This article is about the American TV series. For the Australian TV series, see
The Fast Lane
.
American TV series or program
Fastlane
is an American
action
/
crime drama
television series that was broadcast on
Fox
from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003. On August 14, 2005
G4
began rebroadcasting the complete series.
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Plot summary
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Van Ray and Deaqon Hayes are two mismatched cops teamed together by shady police lieutenant, Wilhelmina "Billie" Chambers, in a secretive undercover division of the
Los Angeles Police Department
. Operating with the motto "Everything we seize, we keep. Everything we keep, we use," their base of operations is the "Candy Store" ? a warehouse containing a fortune in confiscated cars, clothes, weapons and everything else needed to blend into the seedy criminal underworld of
Los Angeles
. Given criminal covers, the officers use all of the resources at their disposal to apprehend dangerous criminals while walking the line between cop and criminal.
Cast
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Main
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Recurring
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Guest appearances
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Over the course of its run,
Fastlane
featured cameos and guest appearances from several known figures, including
Fred Durst
,
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
,
Mischa Barton
,
Jenny McCarthy
,
Krista Allen
,
Jake Busey
,
Bokeem Woodbine
,
Hudson Leick
,
Jaime Pressly
,
George Hamilton
,
Eric Mabius
,
Michelle Forbes
,
Navi Rawat
,
Iggy Pop
,
Naomi Campbell
,
Tommy Lee
,
Terrence Howard
,
Isaac Hayes
, the
Red Elvises
,
Tatyana Ali
,
Natasha Alam
,
Paul Gleason
,
Antonio Fargas
,
Biz Markie
,
Kurupt
,
Treach
and
Ali Landry
. Actor
Randall Park
also appeared on the show.
Series run
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The series consisted of twenty-two episodes, forty-five minutes each, plus an unaired pilot which ended up being very similar to the first episode broadcast. Episodes 13 and 14 ("Defense" and "Offense") form a two-part story, while episodes 21 and 22 ("Dosed" and "Iced") form a two-part story ending on a cliffhanger which sees Billie Chambers kidnapped and forced to do drugs. As the series was canceled at that point due to the high costs of each episode, there is no known resolution.
Each episode cost
Warner Bros. Television
$
2.6 million. The show's hallmarks?unconventional
cinematography
,
pyrotechnics
, guest appearances, licensed soundtracks,
supercars
and other exotic vehicles?were the root cause of the exorbitant production costs.
Cancellation
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After Fox canceled
Firefly
in December 2002,
Fastlane
was
moved from Wednesday nights to Fridays
as a midseason replacement for
Firefly
. The show suffered as a result of this airdate move and never recovered. With high production costs and the
ratings
dropping,
Fastlane
was canceled in March 2003.
Fastlane
gained a cult following especially for the chemistry between the cast, the action scenes, the humor and the direction.
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Episodes
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Home media
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Warner Home Video
released
Fastlane: The Complete Series
on DVD as a six disc set on July 8, 2008 in the Region 1. The soundtrack was significantly altered for the DVD release due to licensing issues.
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Episodes are cropped to be in the
4:3
format rather than the
16:9
widescreen format as they initially appeared on television.
References
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- ^
"Fastlane"
.
G4TV
. Archived from
the original
on March 14, 2006
. Retrieved
October 18,
2021
.
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Ferguson, LaToya (February 18, 2016).
"Fox's flashy Fastlane drove too close to the sun, too soon"
.
The A.V. Club
. Retrieved
October 18,
2021
.
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Ferguson, LaToya (December 6, 2018).
"The Time Has Come To Revive 'Fastlane'
"
.
UPROXX
. Retrieved
October 18,
2021
.
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Fastlane: The Complete Series review, Fastlane: The Complete Series DVD review
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