"Glory Days" (2002) TV series

Creator:

Kevin Williamson

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

16 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery | Horror | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

There's the old myth, 'you can never go home again,' but what if home is the only place you can always go to?

Plot:

The author of a tell-all book gets writer's block and decides to return home for inspiration only to find that the town locals aren't too happy with his last book.

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Conspiracy | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Eddie Cahill	...	Mike Dolan (9 episodes, 2002)
Poppy Montgomery	...	Ellie Sparks (9 episodes, 2002)
Jay R. Ferguson	...	Sheriff Rudy Dunlop (9 episodes, 2002)
Emily VanCamp	...	Sam Dolan (9 episodes, 2002)
Ben Crowley	...	Zane Walker (9 episodes, 2002)
Amy Stewart	...	Sara Dolan (9 episodes, 2002)
Theresa Russell	...	Hazel Walker (9 episodes, 2002)
Frances Fisher	...	Mitzi Dolan (9 episodes, 2002)
David Kopp	...	Deputy Tim (6 episodes, 2002)
Erin Karpluk	...	Cal Henries (4 episodes, 2002)
Adrian Holmes	...	Lew (2 episodes, 2002)
Tac Fitzgerald	...	Gil (2 episodes, 2002)

Also Known As:

Demontown (UK)

Runtime:

60 min | USA:60 min (10 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:15 (DVD rating) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Germany:18 (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Idyllwild, California, USA

Company:

Dimension Television

Trivia:

13 episodes were produced but only nine were aired.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Unscripted: (#1.4)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Excess

Kevin Williamson Strikes Gold Again!

A smart and slick series from the creative man who brought us such wonderfully written thrillers as "Scream", Scream 2", "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "The Faculty". Kevin has returned to the genre that has made him famous and he does it successfully with this excellent new series, a welcome departure from the same old thing we see on TV over and over again. "Glory Days" finds writer Mike Dolan returning home four years after writing a supposedly fictitious murder-mystery novel which was inspired by his own father's death. He hasn't written anything since so he decides to return home after receiving a creepy anonymous letter about his father. He finds that the citizens of Glory Island weren't big fans of his book, including his own family who think that his book degraded the memory of his father. The local sheriff is Mike's former childhood friend who Mike depicted as a repressed homosexual in the book. A waitress at the local diner didn't fare any better, Mike made her out to be his father's killer. Upon coming home Mike is witness to an accident on a ferry which he claims was murder. Because of his book everyone in Glory considers him to be untruthful and nobody believes him so it's up to him to uncover the truth with the help of a lovely young coroner, new to Glory she's the only one not spurned by Mike's book. Filled with Kevin's sharp humor and smart character development (the cast does a wonderful job of bringing these characters to life especially Frances Fisher as Mike's mother, who he pegged as bipolar in the novel) the series draws you in to the mystery of the island and you don't want to leave until it's over, even then you eagerly await what will happen in the next episode. Once again Kevin Williamson has taken an ageless genre and tweaked it with his familiar touch to give us and hour of great entertainment filled with suspense, comedy and drama.