Fastlane (TV series)
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This article is about the American TV series. For the Australian TV series, see The Fast Lane.
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.[1]
| Fastlane | |
|---|---|
 Promotional image: Facinelli, Thiessen, and Bellamy (from left to right) | |
| Created by | McG John McNamara |
| Starring | Peter Facinelli Bill Bellamy Tiffani Thiessen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of episodes | 22 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 44 minutes |
| Production companies | McNamara Paper Products Wonderland Sound and Vision Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | September 18, 2002 – April 25, 2003 |
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.
- Peter Facinelli as Donovan "Van" Ray
- Bill Bellamy as Deaqon "Deaq" Hayes
- Tiffani Thiessen as Wilhemina "Billie" Chambers
- Jay Mohr as Roland Hill
- Mark Famiglietti as Jarod
- Big Boy as Aquarius
- Vondie Curtis-Hall as Andre Hayes
- Jennifer Sky as Cassidy Shaw
- Robert Forster as Raymond Ray
- Jamie Brown as Sophia Jones
- Bill Duke as Captain Parish
- Lamont Johnson as Wisdom Bailey
Fastlane gained a cult following especially for the chemistry between the cast, the action scenes, the humor and the direction.[2][3]
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.[4] Episodes are cropped to be in the 4:3 format rather than the 16:9 widescreen format as they initially appeared on television.
- ^ "Fastlane". G4TV. Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ferguson, LaToya (December 6, 2018). "The Time Has Come To Revive 'Fastlane'". UPROXX. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
- ^ Fastlane: The Complete Series review, Fastlane: The Complete Series DVD review