Here comes the neighborhood!
With Smallville producers Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer now
officially installed as showrunners, The CW at last has revealed who'll be moving into its
remodeled Melrose Place next season. As you'd imagine, there are some familiar types among the
tenants.
TUESDAYS
9:00-10:00 P.M.
“MELROSE PLACE” (New Series)
In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los
Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family.
Sydney Andrews (Laura Leighton, the original “Melrose Place”) is the landlady, still
beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome
and rebellious David Breck (Shaun Sipos, “Shark”). Sydney started an affair with David
despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini (Thomas
Calabro, the original “Melrose Place”). Both father and son learned through experience
that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high
powered publicist Ella Simms (Katie Cassidy, “Supernatural”), once considered Sydney
her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to
evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie
Kirkpatrick (Colin Egglesfield, “All My Children”). After they met at an AA meeting, she
became Auggie’s sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful
sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding Sydney since she
began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung (Stephanie Jacobsen,
“Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”), a medical student in desperate need of
money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller (Michael Rady, “Swingtown”), an
aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond (Jessica
Lucas, “Cloverfield”), a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster
(Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, “7th Heaven”), has just arrived in LA with her own secret
connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David
is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone
living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way. An updated
version of the popular 1990s series, MELROSE PLACE is from CBS Television Studios with
executive producers Todd Slavkin & Darren Swimmer (“Smallville”). Oscar-winner Davis
Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”) is the director and executive producer of the pilot.
NEXT EPISODE: 1.08 - “Gower”
DAVID FEARS HE MAY HAVE KILLED SYDNEY — Riley (Jessica Lucas) helps Jonah (Michael Rady) film a wedding, but the two get into a big fight in the middle of the ceremony. Putting her relationship with Jonah first, Riley breaks off her friendship with Auggie (Colin Egglesfield), who doesn’t take the news very well. Ella (Katie Cassidy) discovers Lauren’s (Stephanie Jacobsen) expensive new clothing and lingerie plus a large envelope of cash and confronts her roommate about the late nights she’s been working. David (Shaun Sipos) fears he may be responsible for Sydney’s (Laura Leighton) death. Ashlee Simpson-Wentz and Thomas Calabro also star. David Barrett directed the episode written by Caprice Crane
YouTube - Melrose Place #1.08 Promo (HQ)
1.09 - “Ocean”
THE POLICE ARREST AUGGIE FOR MURDER — After learning Auggie’s (Colin Egglesfield) blood was on Sydney’s (Laura Leighton) murder weapon, the police search his apartment and demand the other residents tell them where he went. Riley (Jessica Lucas) is conflicted about whether to help the police, but Jonah (Michael Rady) pushes her to make the call as she knows where Auggie is staying. Meanwhile, a work incident causes Jonah to pretend he’s engaged to Ella (Katie Cassidy) who really gets into the role playing. David (Shaun Sipos) arranges a secret play date with his little brother Noah (guest star Cameron Castaneda) but after the little boy hurts himself, Lauren (Stephanie Jacobsen) must come to the rescue and risk the wrath of Dr. Mancini (Thomas Calabro). Ashlee Simspon-Wentz also stars. Liz Friedlander directed the episode written by David Babcock
MELROSE PLACE OFFICIAL PROMO:
YouTube - Melrose Place Official Promo The CW
SNEAK PEEKS:
YouTube - Melrose Place Webclip - Windsor
YouTube - Melrose Place Webclip 2 - Windsor