Key West (TV series)

Key West is an American comedy-drama series set and filmed in Key West, Florida. Thirteen episodes aired on Fox from January to June 1993. It was created by David Beaird. The show was produced by Viacom Productions.

Key West
Key West: Denise Crosby, Geno Silva, Jennifer Tilly, Brian Thompson, T.C. Carson, & Fisher Stevens, 1993
Created by	David Beaird
Starring	Denise Crosby Fisher Stevens Jennifer Tilly Brian Thompson Lara Piper T.C. Carson
Composer	Pray for Rain
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	Stonehenge Productions Viacom Productions
Original release
Network	Fox
Release	January 19 (1993-01-19) – June 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)

Plot

The main character is Seamus O'Neill, played by Fisher Stevens, a factory worker from New Jersey who dreams of being a writer. When he wins the lottery, he uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West to pursue his writing career, where his idol Ernest Hemingway had lived. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. He tries to get a job for The Meteor, a local newspaper, wishing to relive the life of its most famous employee, Ernest Hemingway. This brings him into conflict with the paper's editor, Roosevelt Cole (Ivory Ocean), who remarks "You want to report on the Spanish Civil War?" Eventually Seamus is hired on a probationary period. In a later episode it was revealed Seamus is once again poor as his lottery winnings were seized due to taxation and multiple unpaid debts, and it will be several years before his next annuity check resumes. Seamus then decides to put everything into writing, money worries or not.

In addition to Stevens, Jennifer Tilly, Denise Crosby, and Brian Thompson led the large ensemble cast as the town's high-class prostitute, conservative mayor and eccentric sheriff, respectively.

Cast and characters

• Fisher Stevens as Seamus O'Neill
• Denise Crosby as Chaucy Caldwell
• Brian Thompson as Sheriff Cody Jeremiah Jefferson
• Kim Myers as Dr. Reilly Clarke
• Terrence 'T.C.' Carson as Abednigo "JoJo" Nabuli
• Jennifer Tilly as Savannah Sumner
• Geno Silva as Hector Allegria
• Ivory Ocean as Roosevelt "King" Cole
• Leland Crooke as Paul "Gumbo" Beausoleil
• Lara Piper as Rikki
• Michael Covert as Hunter Farmer
• Jennifer Barlow as Flame

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	"Pilot"	David Beaird	David Beaird	January 19, 1993 (1993-01-19)
2	"The Second Day in Heaven"	David Beaird	David Beaird	January 26, 1993 (1993-01-26)
3	"The Great Unknown"	Geoffrey Nottage	David Beaird	February 2, 1993 (1993-02-02)
4	"Less Moonlight"	Christopher Leitch	David Beaird	February 9, 1993 (1993-02-09)
5	"Pieces of a Man"	Geoffrey Nottage	Tom Chehak	February 16, 1993 (1993-02-16)
6	"The Greening"	David Beaird	David Beaird	February 23, 1993 (1993-02-23)
7	"Act of God"	James A. Contner	Milo Bachmann	March 2, 1993 (1993-03-02)
8	"Gimme Shelter"	Chuck Bowman	Kathryn Baker	March 9, 1993 (1993-03-09)
9	"Crossroads"	James Frawley	Tom Chehak	March 16, 1993 (1993-03-16)
10	"We the People"	John Nicolella	Story by : Allan Marcil & Richard Clayton Woods Teleplay by : Kathryn Baker & Craig Volk	June 1, 1993 (1993-06-01)
11	"Compadres"	Nancy Malone	Craig Volk	June 8, 1993 (1993-06-08)
12	"The System"	Christopher Leitch	John Steppling	June 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
13	"Heavy Metal, Heavy Hearts"	Geoffrey Nottage	Craig Volk	June 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)

External links

• Key West at IMDb
• Mile 0: The KEY WEST Compendium