Fastlane (TV series)

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Fastlane

The cast of Fastlane (from left to right), Van, Billie and Deaq.
Genre Crime drama
Creator(s) McG
Starring Peter Facinelli
Bill Bellamy
Tiffani Thiessen
Country of origin Flag of United States United States
No. of episodes 22
Production
Running time 60 minutes
(with commercials)
Broadcast
Original channel Fox Broadcasting Company
Original run September 18, 2002 – April 25, 2003
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TV.com summary

Fastlane is an action TV series that was broadcast on Fox from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4, began rebroadcasting the complete series as part of its "The Whip Set programming block" (now known as G4 Sunday Nights). [1]. The show airs on Sunday nights at 7pm Eastern. It had previously been airing weekdays at 3pm Eastern, but was discontinued in July 2006.

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[edit] Plot summary

Van Ray and Deaqon Hayes are two mismatched cops teamed together by shady vixen police lieutenant, Wilhelmina "Billie" Chambers, in a secretive undercover division of the LAPD. Operating with the motto "Everything we seize, we keep. Everything we keep, we use," their base of operations is the "Candy Store" - a warehouse containing a fortune in confiscated cars, clothes, weapons and everything else needed to blend into the seedy criminal underworld of Los Angeles. Given criminal covers, the officers use all of the resources at their disposal to apprehend dangerous miscreants while walking the line between cop and criminal.

[edit] Series run

The series consisted of twenty-two episodes, forty-five minute each, plus an unaired pilot. Episodes 14 and 15 ("Defense" and "Offense") form a two-part story, while episodes 21 and 22 ("Dosed" and "Iced") form a two-part story ending on a cliffhanger which sees Billie Chambers kidnapped and forced to do drugs. As the series was cancelled at that point, fans were left clamoring for a resolution. It is unknown how many episodes the remaining plot would have covered. During an interview on the September 28, 2005 episode of Last Call with Carson Daly series star Bill Bellamy stated the show had concluded its run.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main Cast

[edit] Recurring cast

[edit] Episode listing

Episode Number Production Number Episode Name Original Air Date
----- 100 Unaired Pilot -----
1 101 Pilot Sept 18, 2002
2 102 Girls Own Juice Sept 25, 2002
3 103 Gone Native Oct 30, 2002
4 104 Things Done Changed Nov 6, 2002
5 105 Ryde or Die Nov 13, 2002
6 106 Ray Ray Nov 20, 2002
7 107 Wet Nov 27, 2002
8 108 Mighty Blue Dec 4, 2002
9 109 Get Your Mack On Dec 11, 2002
10 110 Dogtown Jan 10, 2003
11 111 Strap On Jan 17, 2003
12 112 101 Jan 24, 2003
13 113 Defense (1) Jan 31, 2003
14 114 Offense (2) Feb 7, 2003
15 115 Popdukes Feb 14, 2003
16 116 Slippery Slope Mar 7, 2003
17 117 Simone Says Mar 14, 2003
18 118 Monster Mar 21, 2003
19 119 Overkill Mar 28, 2003
20 120 Asslane Apr 4, 2003
21 121 Dosed (1) Apr 18, 2003
22 122 Iced (2) Apr 25, 2003

[edit] Guest appearances

Over the course of its run, Fastlane featured cameos and guest appearances from a good number of known figures, including Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Dale Earnhardt Jr, The O.C.'s Mischa Barton, MTV's Jenny McCarthy, Krista Allen, Jake Busey, Jaime Pressly, George Hamilton, Eric Mabius, Michelle Forbes, Navi Rawat, Iggy Pop, Naomi Campbell, Tommy Lee, Terrence Howard, Isaac Hayes, Tatyana Ali, Paul Gleason, Antonio Fargas, and Ali Landry.

[edit] Trivia

  • Each episode cost the two studios making it (Warner Bros. and Fox) $2.6 million. The show's hallmarks — uncoventional cinematography, explosions, guest appearances, licensed soundtracks, supercars and other exotic vehicles — were the root cause of the exorbitant production costs. As a result, the show was cancelled because of these high production costs and the ratings drop it suffered from being moved from Wednesday nights to Friday nights.
  • Peter Facinelli is married to Jennie Garth of Beverly Hills 90210 fame, on which Tiffani Thiessen was also a cast member.
  • Mischa Barton's role as Simone in "Simone Says" led to producer McG casting her in his next project – The O.C..
  • According to a commentary on the Firefly DVD set, both Nathan Fillion and Alan Tudyk were big fans of the show.
  • The role of Billie Chambers was initially offered to Heather Locklear.
  • The series paid numerous homages to the original Miami Vice, of which it was a spiritual successor. Watching the first aired episode of each series reveals numerous similarities in plot and music, in addition to the obvious similarities in premise and ambience.

[edit] External links

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