Key West (TV series)

Key West
Created by David Beaird
Starring Denise Crosby
Fisher Stevens
Jennifer Tilly
Brian Thompson
Lara Piper
T.C. Carson
Composer(s) Dan Wool
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Running time 60 minutes
Production company(s) Stonehenge Productions
Viacom Productions
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Release
Original network Fox
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release January 19 (1993-01-19) – June 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)

Key West is an American drama series set in Key West, Florida. Thirteen episodes aired on Fox from January to June 1993. It was created by David Beaird. The show was produced by Viacom Productions (now CBS Television Studios).

Plot

The main character is Seamus O'Neill, played by Fisher Stevens, a factory worker from New Jersey who dreams of being a writer. When he wins the lottery, he uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West to pursue his writing career, where his idol Ernest Hemingway had lived. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. He tries to get a job for The Meteor, a local newspaper, wishing to relive the life of its most famous employee, Ernest Hemingway. This brings him into conflict with the paper's editor, Roosevelt Cole (Ivory Ocean), who remarks "You want to report on the Spanish Civil War?" Eventually Seamus is hired on a probationary period. In a later episode it was revealed Seamus is once again poor as his lottery winnings were seized due to taxation and multiple unpaid debts, and it will be several years before his next annuity check resumes. Seamus then decides to put everything into writing, money worries or not.

In addition to Stevens, Jennifer Tilly, Denise Crosby, and Brian Thompson led the large ensemble cast as the town's high-class prostitute, conservative mayor and eccentric sheriff, respectively.

Characters

Episodes

No. Title Directed by Written by Original air date
1"Pilot"David BeairdDavid BeairdJanuary 19, 1993 (1993-01-19)
2"The Second Day in Heaven"TBATBAJanuary 26, 1993 (1993-01-26)
3"The Great Unknown"Geofrey NottageDavid BeairdFebruary 2, 1993 (1993-02-02)
4"Less Moonlight"Christopher LeitchDavid BeairdFebruary 9, 1993 (1993-02-09)
5"Pieces of a Man"TBATBAFebruary 16, 1993 (1993-02-16)
6"The Greening"TBATBAFebruary 23, 1993 (1993-02-23)
7"Act of God"James A. ContnerMilo BachmannMarch 2, 1993 (1993-03-02)
8"Gimme Shelter"TBATBAMarch 9, 1993 (1993-03-09)
9"Crossroads"TBATBAMarch 16, 1993 (1993-03-16)
10"We the People"TBATBAJune 1, 1993 (1993-06-01)
11"Compadres"TBATBAJune 8, 1993 (1993-06-08)
12"The System"TBATBAJune 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
13"Heavy Metal, Heavy Hearts"TBATBAJune 29, 1993 (1993-06-29)
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