Fastlane
The main characters of Fastlane (from left to right), Van, Billie, and Deaq.
Format	Action/crime drama
Created by	McG
Starring	Peter Facinelli Bill Bellamy Tiffani Thiessen
Country of origin	United States
No. of episodes	22
Production
Running time	60 minutes (with commercials)
Production company(s)	Warner Bros. Television 20th Century Fox Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. (USA) 20th Century Fox (International)
Broadcast
Original channel	FOX
Original run	September 18, 2002 (2002-09-18) – May 25, 2003 (2003-05-25)

Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on FOX from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4 began rebroadcasting the complete series.^[1] After finishing its initial run on G4, Fastlane stopped airing altogether. The reruns currently air on TV One in the United States.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Series run 3 Home Video Releases 4 Cast 4.1 Main cast 4.2 Recurring cast 5 Episode list 6 Guest appearances 7 References 8 External links

[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 minutes each, plus an unaired pilot which ended up being very similar to the first episode broadcasted. Episodes 13 and 14 ("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 canceled at that point due to the high costs of each episode, fans were left clamoring for a resolution. It is unknown how many episodes the remaining plot would have covered.

Each episode cost the two studios making it (Warner Bros. and Fox) $2.6 million. The show's hallmarks—unconventional cinematography, pyrotechnics, guest appearances, licensed soundtracks, supercars and other exotic vehicles—were the root cause of the exorbitant production costs. As a result, the show was canceled because of these high production costs and the ratings drop it suffered from being moved from Wednesday nights to Friday nights.

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 ambiance.

[edit] Home Video Releases

Warner Home Video released Fastlane: The Complete Series on DVD as a six disc set on July 8, 2008 in the United States. The soundtrack was significantly altered for the DVD release due to licensing issues.^[2] Episodes are presented in 16:10 rather than 16:9 widescreen as they initially appeared on television.^[3]

It is unknown if Fastlane will have a Blu-Ray release or if will be released in other regions.

[edit] Cast

[edit] Main cast

• Peter Facinelli—Donovan "Van" Ray
• Bill Bellamy—Deaqon "Deaq" Hayes
• Tiffani Thiessen—Wilhemina "Billie" Chambers

[edit] Recurring cast

• Jay Mohr—Roland Hill
• Mark Famiglietti—Jarod
• Big Boy—Aquarius
• Vondie Curtis-Hall—Andre Hayes
• Jennifer Sky—Cassidy Shaw
• Robert Forster—Raymond Ray
• Jamie Brown—Sophia Jones
• Bill Duke—Capt. Parish

[edit] Episode list

#	Title	Director(s)	Writer(s)	Original Airdate
0	"Unaired Pilot"	?	?	N/A
1	"Pilot"	McG	Story: McG Teleplay: John McNamara	September 18, 2002 (2002-09-18)
2	"Girls Own Juice"	Paris Barclay	Kim Newton	September 25, 2002 (2002-09-25)
3	"Gone Native"	Josh Pate	Alexandra Cunningham	October 30, 2002 (2002-10-30)
4	"Things Done Changed"	Josh Pate	Salvatore J. Stabile	November 6, 2002 (2002-11-06)
5	"Ryde or Die"	Winrich Kolbe	Josh Appelbaum	November 13, 2002 (2002-11-13)
6	"Ray Ray"	Marcos Siega	Matthew Carnahan & John McNamara	November 20, 2002 (2002-11-20)
7	"Wet"	Chris Long	Kevin G. Boyd	November 27, 2002 (2002-11-27)
8	"Mighty Blue"	Guy Bee	Josh Appelbaum	December 4, 2002 (2002-12-04)
9	"Get Your Mack On"	Leslie Libman	John McNamara	December 11, 2002 (2002-12-11)
10	"Dogtown"	David Barrett	Matthew Carnahan	January 10, 2003 (2003-01-10)
11	"Strap On"	Greg Yaitanes	Kim Newton	January 17, 2003 (2003-01-17)
12	"101"	Sanford Bookstaver	John McNamara	January 24, 2003 (2003-01-24)
13	"Defense (Part 1)"	Marcos Siega	Josh Appelbaum	January 31, 2003 (2003-01-31)
14	"Offense (Part 2)"	Sanford Bookstaver	John McNamara	February 7, 2003 (2003-02-07)
15	"Popdukes"	Josh Pate	Leonard Dick	February 14, 2003 (2003-02-14)
16	"Slippery Slope"	Guy Bee	Kim Newton & Case Krell	March 7, 2003 (2003-03-07)
17	"Simone Says"	Paris Barclay	Alexandra Cunningham	March 14, 2003 (2003-03-14)
18	"Monster"	David Straiton	Alexandra Cunningham	March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21)
19	"Overkill"	Bill Duke	Hunt Baldwin & John Coveny	March 28, 2003 (2003-03-28)
20	"Asslane"	David Barrett	Josh Appelbaum	April 4, 2003 (2003-04-04)
21	"Dosed (Part 1)"	Sanford Bookstaver	David Goodman	April 18, 2003 (2003-04-18)
22	"Iced (Part 2)"	Sanford Bookstaver	John McNamara	April 25, 2003 (2003-04-25)

[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., Mischa Barton, Jenny McCarthy, Krista Allen, Jake Busey, Bokeem Woodbine, Hudson Leick, Jaime Pressly, George Hamilton, Eric Mabius, Michelle Forbes, Navi Rawat, Iggy Pop, Naomi Campbell, Tommy Lee, Terrence Howard, Isaac Hayes, the Red Elvises, Tatyana Ali, Paul Gleason, Antonio Fargas, Biz Markie, Treach, and Ali Landry.

Mischa Barton's role as Simone in "Simone Says" led to producer McG casting her in his next project – The O.C..

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Fastlane at the Internet Movie Database
• Fastlane at TV.com
• Fastlane - General Comments in F in in Jump The Shark