Meadowlands
A married couple and their teenage twins move to Meadowlands, a friendly and seemingly safe suburban town, to start a new life. Here, they will soon realize that secrets and mysteries are plentiful, and past is a difficult thing to bury.
- Metascore61
- 2007-2007
- 1 season
- Showtime Networks
- Drama, Suspense
- TV-MA
A married couple and their teenage twins move to Meadowlands, a friendly and seemingly safe suburban town, to start a new life. Here, they will soon realize that secrets and mysteries are plentiful, and past is a difficult thing to bury.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2007
Episode 1
Pilot
Sun, Jun 17, 2007 46 mins
On the run from their past, Danny and Evelyn Brogan moved their family to Meadowlands, a 21st Century 'suburban paradise.' Disease, drug and crime-free, Meadowlands appears to be a town where all is safe, bubble-wrapped against the slings and arrows of urban life. However, the more the family begin to find out about their surroundings, the less they understand and the greater the paranoia becomes.
Episode 2
Episode #1.2
Sun, Jun 24, 2007 47 mins
Jack, bruised and battered, tells Samantha he wants to leave Meadowlands. Danny glimpses a familiar face and becomes paranoid that someone from their past has tracked them down. Zoe and Jezebel try to find out what Jack did to end up in Meadowlands but when Zoe finds out the horrific truth it only increases Jack's torment.
Episode 3
Episode #1.3
Sun, Jul 1, 2007 49 mins
Danny has to get Mark to help him cover up Jack's murder, but local policeman Wintersgill soon smells a rat. His investigations lead him inexorably towards the Brogans but Danny and Mark managed to stay one step ahead. Evelyn goes to see Meadowlands resident GP Dr. York about her plans to have another baby, and she senses again that he is attracted to her.
Episode 4
Episode #1.4
Sun, Jul 8, 2007 48 mins
Danny is held by Wintersgill, who attempts to abstract a confession from him. But Danny is equal to Wintersgill's interrogation techniques. As a psychological battle develops, we learn about Wintergill's troubled childhood and what brought him to Meadowlands.
Episode 5
Episode #1.5
Sun, Jul 15, 2007 49 mins
Zoe finds Jack's mutilated corpse on the street. Mark and Danny are freaked out---someone has moved the body but who and why? The residents are shocked by the discovery and Danny realizes that Samantha is trying to scare people. Zoe tries to discover the truth.
Episode 6
Episode #1.6
Sun, Jul 22, 2007 49 mins
Danny goes to ask Samantha about Cape Wrath but she is away visiting her dying father, Professor Campbell. Campbell explains to her the Meadowlands experiment and Samantha learns who she really is. Meanwhile, Freddie almost convinces Danny he is losing his mind but he soon confronts Samantha---she confesses what Cape Wrath is, but doesn't tell him everything.
Episode 7
Episode #1.7
Sun, Jul 29, 2007 48 mins
York is tortured by his past and by his feelings for Evelyn. Doing the right thing has got him nowhere and so he gives her an ultimatum---Either she sleeps with him or he tells Danny the truth. Danny doesn't trust Samantha anymore and starts quizzing the other residence for information. Danny reveals his plan---They are all leaving Meadowlands.
Episode 8
Episode #1.8
Sun, Aug 5, 2007 48 mins
Danny makes his plans to leave, but to convince his family to come with him he has to tell them everything. Meanwhile, Mark's involvement with Brenda and Jezebel leads to him discovering what brought them to Meadowlands in the first place. York, Evelyn and Danny have one final confrontation before the whole truth is revealed. His escape plan gets a hand from a most unlikely source.
