Windfall

2006
Windfall

Seasons & Episodes

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EP1 Pilot Jun 08, 2006

A group of 20 friends and acquaintances gets together for their regular once-a-month lottery party in the neighborhood. The following morning they each find themselves $20 million richer -- except for one participant who forgot to sign the list. Cameron gets a visit from an old student with odd demands, Damien finds a way to help a girl in need while helping himself, and Sean needs a way to collect the money without revealing who he really is.

EP2 The Getaway Jun 15, 2006

A spontaneous shopping spree in Paris gives Beth and Nina time to spend time with each other without their husbands. Damien throws a big party and Frankie discovers that she's having romantic feelings for him. Zoe helps Sean in devising a plan to get a hold of the money - and to get away from his dangerous past. Kimberly discovers that her son Ethan's school needs help. Finally, a new character comes forth demanding a share of the winnings.

EP3 There and Gone Again Jun 22, 2006

Sunny's claim for a share of the money freezes everyone's winnings, and Nina and Peter find themselves on opposite sides of the battle. Cameron's decision to take care of the baby without consulting Beth puts a strain on their marriage but a near-tragedy makes Beth change her mind. When it looks like Zoe might have skipped town with Sean's money, he finds a surprising - but reluctant - ally in her sister, Tally.

EP4 Running with the Devil Jun 29, 2006

The news on Zoe's disappearance raise the alert level in every house. Sean continues the search for Zoe with the help of her sister, Tally. Cameron and Nina feel drawn together, but they must resist the urge and keep their marriages afloat. The Scaefers decide to get a new house but when a new neighbor invites Peter on an exclusive trip to Mexico, Nina is left alone to deal with the escrow. Frankie feels out of place when her mother takes her to New York, but she is pleasantly surprised to see a familiar face there.

EP5 Money Changers Jul 06, 2006

With Zoe still missing, Sean decides to hire a private investigator who quickly finds some promising leads. Returning home from New York, Frankie finds out that her father has been involved in a shooting and is taken in custody. Peter tries to find investors for the bicycle factory by throwing an extravagant party at their new mansion. Meanwhile, Nina and the girls take care of the injured Sunny, and Damien finds himself torn between two women.

EP6 White Knights Jul 13, 2006

The tragedy of losing Zoe brings Sean and Tally closer together, but things soon get complicated when they learn that Tally will inherit her sister's possessions - including Sean's winnings. Peter is forced to look for a new investor when he clashes with some of the partners over how to run the bicycle factory. Cameron confesses a past mistake to Beth, leaving her wonder whether their marriage is worth saving. Meanwhile, Frankie hangs out with her bodyguard in New York, and with Galina still in custody, Damien snoops around in her stuff looking for clues about her dishonesty.

EP7 Changing Partners Jul 20, 2006

Peter and his new investor Sunny fly off to Europe to sign a big advertising deal for the bicycle factory. When one of their daughters is taken to hospital, Nina is left alone to struggle with two restless kids but she finds comfort in Cameron. Damien must find a way to prevent Galina from getting deported once their divorce is finalized. Meanwhile, Tally and Sean notice that huge sums of money are missing from Zoe's account.

EP8 Answered Prayers Jul 27, 2006

Peter and Sunny throw a party to celebrate the unveiling of the company's new bicycle model. Cameron and Nina look for comfort in each other after being treated coldly by their spouses. While Damien moves back home, Frankie tries to desperate convince her mother to move away from New York. Meanwhile, Sean and Tally are still looking for the truth about Zoe's disappearance, and Beth bumps into Kimberly who gives her some valuable advice.

EP9 The Myth of More Aug 03, 2006

Hardships at the office bring Peter and Sunny closer together when they must deal with the allegations that a biker sponsored by the company has been using illegal drugs. Nina's attraction to Cameron is distracting her ability to make preparations for the kids' school play. Damien and Frankie go on a road trip, and Beth meets a French chef at Maggie's restaurant. Meanwhile, Sean is still looking for clues about Zoe while Tally is ready to give up the search.

EP10 Crash Into You Aug 10, 2006

Sean runs from the law after he and Tally are questioned in connection with Zoe's death. While Nina and Cameron plan for a future together, Peter forces his protégé Colin Evett to make a life-and-death decision about his career. Beth looks into adoption options, and Damien presses Galina to sign the divorce papers.

EP11 Truth Be Told Aug 17, 2006

After Nina and Cameron's affair is revealed, Peter finds himself looking for comfort in Sunny. Sean presses the truth out of Tally. Maggie throws an engagement party for her brother Ramon and his gorgeous fiancée but gets suspicious about her motives for marriage. Damien continues to push forward his divorce from Galina but agrees to help her when he finds she's gotten herself in trouble with a married man.

EP12 Urgent Care Aug 24, 2006

After their night together, Sunny feels close to Peter and reveals a secret. News about their parents' separation hits the Schaefer girls harder than expected. While Damien and Galina try to work out what to do with the baby, Frankie makes a new friend in the hotel owner's cute son. Meanwhile, Sean seeks Maggie's help after being shot, and she agrees to help him in finding incriminating evidence about Tally.

