The Official "Lights Out" Discussion Thread

[WyldeMan45]

This one has been on my watch list for the longest time, so I figured I should just finally start a thread for it. I believe FX still plans to debut this in late December when Sons of Anarchy and Terriers have concluded their seasons. So this should fill the void for me leading right on into the next season of Justified.

It centers on Patrick "Lights Out" Leary (McCallany), an aging former heavyweight boxing champion who struggles to find his identity and support his wife and three daughters after his fighting days are over, leading him to take a job as a legbreaker, collecting on unpaid gambling debts. He is diagnosed with pugilistic dementia, a neurological disorder that affects boxers who receive multiple blows to the head, so he decides he'll need to make another big payday to support himself and his family before his brain turns to jelly. Clark Johnson (The Shield, The Wire) directed the pilot episode.