Glory Days (TV series)
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Glory Days |
| Original title | Glory Days |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2002 |
| length | 44 minutes |
| Episodes | 9 |
| genre | drama |
| idea | Kevin Williamson |
| music | Tricky - Excess |
| First broadcast | January 16, 2002 (USA) on The WB |
| German-language first broadcast |
March 16, 2005 on RTL II |
| occupation | |
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Glory Days , and CSL - Crime Scene Lake Glory or Demo Town , is a US - television series by writer Kevin Williamson , of Dimension / Miramax for US television network The WB was produced. The series, which started as a midseason replacement , was discontinued after only ten (of originally 13) episodes. Nine of the ten episodes were dubbed in German. The German-language first broadcast took place from March to May 2005 on RTL II , in Austria the series was shown from July to September 2005 on ORF . Eddie Cahill , Poppy Montgomery and Jay R. Ferguson play the leading roles in the procedural drama .
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Burned-out author Mike Dolan returns to his hometown called Glory. In his book Glory Days he described his father's accidental death as an assassination attempt. Some residents of his hometown Glory are believed to have been involved in this alleged plot. In the first episode, on his return to the island, he witnesses a murder on the ferry. Little by little, Mike meets old and new friends.
At least one murder happens in every episode, and all of them are solved more or less successfully by Dolan together with the coroner Ellie Sparks and Sheriff Rudy Dunlop ( Whodunit principle). Phenomena that appear paranormal often play a role, but in the end a natural explanation is found for them.
Williamson originally wanted to create Glory Days as a drama, similar to his first big hit series Dawson's Creek , but the TV station wanted to follow the trend of forensic investigative series such as CSI at the time , in order to inspire younger and especially male viewers for the series. Entertainment Weekly described the intended direction of the series as " Northern Exposure- cum- X-Files murder mystery for the MTV crowd".
Names and publications
When broadcast in Germany, the series ran under the title CSL - Crime Scene Lake Glory . The Austrian broadcast took place under the original title Glory Days .
In June 2005, the series was released incompletely as Demontown on DVD , followed by a publication of all previously broadcast episodes under the original title in November.
Soundtrack
The title track is Excess , written by Alanis Morissette and Tricky . The performing artist is Tricky.
Episode guide
| Episode # | German title | Original title | First broadcast | First broadcast (DE) | First broadcast (Ö) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Death on the ferry | Grim Ferrytale (pilot) | January 16, 2002 | March 16, 2005 | 4th July 2005 |
| 2 | Obsessed | The Devil Made Me Do It | January 23, 2002 | March 23, 2005 | July 11, 2005 |
| 3 | the Fortune teller | Miss Fortune Teller | January 30, 2002 | March 30, 2005 | July 18, 2005 |
| 4th | Death, lies and video | Death, Lies and Videotape | February 6, 2002 | April 6, 2005 | July 25, 2005 |
| 5 | The lost ones | The Lost Girls | February 13, 2002 | April 13, 2005 | August 1, 2005 |
| 6th | Rudy under suspicion | Everybody Loves Rudy | February 20, 2002 | April 20, 2005 | August 8, 2005 |
| 7th | Died and hidden | There Goes the Neighborhood | March 11, 2002 | April 27, 2005 | August 15, 2005 |
| 8th | Beauty can be very expensive | No guts, no glory | March 18, 2002 | May 4, 2005 | August 22, 2005 |
| 9 | The bad clown | Clowning Glory | March 25, 2002 | May 11, 2005 | August 29, 2005 |
Web links
- Glory Days in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Glory Days on EPisodeWorld.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Lynette Rice: Kevin Williamson's TV comeback: Glory Days . In: Entertainment Weekly. January 16, 2002, accessed March 14, 2019 .