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Season 1 – Wasteland

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Six post-collegiate professionals in New York City bond as they struggle to make sense of pointless jobs and unrequited love. They include former big man on campus Ty, PR person Jesse, and Ty's roommate, Russell.
Wasteland — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Wasteland aspires to voice the anxieties of a generation while only offering unrealistic avatars, making for a moody slog that is pretentious as it is vapid.

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Tom Shales Washington Post 07/16/2019
Writer Kevin Williamson, who's scored on TV with Dawson's Creek and at the movies with Scream and Scream 2, is trying to wring blood from a turnip with this dreadfully self-absorbed series about equally self-absorbed people. Go to Full Review Ray Richmond Variety 07/16/2019
The Wasteland bunch haven't seen puberty in a good while. That they have yet to evolve beyond the sniveling-child stage of life is kinda pathetic, as is their hiding behind incessant petulant anguish, looking fabulous and saying mock-profound stuff. Go to Full Review John Carman San Francisco Chronicle 07/16/2019
Wasteland? Let's scratch the ABC nomenclature and call it by its rightful name: "Below the Waistland." Go to Full Review Kinney Littlefield Orange County Register 10/11/2022
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New ABC drama Wasteland is flat, vapid, poorly written and a vast waste of valuable viewing time. Go to Full Review James Wolcott Vanity Fair 07/16/2019
The urban adrenaline is thinned out however by a cast that is a standard bouquet of pretty things, so generically, unself-consciously hip-young-now that they seem stuck in a revolving door at the Gap. Go to Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 07/16/2019
It certainly doesn't have characters you immediately want to cheer for. Instead it's a wasteland of beautiful people with perfect teeth, each with their own hiccup of a problem. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Sasha Alexander

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Marisa Coughlan

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Rebecca Gayheart

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Eddie Mills

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Dan Montgomery Jr.

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Brad Rowe

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 7, 1999 Pilot Dawnie's former boyfriend surprises her at her 26th birthday party; soap star Russell considers coming out of the closet. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 14, 1999 Empty Pockets Dawnie expects the group to cease relations with Ty, but Russell encourages her to forgive him; Jesse claims to be Jewish to impress a man. Details Episode 3 Airs undefined Indian Summer Sam is assigned to watch the district attorney's 16-year-old daughter; Vandy enters a music contest; Jesse hires Ty as her assistant. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 21, 1999 Double Date Everyone has plans for Friday night: Russell and Ty face a double disaster, Sam and Vince work late, and Dawnie has a date. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 28, 1999 My Ex-Friend's Wedding A wedding reminds the friends of how true love has eluded them. With Sasha Alexander, Marisa Coughlan and Rebecca Gayheart. Details Episode 6 Aired Nov 4, 1999 Best Laid Plans Dawnie's divorced mother pays a visit; Russell can't believe the extent to which a gay colleague goes to conceal his sexual lifestyle. Details Episode 7 Airs undefined Thanks for Nothin' Six college pals support each other through good times and bad. Details Episode 8 Airs undefined Truth or Consequences Ty avoids Dawnie; Cliff interviews Russell; Ty has a party; Sam and Vince share a kiss. Details Episode 9 Airs undefined The Object of My Affection Russell and Cliff cook together; a poetry book that Ty and Dawnie share is missing; Olivia signs divorce papers. Details Episode 10 Airs undefined Great Expectations Dawnie decides to lose her virginity; Coffee Boy and Jesse share intimacy; Russell and Cliff share the New Year together. Details Episode 11 Airs undefined The Morning After Russell walks in on Dawnie and Vandy; Coffee Boy visits Jesse; Ty punches Vandy in the face. Details Episode 12 Airs undefined Defining Moments Vandy and Dawnie feel awkward around each other; Jesse tells Coffee Boy she loves him; Sam breaks up with Vince. Details Episode 13 Airs undefined Death Becomes Us Jesse meets Angelina, Coffee Boy's ex; Vandy's roommate dies; Dawnie works hard on her thesis; Russell crashes Dawnie's computer. Details

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Season Info

Director
Kenny Ortego
Executive Producer
Kevin Williamson, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein, Billy Campbell
Screenwriter
Kevin Arkaunal
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-14 (D)
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 7, 1999