"Pasadena" (2001) TV series

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Creator:

Mike White

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

28 September 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

Lily McAllister has lived a charmed life as part of the most powerful family in the upscale Southern California enclave of Pasadena. All that changes, however, when a murder and coverup in her own mansion thrusts Lily into a search to unlock her family's long-buried secrets.

Plot Keywords:

California | Secret | Murder | Rich | Pasadena California

Cast

Dana Delany	...	Catherine McAllister (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Martin Donovan	...	Will McAllister (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Balthazar Getty	...	Nate Greeley (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Alison Lohman	...	Lily McAllister (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Chris Marquette	...	Mason McAllister (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Nicole Paggi	...	Jennie Bradbury (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Alan Simpson	...	Henry Bellow (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Mark Valley	...	Robert Greeley (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Natasha Gregson Wagner	...	Beth Greeley (13 episodes, 2001-2002)
Derek Cecil	...	Tom Bellow (11 episodes, 2001-2002)
Barbara Babcock	...	Lillian Greeley (8 episodes, 2001-2002)
Philip Baker Hall	...	George Reese Greeley (7 episodes, 2001-2002)
Bill Dow	...	Mr. Parkman (6 episodes, 2001-2002)
Chelsea Hobbs	...	Meredith Weller (6 episodes, 2001-2002)

Runtime:

60 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Lion's Gate Studios, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Brad Grey Television

Quotes:

Henry Bellows: Your family's like the WASP Corleones.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Family Guy: North by North Quahog (#4.1)" (2005)

Definitely not what you would expect...

This drama actually became quite intriguing minute after minute. I basically only tuned in to catch a few cast members that I enjoy thinking I was only going to be interested in the scenes that they were in but I ended up watching the whole episode and enjoying it. A teenage girl finds out that her family, one of the wealthiest in the world, has many skeletons in their closets after she finds a disturbed man committing suicide in the dining room of her home. Her family shrugs it off as a mere inconvenience but she knows better and discovers more than she could imagine with the help of the new boy in school, who's got some secrets of his own. With the teenager's narration and the "perfect" family that isn't so perfect the series plays out like "My So-Called Life" meets "American Beauty". Much more interesting than any of the dramas of the fall 2001 season this show is slick, smart and very well done. No surprise considering that Mike White, who wrote and starred in the film "Chuck and Buck", created this disturbing piece of drama. Diane Keaton did an excellent job directing the first episode. If the rest of the series can remain as provoking and addicting as the first episode than I think there's definite possibilities and promise in store.