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The story of a scheming political family who might as well be named Kennedy (leading man John Barrowman even boasts Kennedy-esque good looks), The Fix begins as a pop opera ''Manchurian Candidate'' of deliberately cartoonish characterizations. Ascending quickly up the political ladder, a philandering senator named Reed Chandler (David Firth) dies suddenly after one dalliance too many. His ambitious wife, Violet (Kathryn Evans from 'Mack and Mabel,' now sporting a Jackie O coiffure), and lame, polio-stricken brother Grahame (Philip Quast) instead pin their presidential hopes on Barrowman's layabout son Cal.
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None too mentally swift to begin with, Cal has fallen in with an ex-stripper (Krysten Cummings) who keeps him high on heroin, with the result that he is soon neglecting his political tutelage in favor of narcotics. With Grahame by now established as the resident Richard III (the crutches recall Antony Sher's celebrated portrayal of the role), the scene is set for a (quasi-)repetition of events, with the anointing of yet another Chandler politico as the lights dim.
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