South Beach

Name: South Beach
Genre: Drama
Released: January 11, 2006
Rating: 29
Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Lee Thompson Young, Vanessa Williams, Marcus Coloma, Odette Yustman

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UPN | Release Date: January 11, 2006

Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Lee Thompson Young, Vanessa Williams, Marcus Coloma, Odette Yustman, Chris J. Johnson

Summary: South Beach is centered on two best friends, Vince and Matt, who left their lives in Brooklyn behind and moved to the beautiful South Beach in hopes of finding a better future. Matt meets up with his fashion model ex-girlfriend Ariel, who has a new boyfriend Alex, the manager of the nightclub Nocturnal. Alex's mother Elizabeth ownsSouth Beach is centered on two best friends, Vince and Matt, who left their lives in Brooklyn behind and moved to the beautiful South Beach in hopes of finding a better future. Matt meets up with his fashion model ex-girlfriend Ariel, who has a new boyfriend Alex, the manager of the nightclub Nocturnal. Alex's mother Elizabeth owns Nocturnal, along with an adjoining hotel named Hotel Soleil, and quickly hires Matt to work for her. Matt has trouble getting along with Alex, and both Matt and Ariel can't seem to settle on just being friends as feelings from their past relationship keep getting in the way. Matt eventually hooks up with Maggie, a waitress at the hotel and bartender at the nightclub, but things still seem to be tense when Matt and Ariel are together.
Meanwhile, Vincent gains the trust of Fuentes, a powerful player in South Beach's shady underworld, and is offered a job with him. Vincent carries out some pretty odd tasks for Fuentes and gets put in some very intense situations while working for him. He also finds Brianna, a model friend of Ariel, who he believes might be "the one" and sets his sights on her, eventually hooking up with her and beginning a meaningful relationship.
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Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E8. It Looked LIke Somebody's Nightmare
Air Date: February 22, 2006
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S1:E7. The S.B.
Air Date: February 15, 2006
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S1:E6. I'll Do What I Wanna Do
Air Date: February 8, 2006

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Doug Elfman

Season 1 Review: "South Beach" isn't the terrible waste of viewing time a cynic might expect. But it is a conventionally drawn, sudsy soap. Read full review

Robert Abele

Season 1 Review: Serious about its silliness, this show grasps the concept of prime time as vacation time. Read full review

David Hinckley

Season 1 Review: This latest attempt at a series with glamorous young people frolicking at an even more glamorous resort doesn't demonstrate significantly more depth than its unsuccessful predecessors. Read full review

Melanie McFarland

Season 1 Review: "South Beach" could fall into guilty pleasure territory, but it really is as corny as it sounds. Read full review

Glenn Garvin

Season 1 Review: Maybe the best way to explain UPN's new drama South Beach is to tell you that when Vanessa Williams warns a young model that ''South Beach will eat you alive,'' I fully expected the next scene to be a horde of zombie parking attendants chewing the entrails of half-naked girls in the lobby of the Delano. Cannibalism is about the only thing missing from this delirious new trashfest of hard bodies and soft brains. Read full review

Tim Goodman

Season 1 Review: It's pointless to talk about who "stars" in this bloated music video, but the agents for both Vanessa Williams and Giancarlo Esposito need to be fired, summarily. Read full review

Tom Shales

Season 1 Review: A preposterous and pretentious drama series.... Fortunately, there is a way out: your channel-changing remote, wondrous transport to that blessed refuge known as Anywhere Else. Read full review

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: January 11, 2006
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  S1:E8. It Looked LIke Somebody's Nightmare
  Air Date: February 22, 2006
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  S1:E7. The S.B.
  Air Date: February 15, 2006
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  S1:E6. I'll Do What I Wanna Do
  Air Date: February 8, 2006
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  S1:E5. Who Do You Trust
  Air Date: February 1, 2006
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  S1:E4. Every Day Above Ground is a Good Day
  Air Date: January 25, 2006
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  S1:E3. I Want What's Coming to Me
  Air Date: January 18, 2006
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  S1:E2. I'm Not Your Baby
  Air Date: January 11, 2006
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  S1:E1. I Always Tell the Truth Even When I Lie
  Air Date: January 11, 2006