Pasadena (TV series)
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| Genre | Soap opera |
| Created by | Mike White |
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| Composer | Mark Snow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 13 (9 unaired) |
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| Network | Fox |
| Release | September 28 – November 2, 2001 |
Pasadena is an American primetime soap opera that originally aired on Fox from September to November 2001.
Summary
[edit]The series starred Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, an initially naïve young woman who witnesses a stranger's suicide, and begins to investigate the secrets being hidden by her own very wealthy California family, the Greeleys. Other cast members included Dana Delany and Martin Donovan as Lily's parents, Will and Catherine McAllister, and Chris Marquette as Lily's brother, Mason. Mark Valley, Balthazar Getty, and Natasha Gregson Wagner portrayed Catherine's siblings Robert, Nate, and Beth Greeley, while Philip Baker Hall and Barbara Babcock played Greeley patriarch and matriarch George and Lillian, respectively, in recurring roles. Alan Simpson was cast as Lily's love interest Henry Bellow, with Derek Cecil as Henry's brother Tom in a recurring role.
Cast
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- Dana Delany as Catherine McAllister, Lily's unstable mother
- Martin Donovan as Will McAllister, Lily's unfaithful father
- Balthazar Getty as Nate Greeley, Lily's drug-addled uncle
- Alison Lohman as Lily McAllister, a high-school girl uncovering her family's secrets
- Christopher Marquette as Mason McAllister, Lily's sexually frustrated brother
- Nicole Paggi as Jennie Bradbury, Lily's bratty best friend
- Alan Simpson as Henry Bellow, a new boy at Lily's school, who is searching for his mother
- Mark Valley as Robert Greeley, Lily's arrogant and violent uncle
- Natasha Gregson Wagner as Beth Greeley, Lily's free-spirited aunt
Production
[edit]Pasadena was created by Mike White, who attended elementary and high school in Pasadena, California. Actress/director Diane Keaton directed the pilot episode, and was among the show's executive producers. Other producers included Mark B. Perry, Dana Baratta, R. W. Goodwin, and Bill Robinson. The pilot was edited by Tatiana S. Riegel.
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Pilot" | Diane Keaton | Mike White | September 28, 2001 | |
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Young Lily McAllister (Alison Lohman) discovers that her affluent and seemingly perfect California family may be hiding shocking secrets. | |||||
| 2 | "The Rat" | R. W. Goodwin | Mike White | October 5, 2001 | |
| 3 | "Henry's Secret" | Ellen S. Pressman | Mike White | October 26, 2001 | |
| 4 | "Hostile Environment" | David Petrarca | Mark B. Perry | November 2, 2001 | |
| 5 | "Puppy Love" | Tim Van Patten | Kim Newton | Unaired | |
| 6 | "The Body" | Michael Lange | Dana Baratta | Unaired | |
| 7 | "The Bones" | Mary Harron | Alexandra Cunningham | Unaired | |
| 8 | "Run Lily Run" | Michael Lehmann | Timothy J. Lea | Unaired | |
| 9 | "Someone to Talk To" | Bill L. Norton | Hilly Hicks, Jr. | Unaired | |
| 10 | "A River in Egypt" | Steve Robman | Christy Callahan | Unaired | |
| 11 | "The Truth Hurts" | Sanford Bookstaver | Mike White | Unaired | |
| 12 | "A Lie Worth Fighting For" | Roy H. Wagner | Mike White | Unaired | |
| 13 | "Don't It Always Seem to Go?" | Ellen S. Pressman | Mike White | Unaired | |
Release
[edit]Broadcast and syndication
[edit]Only four episodes were originally aired in the U.S. in 2001, though 13 were filmed, with the last episode seemingly resolving the central mystery of the series. In late 2005, the series was shown in its entirety for the first time in the United States, on the cable channel SoapNet.[1]
In 2003 and 2004, all 13 episodes were aired in various countries, such as Romania (by the public television TVR 1), Bulgaria (BTV Channel), Colombia, Croatia, Mexico, Serbia, Slovakia, New Zealand, Finland, Denmark, Russia, South Africa (on the pay channel M-Net), Israel (on cable Channel 3), and China. It began airing in Belgium on Club RTL on June 27, 2010.
Home media
[edit]Mill Creek Entertainment announced the series on DVD.[citation needed]
Reception
[edit]Although the show was critically acclaimed,[1] it was watched by only 4.3 million viewers.[2] The general speculation at the time was that, with the series having premiered two weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks, American audiences were not willing to watch a show like Pasadena, with its dark atmosphere and cynical storylines.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Amy Ryan (September 30, 2005). "Weekend To-Do List: Fatherly Love Edition". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- ^ Lynette Rice (October 24, 2001). "Is the nighttime soap dead in the water?". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
External links
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- 2001 American television series debuts
- 2001 American television series endings
- 2000s American drama television series
- 2000s American mystery television series
- American primetime television soap operas
- American English-language television shows
- Television series created by Mike White (filmmaker)
- Television series by Sony Pictures Television
- Television shows set in Los Angeles
- Fox Broadcasting Company soap operas