"October Road." (2007) TV series 2007-2008

Creators:

Josh Appelbaum
André Nemec
Scott Rosenberg

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Plot:

An author returns to his hometown to face the people whom he based his book on.

Plot Keywords:

Hometown | Friendship Between Men | High School Friends | Brotherly Love | Title Ends With Period

Awards:

1 win & 4 nominations

Cast

Bryan Greenberg	...	Nick Garrett (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Laura Prepon	...	Hannah Daniels (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Brad William Henke	...	Owen Rowan (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Geoff Stults	...	Eddie Latekka / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jay Paulson	...	Physical Phil (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Tom Berenger	...	The Commander / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Evan Jones	...	Ikey (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Warren Christie	...	Ray 'Big Cat' Cataldo / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Slade Pearce	...	Sam / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Odette Yustman	...	Aubrey (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Rebecca Field	...	Janet / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Jonathan Murphy	...	Ronnie / ... (19 episodes, 2007-2008)
Lindy Booth	...	Pizza Girl (17 episodes, 2007-2008)
Elizabeth Bogush	...	Alison Rowan (12 episodes, 2007-2008)
Penny Johnson	...	Dean Etwood / ... (10 episodes, 2007-2008)

Runtime:

43 min (19 episodes)

Filming Locations:

Candler Park, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Touchstone Television

Trivia:

October Road is set in the fictional town of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. The show was co-created by Scott Rosenberg, who wrote the movie Beautiful Girls (1996), which was set in a town of the same name. The show is said to be based in part on the reactions of Rosenberg's own Massachusetts hometown to the way it was depicted in the 1996 movie.

Refreshing

WRT schoeny99's comments, I have to disagree with the music thing. But, it's entirely relative to personal experience. I am pretty much the same age as the characters and I loved Kurt Cobain and Nirvana - yet my vinyl collection includes Boston, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, etc. Most of my friends and I thrived on classic rock. But I recognize not everyone does that and some only listen to Top 40 pop and rock...so not understanding the mixture of Kurt Cobain and Boston would make sense.

My high school friends and I were remarkably similar to the October Road group and I think that cast-wise, this show's great. There's always the people who leave town to make something of themselves and have an awkward return. There are those who never leave town...some get married, some don't...some hold grudges, some don't...you get the idea.

Compared to a lot of other shows on television, October Road is a bit more realistic (not completely, as prime time television is rarely a mirror of reality) and I'm enjoying the direction it's taking. Looking forward to see where it goes...