From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Inside
The Inside
The Inside Premise
Rookie FBI Agent Rebecca Locke (Rachel Nichols) joins
the Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit (VCU) after the
death of a previous member. While she proves to be a
brilliant investigator, she has a secret known only to her-
self and the VCU’s mysterious director Virgil "Web" Web-
ster (Peter Coyote): that as a 10-year-old girl, Rebecca
was kidnapped from her home and held captive for 18
months (à la Elizabeth Smart). Astonishingly enough, no
one found and rescued her; she escaped the trauma all by
Genre Crime drama
herself, setting a fire and escaping in the resulting chaos.
Created by • Tim Minear Webster manipulates Rebecca’s experience on each case,
• Howard Gordon using the insight she gained through it to establish the
Starring • Rachel Nichols mindset of the victim—and the criminal.
• Adam Baldwin Another sidebar to the plot is the moral struggle be-
• Katie Finneran tween Webster, who seems willing to use Rebecca’s gift to
• Nelsan Ellis catch the "unsub" at all costs, and Rebecca’s partner Paul
• Jay Harrington
Ryan (Jay Harrington), who views himself as the voice of
• Peter Coyote
conscience in the battle for Rebecca’s soul. Additionally,
Country of United States Webster’s past is very much unknown; viewers are left
origin wondering exactly how much he has in common with the
Language(s) English perpetrators he pursues.
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13 (List of episodes)
Production
Originally produced by Kathryn Bigelow, the original
Production
premise centered around a 23-year-old woman, Rebecca
Executive • Tim Minear Locke (Rachel Nichols), posing as a 16-year-old high
producer(s) • David Nevins school student in order to investigate a drug ring. Peter
• Brian Grazer Facinelli was also attached to star.[2] In September 2004,
• Ron Howard
it was announced that Tim Minear would redevelop the
Running time 44 minutes series as original creators/executive producers Todd
Kessler and Glenn Kessler exited the series. It was also re-
Broadcast
vealed that Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and David Nevins
Original channel Fox would executive produce the series.[3] In December 2004,
Original run June 8, 2005 (2005-06-08) – Facinelli opted out of the series after Minear revamped
July 13, 2005 (2005-07-13) the premise to feature Rebecca Locke as young FBI agent
working for the L.A. bureau’s Violent Crimes Unit.[4]
The Inside is an American crime drama television series Later in December 2004, Jay Harrington was cast, taking
created by Tim Minear and Howard Gordon and pro- over the role from Facinelli; and Adam Baldwin joined
duced by Imagine Television. The Inside follows the work the cast, who worked with Minear on Firefly.[5][6] In May
of the FBI’s Los Angeles Violent Crimes Unit (VCU), a 2005, Fox announced the series would premiere June 8,
division dedicated to investigating particularly danger- 2005, airing Wednesdays at 9:00 pm.[7] Fox aired seven
ous crimes. The Inside initially aired on the Fox Network episodes (although out of production order) before can-
from June 8 to July 13, 2005.[1] Although thirteen episodes celing the series due to low ratings.[8]
were produced, Fox aired only seven episodes before can-
celing the series. All thirteen episodes were subsequently
aired on Britain’s ITV4 in 2006.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Inside
Characters news/2004/04/22/development-update-
april-22-16562/6546/. Retrieved November 18,
• Rebecca Locke (Rachel Nichols) is the rookie field 2010.
agent brought in by Web, who wishes to use her gift [3] "Development Update: September 27-28". The Futon
to his advantage. She is able to put herself in the Critic. September 28, 2004.
shoes of the victims, since she was one herself. This http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/09/
makes her excellent at getting inside the mind of a 28/development-update-september-27-28-16990/
killer. Series creator Minear described her as a 6744/. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
"character with no inside," hence the show’s title.[9] [4] "Development Update: December 6-8". The Futon
With clear trust issues and a lack of a social life, she Critic. December 8, 2004.
slowly grows to like her colleagues more as the http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/12/
series progressed. 08/development-update-december-6-8-17405/
• Danny Love (Adam Baldwin) is an ex-marine who is 6782/. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
blunt and crude, but not without his own morals and [5] "Development Update: December 13-15". The Futon
has a certain rapport with Agent Melody Sim. He Critic. December 15, 2004.
often leads assaults on crime scenes. Originally his http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/12/
name was to be Danny Coulter.[1] 15/development-update-december-13-15-17441/
• Melody Sim (Katie Finneran) is a quick-witted, 6787/. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
intelligent and friendly agent who often mourns her [6] "Development Update: December 27-28". The Futon
lack of social life and shares a friendship with Danny. Critic. December 28, 2004.
