Chemistry (TV series)

This article is about the 2011 American television series. For the 2010 Pakistani television drama serial, see Chemistry (serial).

Chemistry is an American drama-comedy television series that debuted on Cinemax on August 19, 2011.^[1][2][3] It follows the affair, bordering on erotic madness, of a policewoman and an attorney, which began after the former saved the latter from a car wreck.^[4] The last episode of its first season aired on November 18, 2011.

Chemistry
Genre	Erotica Thriller Comedy drama
Created by	Richard Christian Matheson Norman Steinberg
Written by	Richard Christian Matheson Norman Steinberg
Directed by	Mark Haber Brian Trenchard-Smith Michael Robison
Starring	Ana Alexander Jonathan Chase Ragan Brooks Jeremy Kent Jackson Sally Kellerman Chad Everett
Composer	Eric Allaman
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producers	Norman Steinberg Richard Christian Matheson
Production location	Los Angeles
Camera setup	Film; Single-camera
Running time	26 minutes
Production companies	Ostar Productions HBO Entertainment
Original release
Network	Cinemax
Release	August 19 (2011-08-19) – November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)

Cast and characters

• Ana Alexander as Liz Campano: An LAPD policewoman and Michael's primary love interest. She was a painter and expressed her feelings through her art.^[5]
• Jonathan Chase as Michael Strathmore: A corporate lawyer. His affair with Liz risked both his profession and personal life.
• Ragan Brooks as Jocelyn Delacorte: Michael's fiancée. She eventually became aware of Michael's affair and left him on their third anniversary. She later returned and wanted a polyamorous relationship.
• Chad Everett as Vic Strathmore: Michael's late father and relationship adviser. He was married eight times, the last union to a car showroom model named Chantal, and felt his multiple divorces impacted Michael's views on relationships. Vic died in the series finale.
• Sally Kellerman as Lola: Liz's eccentric neighbor. She was an artist and claimed to have been intimate with Sigmund Freud and Pablo Picasso. She was seen exclusively in cut scenes.
• Jeremy Kent Jackson as Luther: Michael's colleague. Nearly everything that he mentioned had a sexual connotation.
• Asante Jones as Preston Hull: Liz's police partner. He was an aspiring author and joined the force to do research for a novel.
• Eric Pierpoint as Arthur Delacorte: Father of the Delacorte sisters and boss of Michael and Luther.
• Augie Duke as Pemmie Delacorte: Jocelyn's sister and paramour of Luther. She had a husband named Seth and was on parole for an undisclosed crime.
• Kristen Howe as Abigail Campano: Liz's younger sister. She's lesbian and in a relationship with Merle.
• Angel McCord as Merle.
• Jessica Clark as Chantal Strathmore: Vic's wife and Michael's stepmother.
• Morgan Fairchild as Michael's Mother: She appeared on the series finale to settle Vic's estate after his death.

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Upside Down"	Mark Haber	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	August 19, 2011 (2011-08-19)
2	"A Kiss is Not a Kiss"	Mark Haber	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	August 26, 2011 (2011-08-26)
3	"Smoke & Mirrors"	Mark Haber	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	September 9, 2011 (2011-09-09)
4	"Montecito"	Mark Haber	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	September 16, 2011 (2011-09-16)
5	"Flesh Wounds"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	September 23, 2011 (2011-09-23)
6	"Downtime"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	September 30, 2011 (2011-09-30)
7	"The Proposition"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	October 7, 2011 (2011-10-07)
8	"Night on Bald Mountain"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	October 14, 2011 (2011-10-14)
9	"Split"	Michael Robison	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)
10	"Lust in Translation"	Michael Robison	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	October 28, 2011 (2011-10-28)
11	"Intimacy"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	November 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)
12	"In or Out: Part 1"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)
13	"In or Out: Part 2"	Brian Trenchard-Smith	Richard Christian Matheson and Norman Steinberg	November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)

Ratings

The episode "Downtime" which aired on September 30, 2011 garnered 0.242 million viewers, a 0.2 Household rating, and a 0.1 Adults 18-49 rating.^[6]