Franklin Reinhart

Franklin Reinhart is Grace's father, a wealthy, patrician presence who has always hovered protectively at the edge of her comfortable life. He is courtly, controlled, and used to solving problems with money and quiet authority. As trouble creeps toward his daughter's marriage, he watches with the wary calm of a man who trusts no one outside his own blood.

Sutherland plays old money as something closer to armor than luxury—every soft-spoken line carries the implication of resources and resolve held in reserve. The performance is built on restraint: a raised eyebrow, a measured pause, a stillness that suggests he already suspects more than he's saying, which makes him quietly magnetic amid the show's hysteria.