Fastlane is an American

United States

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 action/crime drama

Police procedural

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 series

Television program

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 that was broadcast on Fox

Fox Broadcasting Company

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 from 2002 to 2003. On August 14, 2005 G4

G4 (TV channel)

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 began rebroadcasting the complete series. After finishing its initial run on the network, Fastlane stopped airing on G4. Fastlane also aired on TVOne sometime around 2006.

Plot summary

Van Ray and Deaqon Hayes are two mismatched cops teamed together by shady vixen

Vixen

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 police lieutenant, Wilhelmina "Billie" Chambers, in a secretive undercover division of the Los Angeles Police Department

Los Angeles Police Department

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. Operating with the motto "Everything we seize, we keep. Everything we keep, we use," their base of operations is the "Candy Store"—a warehouse containing a fortune in confiscated cars, clothes, weapons and everything else needed to blend into the seedy criminal underworld of Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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. Given criminal covers, the officers use all of the resources at their disposal to apprehend dangerous miscreants while walking the line between cop and criminal, in a close relation to the Miami Vice

Miami Vice

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series.

Main cast

• Peter Facinelli
  Peter Facinelli
  Peter Facinelli is an American actor. He became known as the star of Fox's 2002 television series Fastlane. He plays Carlisle Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight series. He is also well known for his role as Mike Dexter in the film Can't Hardly Wait...
  
   as Donovan "Van" Ray
• Bill Bellamy
  Bill Bellamy
  William "Bill" Bellamy is an American actor and stand-up comedian. He currently resides in California. Bellamy first gained national notoriety on HBO's Russell Simmons' Def Comedy Jam, where he is credited for creating or uttering before a televised audience, the phrase "booty call", described as...
  
   as Deaqon "Deaq" Hayes
• Tiffani Thiessen
  Tiffani Thiessen
  Tiffani Thiessen is an American actress best known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell and as Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210. She is also known for her role on Fastlane as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers...
  
   as Wilhemina "Billie" Chambers

Recurring cast

• Jay Mohr
  Jay Mohr
  Jay Mohr is an American actor and stand up comedian. He is known for his role as Professor Rick Payne in the TV series Ghost Whisperer, the title role in the CBS sitcom Gary Unmarried, which ran from 2008 to 2010, and the back-stabbing sports agent Bob Sugar in Jerry Maguire.-Early life:Mohr was...
  
   as Roland Hill
• Mark Famiglietti
  Mark Famiglietti
  -Early life:Famiglietti was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He was raised in Clinton, Connecticut, where frequent family trips to the Goodspeed Opera House sparked his interest in performing...
  
   as Jarod
• Big Boy
  Big Boy (radio host)
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   as Aquarius
• Vondie Curtis-Hall
  Vondie Curtis-Hall
  Vondie Curtis-Hall is an American actor and film director.As an actor, he is best known for his role as Dr. Dennis Hancock on the CBS medical drama Chicago Hope created by David E. Kelley.-Early life:...
  
   as Andre Hayes
• Jennifer Sky
  Jennifer Sky
  Jennifer Sky is an American actress. She is known for her role as Sarah Webber on General Hospital .-Personal life:...
  
   as Cassidy Shaw
• Robert Forster
  Robert Forster
  Robert Forster is an American actor, best known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's Medium Cool, and as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, the latter of which gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.- Early life :Forster was born Robert Wallace...
  
   as Raymond Ray
• Jamie Brown as Sophia Jones
• Bill Duke
  Bill Duke
  William Henry "Bill" Duke, Jr. is an American actor and film director with over 30 years of experience. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke's work frequently dwells within the action/crime and drama genres but also includes comedy.-Early life:Duke was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, the...
  
   as Captain Parish

Guest appearances

Over the course of its run, Fastlane featured cameos and guest appearances from several known figures, including Limp Bizkit

Limp Bizkit

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's Fred Durst

Fred Durst

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, Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

Dale Earnhardt, Jr.

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, Mischa Barton

Mischa Barton

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, Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy

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, Krista Allen

Krista Allen

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, Jake Busey

Jake Busey

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, Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine

Bokeem Woodbine is an American film and television actor.-Personal life:Woodbine was born in Harlem, New York to an actress mother. He attended the prestigious Dalton School in New York before transferring to the also prestigious LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city...

, Hudson Leick

Hudson Leick

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, Jaime Pressly

Jaime Pressly

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, George Hamilton

George Hamilton (actor)

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, Eric Mabius

Eric Mabius

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, Michelle Forbes

Michelle Forbes

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, Navi Rawat

Navi Rawat

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, Iggy Pop

Iggy Pop

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, Naomi Campbell

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, Tommy Lee

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, Terrence Howard

Terrence Howard

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, Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes

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, the Red Elvises

Red Elvises

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, Tatyana Ali

Tatyana Ali

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, Paul Gleason

Paul Gleason

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, Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

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, Biz Markie

Biz Markie

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, Kurupt

Kurupt

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, Treach

Treach

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 and Ali Landry

Ali Landry

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Series run

The series consisted of twenty-two episodes, forty-five minutes each, plus an unaired pilot which ended up being very similar to the first episode broadcasted. Episodes 13 and 14 ("Defense" and "Offense") form a two-part story, while episodes 21 and 22 ("Dosed" and "Iced") form a two-part story ending on a cliffhanger which sees Billie Chambers kidnapped and forced to do drugs. As the series was canceled at that point due to the high costs of each episode, there is no known resolution.

Each episode cost the two studios making it (Warner Bros.

Warner Bros.

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 and Fox

20th Century Fox

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) $2.6 million. The show's hallmarks—unconventional cinematography

Cinematography

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, pyrotechnics

Pyrotechnics

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, guest appearances, licensed soundtracks, supercar

Supercar

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s and other exotic vehicles—were the root cause of the exorbitant production costs. The show was canceled because of these high production costs and the ratings

Nielsen Ratings

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 drop it suffered from being moved from Wednesday nights to Friday nights

Friday night death slot

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Episodes

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DVD release

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video

Warner Home Video is the home video unit of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., itself part of Time Warner. It was founded in 1978 as WCI Home Video . The company launched in the United States with twenty films on VHS and Betamax videocassettes in late 1979...

 released Fastlane: The Complete Series on DVD as a six disc set on July 8, 2008 in the Region 1. The soundtrack was significantly altered for the DVD release due to licensing issues. Episodes are presented in 16:10 rather than 16:9

16:9

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widescreen as they initially appeared on television.