‘Fleishman Is In Trouble’: Ralph Adriel Johnson & Brian Miskell Join FX Limited Series
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Ralph Adriel Johnson (Law & Order: SVU) and Brian Miskell (Sharper) are set for heavily recurring roles opposite Jesse Eisenberg in FX’s Fleishman Is in Trouble, a limited-series adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s bestselling debut novel, which will stream on Hulu.
Lizzy Caplan, Claire Danes, Adam Brody and Joy Suprano also star.Created by Brodesser-Akner, the story centers on recently separated fortysomething Toby Fleishman (Eisenberg), who dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth, before he got married at the tail end of medical school.
But just at the start of his first summer of sexual freedom, his ex-wife, Rachel (Danes), disappears, leaving him with the kids and no hint of where she is or whether she plans to return.
As he balances parenting, the return of old friends, a promotion at the hospital that is a long time coming and all the eligible women that Manhattan has to offer, he realizes that he’ll never be able to figure out what happened to Rachel until he can take a more honest look at what happened to their marriage in the first place.Johnson plays Logan and Miskell is Clay.
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