"The Mountain" (2004) TV series 2004-2005

Creators:

David Barrett
Gina Matthews
Grant Scharbo

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

22 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Conditions are about to get nasty.

Plot:

A young man returns to the family business of running a popular ski resort after the death of his grandfather and soon faces off against the rest of his estranged family over running the resort.

Plot Keywords:

Ski Resort | Dating | Dysfunctional Family | Skiing | Dirt Bike

Cast

Oliver Hudson	...	David Carver Jr. (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Anson Mount	...	Will Carver (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Tara Thompson	...	Shelley Carver (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Penn Badgley	...	Sam Tunney (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Alana De La Garza	...	Maria Serrano (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Johann Urb	...	Travis Thorson (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Mitch Pileggi	...	Colin Dowling (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Barbara Hershey	...	Gennie Carver (13 episodes, 2004-2005)
Elizabeth Bogush	...	Max Dowling (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Tommy Dewey	...	Michael Dowling (12 episodes, 2004-2005)
Kaylee DeFer	...	Scarlett (6 episodes, 2004-2005)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials) (13 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Shaun Cassidy Productions

Trivia:

The show was originally planned to air on Thursdays at 8pm until FOX moved its hit show _" O.C., The" (2003)_ to the exact same night and time-slot. It was moved to Wednesday instead.

Quotes:

Michael Dowling: Billionaire developer Colin Dowling was injured in a hunting accident involving his good for nothing son, Michael, and a particularly willful turkey named "David." Tragically, despite the heroic efforts of emergency medical personnel, they were unable to resuscitate the turkey. Dowling is likely to lose the use of his pinky toe. The future of his son is undetermined.

This show looked like it had potential

When I first watched "The Mountain" I liked and thought it had the chances of becoming a popular show on The WB sort of like "Dawson's Creek". The show is about a guy named David Carver Jr. (Oilver Hudson, who is Kate Hudson's brother) who is an irresponsible, un-kept young man, returns to his family owned ski resort in Colorado after the death of his grandfather to find that he, the youngest son, has inherited the entire mountain which puts him at odds with his older brother Will, the resort manager, who's holding out against being bought out by Colin Dowling, a scheming land developer. Other characters involved in the power struggle are David and Will's youngest sister Shelley, a local teen wanting to make it big as a champion snowboarder; Maria Serrano, David's former girlfriend, now Will's girlfriend; the double-dealing resort operator Travis, whom is under the control of Dowling and his son Michael; and the Downling's attractive daughter Maxine 'Max' whom falls for David while trying to get him to sell the mountain to her father. I think the show was kind of like "Everwood" meets "Dawson's Creek" meets "The O.C." meets "Beverly Hills 90210" meets "Summerland". Except the show is different from all those others but still kind of like them. This show came on Wednesdays on The WB until the show switched places with "Jack and Bobby" (which is a really crappy show!) and the show was on Sundays and was being crushed in a competition by ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and then the show was canceled and only had 13 episodes. I can't believe why The WB would make a very stupid decision by picking "Jack and Bobby" over "The Mountain"! I wish this show didn't last one season!

User Rating: 10/10

BOTTOM LINE: GREAT SHOW WITH REAL POTENTIAL IN BECOMING A HIT!