Archive · 26 Aug 2026
John Slattery Joins Jeremy Strong in The Best of Us
The Best of Us is a new television series coming to Paramount+.
It will tell a story about first responders who became seriously ill after working at Ground Zero following 9/11.
Their legal fight for compensation lasted almost ten years.
The case sought nearly $1 billion.
Jeremy Strong plays a lawyer who leads the lawsuit.
John Slattery plays the lawyer defending City Hall.
Other actors will portray first responders, family members, colleagues and a mysterious homeless man.
Tobias Lindholm and Frank Pugliese are writing the series.
Lindholm is also directing it.
John Slattery will star alongside Jeremy Strong in Paramount+’s six-episode limited series The Best of Us.
The series dramatizes a nearly decade-long legal battle seeking almost $1 billion for first responders sickened after 9/11.
Strong plays class-action lawyer Jason Smith, who challenges institutions accused of compounding the tragedy through politics, greed, corruption and betrayal.
Slattery portrays James Leavitt, a defense lawyer hired by City Hall to oppose Smith’s lawsuit.
Barry Pepper, Andrea Riseborough, Neal Huff, Gaby Hoffmann and Sky Yang are also joining the cast.
- Who
- Jeremy Strong, John Slattery and an ensemble cast including Barry Pepper, Andrea Riseborough, Neal Huff, Gaby Hoffmann and Sky Yang.
- What
- The Best of Us, a six-episode limited series about a legal battle for 9/11 first responders’ compensation.
- When
- The series is upcoming; no release date is provided.
- Where
- The story is set around Ground Zero and the World Trade Center aftermath, while the series will stream on Paramount+.
- Why
- It dramatizes the nearly decade-long effort to secure almost $1 billion for first responders who became gravely ill after 9/11.
- Series
- The Best of Us
- Distributor
- Paramount+
- Format
- Six-episode limited series
- Lead actor
- Jeremy Strong as class-action lawyer Jason Smith
- New cast member
- John Slattery as defense lawyer James Leavitt
- Legal case
- A nearly decade-long fight seeking almost $1 billion in compensation
- Production companies
- Paramount Television Studios and Sister