Sex Love & Secrets
Network: UPN
Episodes: 10, only four aired (hour), one season
Show dates:
September 27, 2005 — October 18, 2005
Performers include: Eric Balfour, Omar Benson Miller, Lucas Bryant, Lauren German, Denise Richards, James Stevenson, and Tamara Taylor.
Series Description: Set in the hip Silver Lake neighborhood of Southern California, a group of twenty-something close-knit friends approaches the next phase of their lives and struggles to find themselves. The characters include Jolene (Denise Richards), Charlie (Eric Balfour), Rose (Lauren German), Coop (Omar Miller), Milo (Lucas Bryant), Nina (Tamara Taylor), and Hank (James Stevenson).
Series Finale
Episode four - Molting: After seeing how much buzz Charlie is getting for cutting her client’s hair, Jolene is determined to capitalize on it and make a reluctant Charlie into the next big hairdresser in Silver Lake — no matter how she has to get it done. The rock band Louis XIV guest star as themselves.
The following descriptions were issued by the network prior to the series cancellation. The episodes were not aired.
Episode five: Territorial Defense
Charlie’s star continues to rise when a top designer asks him to be the hair stylist for his runway show, but being a novice at this, he starts to panic, so Jolene, desperate to keep a good thing going, swallows her pride and becomes his assistant for the day. Meanwhile, after scaring Nina to death by pointing a gun at her, Milo wants to prove he’s a really nice guy, so he takes her to meet his much older mother Kitty who reveals a startling secret about her roommate; and after Momma turns down Hank to open up the music club above the restaurant, Jolene wastes no time offering her services, but worried how his girlfriend Rose will react, Hank reluctantly passes on her help.
Guest stars: Marion Ross (Kitty), Tami Roman (Angela), Virginia Hamilton (Narrator), Nancy Stelmaszczyk (Model)
Episode six: Fear
Desperate to avoid her upcoming wedding, Coop’s sister Deena unexpectedly shows up in Silver Lake looking for her brother’s support back in Texas, but he discovers she is hiding a startling secret from him that will impact their relationship forever. Meanwhile, knowing how badly her boyfriend wants to start the club, Rose caves and reluctantly asks her rival Jolene to help Hank make the Serengetti Room a reality. Later, pretending to be a writer, ex-con Ray Foley starts to show an interest in an unsuspecting Rose, hoping to get to information on her ex- boyfriend Billy’s whereabouts.
Guest star Jake Busey (Ray)
Episode seven: Abandonment
Episode eight: Protection
Guest star: Ashlea Wiest (Rich Girl)
Episode nine: Camouflage
Episode 10: Symbiosis
What happened next?
There’s been no news of any plans to revive the series or characters.
Behind the Scenes
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| • | The show was quickly cancelled due to low ratings. It ranked as 155th out of 156 shows for the 2005-2006 television season. |
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| • | The series was originally entitled Silver Lake after the Los Angeles neighborhood where the show is set. It was retitled Sex, Lies, & Secrets. ‘Lies’ was changed to ‘Love’ to better reflect the tone of the show. |
