Kane and his camp take on the media when long-buried information is dug up, and with the primary rapidly approaching, the politicos do everything they can to maintain the upper hand.
Episode Viewers and Ratings
Season 1 Episode 5 of Boss resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.
Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, has recently been diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder. Determined to remain in charge, Kane conceals the disease from everyone around him except his own physician, Dr Ella Harris. Those around Kane are too busy with their own lives to notice anything unusual.
Kane's marriage to his wife Meredith is nothing more than one of convenience. Kane's closest advisors, Kitty O'Neill and Ezra Stone, begin to suspect something is wrong with the Mayor but respect him too much to ask any questions. While State Treasurer Ben Zajac is too busy cultivating his political ambitions to become the next Governor of Illinois to notice anything out of the ordinary. Kane's daughter, Emma, is the only one who who suspects that something is wrong with her father. But does she know enough to uncover his secret and what will it mean for his political career?