# Graceland (2013)

> A rookie FBI agent joins a secret team of undercover federal operatives living together in a seized Southern California beach house.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/42742

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 38
- Episode runtime: 42 min
- Status: Canceled
- Genres: crime, drama, action
- Created by: Jeff Eastin
- Network: USA Network
- Cast: Daniel Sunjata, Aaron Tveit, Vanessa Ferlito, Serinda Swan, Manny Montana, Brandon Jay McLaren, Jamie Gray Hyder, Erik Valdez
- TMDB rating: 7.6/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2393813/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: gritty, tense, sun-bleached, propulsive

## What critics say

Audiences rated the series positively, praising its undercover-operation premise and cast chemistry while it remained a conventional crime drama.

## Synopsis

Graceland (2013-2015) is a American crime drama series created by Jeff Eastin for USA Network, running three seasons and thirty-eight episodes. Daniel Sunjata plays veteran undercover agent Paul Briggs, and Aaron Tveit plays Mike Warren, a top-ranked FBI rookie whose arrival threatens the carefully maintained secrets of the team. Manny Montana, Vanessa Ferlito and Serinda Swan round out the principal cast as fellow operatives who share a seized beachfront property in Southern California, a house unofficially known as Graceland. The engine of the show is the tension between undercover work and personal loyalty, as agents juggle false identities, dangerous drug dealers and the question of who among them can be trusted. Each season builds ongoing investigations around these infiltrations, and the team's shared home becomes a pressure cooker for rivalries and romance. Based on actual events, the series has a gritty, sun-bleached atmosphere, blending procedural detail with the lived-in tension of a close-knit unit. Fans of Burn Notice, Narcos and The Shield will find resonance in its blend of undercover action, moral ambiguity and the strain of living a double life.

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