Everwood
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Everwood is a popular prime time television drama which airs in the United States on the on the WB network. It is set in fictional small town of Everwood, Colorado; downtown Everwood is actually filmed in downtown Ogden, Utah.
Everwood is mostly serious drama, with a few comedic moments.
Everwood has received two Emmy nominations: Main Title Theme (2003) written by Blake Neely, and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy (2004) for James Earl Jones role.
Treat Williams received two Screen Actors Guild award nominations (2003 and 2004) for his role as Dr. Andy Brown.
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Plot
Season 1
The series begins with the arrival of Dr. Andrew Brown, a widower who leaves his successful practice in Manhattan to live in a small Colorado town, bringing his 9-year-old daughter Delia and 15-year-old son Ephram with him. He chooses the town of Everwood because his late wife had told him of her emotional attachment to it. Many of the story lines deal with the conflicts of adjusting to a new setting, as well as getting along with new people. Dr. Brown, simply called Andy most of the time, at first finds some animosity towards Dr. Harold Abbott, with whom his professional opinions differ. Ephram continually struggles with his emerging adolescence, his studies as a classical musician, and his new-found love interest in Amy Abbott, Dr. Abbott's daughter.
Amy sees the arrival of Dr. Brown as an opportunity. Her boyfriend, Colin Hart, had been in a coma after an accident he had over the summer. Amy befriends Ephram in an effort to convince Dr. Brown to revive his brain surgery skills to save Colin. Dr. Brown reluctantly agrees and soon, Colin is awake and back at home.
All is not well, however. Colin has lost most of his memory, including his memory of Amy. Colin befriends Ephram since Ephram is the only person who dosn't have a preconceived notion of him. Amy, meanwhile, struggles with emerging feelings for Ephram and Ephram has a brief fling with Colin's sister, Laynie.
Soon, Colin begins acting out emotionally and, after losing his friendships with Ephram and Amy's brother, Bright, he collapses. It is learned there are complications from the first surgery. Dr. Brown attempts to operate again but is not able to save Colin's life.
Season 2
Season 2 finds Amy continually struggling with the death of Colin, her teen angst, bouts of depressed mood, and a new drug-dealing boyfriend, Tommy. Continued squabbling with her parents forces her to move in with her grandmother, Edna.
Meanwhile, Andy finds a new love interest in Dr. Linda Abbott, Harold's sister. Ephram, meanwhile, found love with Madison Kellner, a 20-year-old college student Andy has hired to babysit Delia.
The second season has several plot developments. A scandal at Dr. Abbott's office occurs when it is discovered that Linda Abbott is HIV positive. As a result, Harold loses his liability insurance coverage, and Linda quits her holistic health practice and leaves town, also ending her romance with Andy. Harold tries to open a new bagel shop, but meets with failure. Andy then invites him as a partner, since Andy's insurance would cover Harold's practice. Harold reluctantly agrees.
Ephram continues his on-again, off-again relationship with older Madison. Finally she breaks up with him for the last time and quits her job as a babysitter for the Browns. She later confesses to Andy that she is pregnant with Ephram's child. Andy tells her he will pay all her expenses if she agrees to keep the pregnancy a secret from Ephram. Ephram begins to seriously date Amy, who is now living at home again. But tension ensues when he leaves for the summer to study music at Juilliard.
Season 3
The third season opens with Dr. Brown receiving a letter from Madison cutting off all ties with him. It is revealed that she has moved to Denver but has not revealed whether she decided to keep the baby or have an abortion. Dr. Brown contemplates telling Ephram about the pregnancy but Dr. Abbott convinces him not to, for the sake of both Ephram and Amy.
The third season also sees the arrival of a new, younger doctor named Jake Hartman, whom neither Harold nor Andy like very much. He takes up residence in Dr. Abbott's former office. Ephram returns from his summer classes at Juilliard with the disappointing news that he did not make high marks. Amy and Ephram, now in their high school senior year, befriend a new girl named Hannah, who was having difficulty overcoming her shyness. She moves in with Andy's neighbor, Nina. Hannah reveals that her father suffers from late-stage Huntington's Disease and this is the reason she left home. With the support of Amy, Ephram, Bright, and Dr. Abbot, Hannah is tested for Huntington's Disease herself and finds that she doesn't have the incurable disease. Meanwhile, Nina comes to terms with the fact she has feelings for Andy as she begins a romantic relationship with Jake.
