Netflix's latest prestige miniseries from showrunner David E. Kelley, is catnip for anyone with a penchant for tense, legal drama and a knack for recognizing members of an ensemble. The six-episode series stars Emmy winner Jeff Daniels, perennial goddesses Diane Lane and Lucy Liu, and The Good Place fan-favorite William Jackson Harper, and it features Regina King's first directing stint since 2020's One Night in Miami. Based on Tom Wolfe's 1998 novel of the same name (which clocks in at 742 pages), A Man in Full also offers a (condensed) satirical look at an ego-driven rivalry between two businessmen, which ends in a conclusion that can leave viewers a little shell-shocked.
The main figure bringing together several storylines is Charlie Croker (Daniels), an Atlanta real-estate tycoon and college football legend who takes a serious blow when his literal billion-dollar debt comes due. His rival is Raymond Peepgrass (Tom Pelphrey), a divorced banker who both envies and despises Charlie, while also striking up a relationship with the mogul's ex-wife, Martha (Lane). There's also a mayoral race playing out, and Atlanta's incumbent mayor Wes Jordan (Harper) is scheming to out his opponent's alleged sexual assault of Martha's friend Joyce (Liu), with Charlie's reluctant help. Meanwhile, Charlie's head lawyer Roger White (Aml Ameen) is fighting to free a wrongfully imprisoned man named Conrad Hensley (Jon Michael Hill), the husband of Charlie's assistant Jill (Chanté Adams).
