Wasteland 

Six twentysomething friends who went to college together are now living in New York trying to find themselves.

Creator:

Kevin Williamson

Stars:

Sasha Alexander, Marisa Coughlan, Rebecca Gayheart

Cast

Series cast summary:
Sasha Alexander	...	Jesse Presser 13 episodes, 1999
Marisa Coughlan	...	Dawnie Parker 13 episodes, 1999
Rebecca Gayheart	...	Samantha 'Sam' Price 13 episodes, 1999
Eddie Mills	...	Vandy 13 episodes, 1999
Dan Montgomery Jr.	...	Russell Baskind 13 episodes, 1999
Brad Rowe	...	Tyler 'Ty' Swindell 13 episodes, 1999
Jeffrey D. Sams	...	Vincent 'Vince' Lewis 13 episodes, 1999
Adam Scott	...	Phillip The Coffee Boy 7 episodes, 1999

Storyline

Sam is a female detective with the NYPD. Vandy is a bartender and struggling musician. Russell is a closeted soap opera actor afraid of being outed. Ty is Russell's former college roommate who once had a relationship with Dawnie, a 27 year old virgin currently in graduate school. Jesse is Dawnie's friend who works as a publicist. These six young lives interact and struggle with coming-of-age in New York City shortly after college.

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Plot Keywords:

college | friend | interracial relationship | interracial couple | closeted homosexual | 

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Taglines:

Life has no master plan.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1999 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Outerbanks Entertainment,Miramax

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (13 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The mortuary where the dead roommate's ashes were taken was called "Steadlawn Mortuary" an anagram of "Wasteland" - gallows humor since that was the last filmed episode and everyone on the team knew the show was about to be axed.

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Connections

Featured in TV's Most Censored Moments (2002)

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Soundtracks

In Walks You
(theme)
Written and Performed by Tim James

User Reviews

The good die young... or get cancelled

I saw the first few episodes of this when it was broadcast in prime time and loved it. 20 somethings living in NYC and dealing with real issues, prejudice in the workplace, comimg out, getting past one night stands and into relationships.

As a gay man myself, I was particularly interested in Russ, a soap actor who was struggling with coming out. Also the other male principals, Dan Montgomery Jr and Brad Rowe are easy on the eye and were both very cool about having a good friend who's gay.

This series had a LOT of promise and I was upset to see it end. I recently caught the episodes that I missed on Cable and I would recommend it to others.