Melrose Place
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In an elegant Spanish-style apartment building in the trendy Melrose neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse group of 20-somethings have formed a close-knit surrogate family. Sydney Andrews is the landlady, still beautiful at 40, and a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially handsome and rebellious David Breck. Sydney started an affair with David despite her turbulent history with his estranged father, Dr. Michael Mancini. Both father and son learned through experience that Sydney was not above using blackmail to control people. Another tenant, high-powered publicist Ella Simms, once considered Sydney her mentor, but their friendship was destroyed by betrayal, and Sydney threatened to evict Ella and ruin her career. Sydney also played a pivotal role in the career of Auggie Kirkpatrick. After they met at an AA meeting, she became Auggie's sponsor and encouraged his dream to become a chef. Now a successful sous chef at the trendy restaurant Coal, Auggie has been avoiding Sydney since she began drinking again. The other tenants include Lauren Yung, a medical student in desperate need of money to pay her student loans, and Jonah Miller, an aspiring filmmaker who has just proposed to his live-in girlfriend Riley Richmond, a first-grade teacher. The newest tenant, 18-year-old Violet Foster, has just arrived in LA with her own secret connection to Sydney. When a bloody body is found floating in the courtyard pool, David is the leading suspect. However, as the police are soon to discover, almost everyone living at Melrose Place had a reason to want the deceased out of the way.
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- 01
PilotIn the updated version of the popular 1990s series, landlady Sydney Andrews has made herself into the a central figure in the lives of all her tenants, especially David Breck, the son of her ex, Dr. Michael Mancini. Other tenents include publicist Ella Simms; Auggie Kirkpatrick, a sous chef; Lauren Yung, a medical student; and Jonah Miller, an aspiring filmmaker. - 02
NightingaleIn the wake of the murder, the Melrose Place tenants try to go back to a normal routine. Ella learns from her boss that her job may be in danger due to a recent merger. In need of tuition money, Lauren agrees to go out on another date in exchange for money. - 03
GrandJonah becomes enraged when he finds out Riley hasn't told her family that they are engaged. After they fight, Riley turns to Auggie for comfort. Caleb exchanges words with Ella after her director for the music video quits, leading Ella to have Jonah fill in at the last minute. However, the lead singer may be more than Jonah can handle, which puts Ella's job in jeopardy once more. Meanwhile, David accuses Michael of Sydney's murder; Lauren applies to work on Michael's team at the hospital and Violet continues to make her move on Auggie.
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Season01
- S01E01Season's bestPilotSeptember 8, 2009In the updated version of the popular 1990s series, landlady Sydney Andrews has made herself into the a central figure in the lives of all h
- S01E02NightingaleSeptember 15, 2009In the wake of the murder, the Melrose Place tenants try to go back to a normal routine. Ella learns from her boss that her job may be in da
- S01E03GrandSeptember 22, 2009Jonah becomes enraged when he finds out Riley hasn't told her family that they are engaged. After they fight, Riley turns to Auggie for comf
- S01E04
VineSeptember 29, 2009—Jane Mancini, Sydney's sister, arrives in Melrose Place to announce that she's inherited the building from Sydney. She later threatens Ella - S01E05
CanonOctober 6, 2009—As a result of Jane's tip, the police bring Ella in for questioning about Sydney's murder. Lauren is torn between going on a shopping date w - S01E06
ShorelineOctober 13, 2009—A famous fashion designer gives Riley an offer; Lauren panics after running into David after taking a job on a yacht; and Violet tries to se - S01E07
WindsorOctober 20, 2009—Ella and Riley meet the photographer Jo Reynolds at the Anton V photo shoot. To help Riley get in touch with her emotions Jo pressures her i - S01E08
GowerNovember 3, 2009—Riley helps Jonah film a wedding, but the two get into a big fight in the middle of the ceremony. Putting her relationship with Jonah first, - S01E09
OceanNovember 10, 2009—The police issue an arrest warrant for Auggie after learning his blood was on Sydney's murder weapon. - S01E10
CahuengaNovember 17, 2009—The Bitch is back! Heather Locklear returns as Amanda Woodward. Ella and Caleb are stunned when agency owner Amanda Woodward walks into WPK - S01E11
JuneDecember 1, 2009—Amanda moves into Sydney's penthouse while her Bel Air mansion is being built and takes an interest in David. Meanwhile, David and Lauren's - S01E12
San VicenteDecember 8, 2009—Jonah and Riley decide to head to Las Vegas to elope but the day doesn't quite go as planned. Ella arranges a pitch meeting for Jonah with a - S01E13
OrioleMarch 9, 2010Violet asks Auggie to leave town with her. Amanda puts Ella in charge of a lavish party at her house to celebrate the arrival of her billion - S01E14
Stoner CanyonMarch 16, 2010Sexy Drew Pragin moves into Auggie's old apartment and immediately clashes with Lauren. She becomes even more upset when he shows up at the - S01E15
MulhollandMarch 23, 2010Ella is a little overwhelmed by Jonah's constant attention and decides couplehood might not be for her. Lauren succumbs to Dr. Mancini's thr - S01E16
Santa FeMarch 30, 2010Ella discovers someone is embezzling from WPK and framing her for it, she investigates and starts with Jo, who concludes Amanda is up to her - S01E17
SepulvedaApril 6, 2010—David's new role as a restaurant owner is put to the test after he loses some of his wait staff on the day an important food critic has come - S01E18
WilshireApril 13, 2010—Amanda fires Ella from WPK. However, not one to go out without a fight, Ella searches for anything to blackmail Amanda. Unfortunately for on
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