• Carter Howard (Nelsan Ellis) is the technological go- http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2004/12/
to guy of the group, making an appearance 28/development-update-december-27-28-17471/
whenever the team need technological expertise. 6792/. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
• Paul Ryan (Jay Harrington) is a young, married agent [7] "FOX Gives ’The Inside’ June Premiere, Wednesday
who Web chose to be his ’conscience’. Idealistic and Slot". The Futon Critic. May 12, 2005.
kind, he sees things in black and white. He is often http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2005/05/
paired up with Agent Locke, which leads him to 12/fox-gives-the-inside-june-premiere-
discover her past secret. On more than one occasion, wednesday-slot-18365/6900/. Retrieved November
he and Web have clashed based on differing 18, 2010.
principles. Originally, his name was to be Paul [8] "Future Crumbling for FOX’s ’The Inside’". The
Fatorre.[1] Futon Critic. July 4, 2005.
• Virgil "Web" Webster (Peter Coyote): The supervisor. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2005/07/
He is not married as far as we can tell. He chose his 04/future-crumbling-for-foxs-the-inside-18647/
squad based on their secrets, their weaknesses and 6938/. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
their strengths. He is known to push his agents to [9] "Tim Minear - "The Inside" Tv Show -
the max, especially Agent Locke, much to the disgust Ifmagazine.com Interview 2". Ifmagazine.com.
of Agent Ryan. He is also known to bend the rules or August 4, 2005. http://www.whedon.info/Tim-
justify actions. Minear-The-Inside-Tv-Show,10631.html. Retrieved
June 27, 2008.
Episodes [10] "A look at the writing on THE INSIDE".
TimMinear.net. June 25, 2006.
The first seven episodes originally aired on Fox between http://www.timminear.net/archives/the_inside/
June 8 and July 13, 2005. The rest of the unaired episodes 000115.html. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
aired on ITV4 in 2006.
Fox aired the episodes out of order. The episode list-
ing below is the correct viewing order, not the airing or- External links
der. Creator Tim Minear posted the correct episode order • The Inside at the Internet Movie Database
on his website.[10] • The Inside at TV.com
• PopGurls’ review of the show, which doubles as an
References appreciation of the Rebecca Locke character
• Part One of an interview with Minear, in which he
[1] ^ "The Inside - Peter Coyote". PeterCoyote.com. discusses the demise of the series
http://www.petercoyote.com/theinside.html. • Part Two of that interview, in which Minear talks
Retrieved November 18, 2010. about plots that audiences will not see because of
[2] "Development Update: April 22". The Futon Critic. cancellation
April 22, 2004. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Inside
# Title Directed by Written by Original air date Production
code
New
1 "New Girl in Tim Minear Story by: Tim Minear & Howard June 8, 1AJW01
Town"
Town Gordon 2005 (2005-06-08)
Teleplay by: Tim Minear
Everything Nice"
2 "Everything Nice Allan Kroeker Jane Espenson June 29, 1AJW02
2005 (2005-06-29)
Old Wounds"
3 "Old Wounds Nick Gomez Mark Fish June 15, 1AJW03
2005 (2005-06-15)
Pre-Filer"
4 "Pre-Filer Dwight Little Rob Pearlstein June 22, 1AJW04
2005 (2005-06-22)
Loneliest
5 "Loneliest Num- James A. Cont- Richard Hatem July 6, 1AJW05
ber"
ber ner 2005 (2005-07-06)
Point Origin"
6 "Point of Origin Marita Grabiak Karine Rosenthal 1AJW06
Thief Hearts"
7 "Thief of Hearts Allan Kroeker Tim Minear & Craig Silverstein July 6, 1AJW07
2005 (2005-07-06)
Declawed"
8 "Declawed Fred Gerber Craig Silverstein July 13, 1AJW08
2005 (2005-07-13)
Aidan"
9 "Aidan Kevin Hooks Jane Espenson & Ahmed Lavalais 1AJW09
Little Lost"
10 "Little Girl Lost Karen Gaviola Tim Minear & Craig Silverstein 1AJW10
The
11 "The Perfect Cou- Vern Gillum Ben Edlund 1AJW11
ple"
ple
Gem"
12 "Gem Kevin Hooks Story by: Bob Hame 1AJW12
Teleplay by: David Fury & Jane
Espenson
Skin Bone"
13 "Skin and Bone Dwight Little Story by: Tim Minear 1AJW13
Teleplay by: Jane Espenson
• Part Three, where Minear speaks on his future
projects, including an Inside DVD
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