Originally shown as a seven-part NBC miniseries that follows more than 30 years in the lives of two career Army officers. Sam Damon (Elliot) is the straight arrow soldier who puts his duty before anything, including his marriage to Tommy (Carr). Conniving womanizer Courtney Massingale (Potts) drives his own wealthy wife Emily (Irving) into a breakdown and will stop at nothing to obtain the power he thinks he deserves. Based on the Anton Myrer novel.