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American drama web series (2012?2015)
Blue
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Genre
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Created by
| Rodrigo Garcia
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Written by
| Rodrigo Garcia
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Directed by
| Rodrigo Garcia
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Starring
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Composers
| Thomas Newman
(main and end title themes)
Jacob Yoffee
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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No.
of seasons
| 3
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No.
of episodes
| 42 (web)
10 (compilations)
(
list of episodes
)
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Executive producers
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Producer
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Running time
| 42 minutes
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Production companies
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Network
| WIGS
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Release
| June 11, 2012
(
2012-06-11
)
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2015
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2015
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Blue
is an American drama
web series
created by
Rodrigo Garcia
and starring
Julia Stiles
. The pilot episode aired on June 11, 2012. It originally aired on the
WIGS
channel on
YouTube
but eventually streamed on
Hulu
,
Fox.com
, and WIGS' own website for its third season, which takes the form of four long-form episodes lasting 40?60 minutes rather than the shorter episodes of the first two seasons.
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[2]
Since its release,
Blue
has garnered several accolades, including a
Satellite Award
nomination in 2013, Art Directors Guild Award nomination for Production Design - (Myers) in 2014, and three
IAWTV Awards
, for Best Director ? Drama (
Garcia
) in 2014 and Best Actress ? Drama (
Stiles
) in 2013 and 2014.
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Plot
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Blue (
Julia Stiles
) is a mother with a secret life as a
sex worker
. She’ll do anything to keep it from her son Josh (
Uriah Shelton
). But her past has other plans.
Cast
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Main
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Others
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Television broadcasts
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For
television
broadcast
the series has been edited into 10 one-hour-long episodes (with the first six made up of compilations of the short-form shows), and airs on
Lifetime
's international channels (including the UK and Africa).
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The dates below correspond to their first airdates in Britain. The series premiered in the United States on
LMN
on July 8, 2016 under the title
Blue: A Secret Life
.
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Each compilation is named after a line of
dialogue
. The webisodes are not all used in the order they were shown online. Julia Stiles does not appear in webisodes marked with an asterisk. In the United States, LMN aired the contents of the third season over five compilation episodes titled "Call Me Francine", "Take Off Your Clothes", "A History of Anxiety", "Your Favorite Client", and "Choices".
Episode
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Webisodes
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Episode title
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Webisode titles
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Directed by
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Written by
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Broadcast date
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1
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Season 1, ep.1?6
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"Blue Rules"
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"Mom"
"Son"
"You Rule"
"Long Day, Blue?"
"You're Good"
"Jack The Ripper"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
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March 2, 2015
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2
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Season 1, ep. 7?12
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"When Have I Lied To You?"
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"Paying For Sex"
"A Decent Girl"
"That's My Drug"
"Star Student"
"You Lie To Me Too"
"Give An Old Man A Break"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
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March 9, 2015
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3
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Season 2, ep. 1?7
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"Who Raises A Child Like This?"
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"See And Be Seen"
"What Kind Of A Name Is Blue?"
"It's Just A Crutch"
"Everything Is A Test"
"How Do You Do?"
"Glue And Lubricant"
"Wow, Wow, Wow"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
and Karen Graci
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March 16, 2015
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4
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Season 2, ep. 8?13, 15
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"We Were In Love"
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"On My Own"
"The Truth Hurts"
"A Man's Permission"
"Make Yourself At Home"
"Old Habits Die Hard"
"Doubling The Equation"*
"In The Running"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
and Karen Graci
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March 23, 2015
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5
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Season 2, ep. 21, 16?20
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"Good Looking Boy"
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"Savages"
"Hard Time"
"The Details"
"You're Not A Freak, Are You?"
"Getting To The Point"
"I'm Not A Stalker"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
and Karen Graci
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March 30, 2015
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6
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Season 2, ep. 14, 22?26
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"Where Were You, Mom?"
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"Are You Clean?"
"Role Play"*
"Winning With"
"A Straight Answer"
"Choices Add Up"
"Where Were You?"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
and Karen Graci
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April 6, 2015
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7
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Season 3, episode 1
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"Call Me Francine"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
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April 13, 2015
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8
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Season 3, episode 2
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"Planets Colliding"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
and Karen Graci
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April 20, 2015
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9
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Season 3, episode 3
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"A History Of Anxiety"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
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April 27, 2015
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10
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Season 3, episode 4
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"Make Me Feel Good"
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Rodrigo Garcia
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Rodrigo Garcia
and Karen Graci
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May 4, 2015
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Awards and nominations
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References
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- ^
Todd Spangler (March 18, 2014).
"WIGS 'Blue' Season 3 Starring Julia Stiles Coming to Hulu and Fox.com ? Not YouTube"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
May 29,
2015
.
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Mike Hale (March 28, 2014).
"A Side Job Goes Well. Too Well? 'Blue,' With Julia Stiles, Is Back for a New Season"
.
The New York Times
. Retrieved
August 12,
2016
.
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"IAWTV Awards - Past Winners"
.
International Academy of Web Television
. Archived from
the original
on 2015-10-04
. Retrieved
2017-09-17
.
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"Lifetime deal for Julia Stiles' Blue"
. TBI Vision. February 2, 2015
. Retrieved
May 29,
2015
.
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"LMN Debuts Drama Series "Blue: A Secret Life," Starring Julia Stiles on July 8"
(Press release). LMN. June 29, 2016
. Retrieved
July 8,
2016
– via
The Futon Critic
.
External links
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