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detrolex For example, two of Trudeau's four main characters are feeling the effects of tea party primarying, including Sen. Gil John Biggs, played by John Goodman. "Law & Order" actor and former Sen. Fred Thompson served as inspiration for Goodman's character, Trudeau said. "Somebody who really didn't feel like politics should involve the effort that everybody else did and came to Washington with that sense of entitlement," Trudeau explained, linking his statement to Thompson's "misbegotten" presidential campaign. "Obviously Gil John likes his life here, he just wishes it didn't involve so much work," Trudeau continued. In the first episodes, Biggs isn't even campaigning for re-election, until Duke's basketball coach threatens to challenge him.