Pasadena – short lived TV Show

Status: Ended   

Premiered: September 28, 2001   

Last Aired: November 2, 2001

Austin plays the part of Charlie Darwell, Lily McAllister’s (Alison Lohman) friend. 

Thanks to Hjulia we were able to watch the first episodes. Unfortunately she never linked to the episodes Austin was in.

Only four episodes were originally aired in the U.S. in 2001, but thirteen were completed, the thirteenth episode being used to wrap up the storyline. In 2003 and 2004, all thirteen episodes were aired in various countries such as Romania (by the public television TVR 2), Colombia, New Zealand, and China, with Pasadena gaining a cult following. In late 2005, Pasadena was completely shown for the first time in the U.S. by the cable channel SOAPnet.

Important: If anyone has taped the show or have access to screencaps, please let me know so I can update this post. Thanks

Titbit: Mike White, the creator of Pasadena played the part of Jennifer Aniston’s co-worker in “The Good Girl”
 
Short synopsis

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.

A dark and arresting drama about a California newspaper dynasty caught up in a scandal that exposed a long-buried family secret. As prime-time soaps go, this one was unusually intelligent (Diane Keaton directed the pilot), but ratings were low, Fox was impatient and only four episodes aired.

 
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Here’s part of summary of the episodes where Austin was in (spoilers)

 
Episode 9: Someone to Talk to (Originally Unaired)

Lily's shrink, Dr. Darwell, believes that the murder might just be a vivid dream or some manifestation of hostility against her mother. He later suggests that Henry might have made everything up (planting evidence, etc.) in an attempt to boost his ego by destroying a powerful family; and then run away because of guilt. Lily does not want to believe this. Catherine goes to see Nate in rehab and tells him the truth about the murder. When Lily sneaks out during lunch to visit him, Nate claims that his memories about the body might have been a dream. He warns Lily to think carefully about what she is doing before turning her back on the family. Dr. Darwell's teenage son, Charlie, establishes a friendship with Lily after seeing her at his father's office.

Episode 10: A river in Egypt (Originally Unaired)

Lily tells Dr. Darwell that she is starting to believe that Henry manipulated her into mistrusting her family. She accepts a date with Charlie, and shares her problems with him. Tom reads over the materials collected by Henry, and starts to suspect that the Greeleys had something to do with his disappearance. Beth finds this ridiculous. Tom calls the police to report Henry missing. Lily comes home from her date to find Henry hiding in her room.

Episode 11: The Truth Hurts (Originally Unaired)

Lily refuses to open up to Dr. Darwell, who then calls Catherine to warn her. Lily goes to visit Henry. Unfortunately, Catherine finds out that Jennie lied about her father, and grills her about Lily. Jennie doesn't know what is going on, but gives Catherine the location where she dropped off Lily. Catherine sees Lily and Henry outside the hotel. Lily convinces Charlie to let her look through his father's files for information about Philip Parker. They find a series of tapes of sessions with a teenage Robert, who confesses to murder. Lily wants to take the tapes to the police, but Charlie refuses to allow this. He knows that his father could lose his practice or go to jail if his role in the cover-up is exposed.

Episode 12: A Lie Worth Fighting For (Originally Unaired)

Charlie orders Lily to forget about the tapes. He knows that revealing the truth would destroy both of their families, and will have no part in it. He insists that they shouldn't care about exacting justice for Meredith Weller's death, because it happened long ago and they didn't know her. Lily sneaks out of class to break into the Darwell house with Henry. She is reluctant, but Henry reminds her that he will be on the run for the rest of his life unless her family is exposed. Unfortunately, big mouth Jennie tells Charlie that Lily has left campus. He races over to the house. Henry gets away, but Lily hesitates when he asks her to pass him the tapes through the window. She freezes, and lets Charlie take the tapes and destroy them. Henry is furious. Lily later comes over and apologizes. She promises to get a confession on tape.