Dr. Brown also decides to help a patient, John Hayes, to recover from serious mental incapacitation caused by a stroke. Meanwhile, Dr. Brown finds himself drawn to John's wife, Amanda, and realizes he may be developing feelings for her. He and Amanda become romantically involved until Amanda's husband John unexplainably recovers from his stroke.
Ephram is granted an interview with The Juilliard School in New York City, where he serendipitously meets Madison. Dr. Brown accompanies Ephram on the trip to New York City and attempts to reconcile with Madison and to urge her to tell Ephram the truth about her pregnancy. She eventually meets Ephram in a coffee shop and tells him the whole story, including Andy's knowledge of it. The baby has been put up for adoption with parents living in Marin, California. Ephram is angry with his father for keeping the secret, and forfeits his Juilliard audition. Back in Everwood, Amy reluctantly agrees to help Ephram locate the baby and the adoptive parents, but the matter soon drives a wedge into their relationship and they break up.
Harold's wife, Rose, is diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on her spine and must undergo chemotherapy, which proves to be initially unsuccessful. With some reluctance, Dr. Brown agrees to do the surgery to remove the tumor. Harold is incensed, until after the operation appears to be a success and Rose slowly recovers.
Ephram, still disillusioned from his recent experiences with his father and Madison, decides to quit his studies altogether and move to Europe. He sells his piano and all related equipment to pay for an airline ticket to London. Meanwhile, Amy graduates from high school.
Jake and Nina agree to move in together and start a new restaurant business, purchasing the coffee shop where Nina worked as a waitress until the owner sold the building. Jakes vows to cut all ties to his former Los Angeles residence and lifestyle, mainly because his income in Everwood is dramatically less.
Season 3 ends with Hannah getting a boyfriend for the first time, but she decides to break up with him because there is no chemistry. Andy considers taking a job as a surgeon in Chicago, but Rose and the others persuade him to stay in Everwood. Bright decides he really wants to date Hannah, who is thrilled to begin a relationship with him. Amy decides to defer, to a later time, her first semester at Princeton, so that she can help take care of her mother while she convalesces. Andy, alone with Nina, confesses his true feelings for her and proposes a serious relationship, despite Jake being in the way.
Cast
- Main Cast
- Dr. Andrew Brown, played by Treat Williams
- Ephram Brown, played by Gregory Smith
- Amy Abbott, played by Emily VanCamp
- Nurse Edna Harper, played by Debra Mooney
- Irv Harper, played by John Beasley
- Delia Brown, played by Vivien Cardone
- Bright Abbott, played by Chris Pratt
- Nina Feeny, played by Stephanie Niznik
- Mayor Rose Abbott, played by Merrilyn Gann
- Dr. Harold Abbott, played by Tom Amandes
- Season 2 (as "also starring")
- Laynie Hart, played by Nora Zehetner
- Madison Kellner, played by Sarah Lancaster
- Dr. Linda Abbott, played by Marcia Cross
- Season 3 (as "also starring")
- Dr. Jake Hartman, played by Scott Wolf
- Hannah, played by Sarah Drew
- Amanda Hayes, played by Anne Heche
- Recurring Characters
- Colin Hart, played by Mike Erwin (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Brenda Baxworth, played by Lee Garlington
- Sam Feeny, played by Ryan Armstrong (Seasons 1 & 2)/Ben Hammond (Season 3)
- Julia Brown, played by Brenda Strong
- James Hart, played by Michael Flynn (actor)
- Louise, played by Jan Felt
- Will Cleveland, played by James Earl Jones(seasons 2 & 3)
- Brittany Clark, played by Whitney Lee
External links
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- The WB's Official Everwood Site (http://www.thewb.com/Shows/Show/0,7353,%7c%7c1005,00.html)
- Everwood's Official Site (http://www2.warnerbros.com/everwood/)fr:Everwood