EP13 Priceless Aug 31, 2006

In the series finale, Peter makes a decision about his marriage. Beth receives good news from China, and Cameron begs her for a second chance. Damien finally makes a choice between Galina and Frankie. Frankie, however, gets disturbing news about her father. Sean is released from custody, but Tally not coming clean about Zoe's death creates tension in their relationship. Meanwhile, Kimberly throws her son a birthday party – with some surprising guests.
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Released: 08 June 2006 Canceled
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Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.nbc.com/Windfall
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Windfall is a serial drama television series about a group of people in an unnamed small city who win almost $400,000,000 in a lottvery.

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SnoopyStyle Various friends and neighbors attend a party where people contribute a dollar to play the lottery. Sean Mathers works at a flower shop and hiding as a fugitive. He's invited by his boss Beth Walsh and her husband Cameron who are planning to move away for his new job. Peter and Nina Schaefer seems to have a happy family but she's cheating with Cameron who was her ex. Maggie is an overworked struggling nurse. Teen Damien adds a buck at the convenient store. Nina plays Cameron's birth date which ends up winning $386 million. Addie fights with her husband who she's in the process of divorcing. They have teen daughter Frankie. Struggling single mom Kimberly George delivered a pizza and added the extra dollar. Sean does a deal with lawyer Zoe Reida for her to claim the winnings and split the money. She fears his fake identity, a murder, and creepy Jeremy from his past. Damien is underage and can't collect for another ten months. He decides to marry his father's annoying friend's mail-order Russian bride Galina and move away from his disapproving father. Former student Elisa claims to have a baby with Cameron. Sunny van Hattem claims Kimberly's share threatening to tie up everybody's payout. Zoe goes missing and her sister Tally searches for her.There are way too many characters and everybody has a problem. There is too much going on. It's bad soap and quite frankly whiny. Some of the rich people problems come off as annoying. Some of them are doing down right stupid stuff which gets really frustrating. What's with the baby kidnapping? With so many story lines, it becomes a waste of time waiting to follow the particular characters that one finds appealing. It gets tiresome and got canceled after 13 episodes.
Misshipsg I loved this show.I watched it from the first airing to the end.Even video taped it.I would love to see this show air again with more story lines.The best cast ever.It was the most watchable show on my block that summer,every house on the blocked watched it.I remember having our block meetings,boy we could even get started without discussing Windfall.We loved it,and the cast.Is there anyway that this show could be brought back for a second,third and maybe even forth season.We would love it.We would love everyone responsible this if you could make the possible. Sincerely,Windswept by Windfall,Overbrook,Pa.Community
mdpomroy Remember Luke Perry? Oh come on, course you do. He was in teen drama Beverly Hills 90210 playing a high school kid even thought it was patently obvious that the man was so far into his 30s he was old enough to be some of the students' father. There you go, you can picture him now, well he's back.In fact he's the main draw in this drama that follows 20 lottery winners after they all become notably rich. With US$20million each they head off spending but for each of the characters the win comes with unexpected problems from marital and ethical to legal and criminal. While indulging in the fantasy of instant wealth (there are lots of shopping scenes) it also fulfils the human desire to see rich people have problems too. Lightweight and easygoing it's more soap than heavy primetime material but a nice distraction nevertheless. For Luke Perry, being given another shot at the prime time must have actually been like winning the lottery. But Windfall was cancelled in the first season, although there are 13 episodes to watch which is more than many are permitted these days. Many in America didn't get the chance to see how it all ended as some NBC affiliates screened pre-season football instead of the final episode. Well worth a look but if all this talk of Luke Perry has done is awaken a buzz of 1990s nostalgia then please note that the Beverly Hills 90210 DVD set was released to buy last November. You're excited now aren't you?
liquidcelluloid-1 Network: NBC; Genre: Drama; Content Rating: TV-PG (for some language and suggested sex); Perspective: Contemporary (star range: 1 - 4);Seasons Reviewed: Complete Series (1 season) At a Lottery Party, a group of 20 friends of all different ages and ethnicities - including Lana Parrilla ("Third Watch"), Jason Gedrick ("Boomtown"), Sarah Wynter ("24" hottie with the angry eyes) and Luke Perry - each put a dollar into a pot and, overnight, the numbers hit and they all become millionaires. At first it is great. Who wouldn't want to be a father able to give his kid a carnival in the backyard for his birthday or be able to hop on a first class jet and take an afternoon shopping spree in Paris.But this is a dysfunctional group and there are a few problems from the outset all of which get heightened by the fame and fortune that comes from the lottery. The most compelling story involves Jon Foster ("Life As We Know It"), as a high schooler who cooks up a scheme to emancipate from his ruthless father by marrying a Russian mail-order bride. D.J. Cotrona ("Skin", not "Wonderfalls" but they look alike) plays an ex-con, unable to claim the money on his own for fear of being caught by the feds and tracked down by an old nemesis. He enlists a lawyer, Zoe (Sarah Morris) for help claiming it.Created Laurie McCarthy and Gwendolyn Parker, "Windfall" has such a potentially fun concept it can instantly appeal to everyone. Who hasn't at one time stated that all their problems could be solved by winning the lottery? But soon what began as a fun and entertaining wish fulfillment series takes a sharp left turn into full-on soap opera mode. And not fun sudsy soap stuff, but dark, tiring, endlessly melodramatic stuff.While every other story slowly looses steam the more complicate and convoluted it becomes, it is single-handedly with the Sean/Zoe storyline where the show jumps the shark. The unexpected turn it takes is pretty damn horrifying and effectively jars it out of our fantasy land. The promise that is made in the light-hearted Pilot is not fulfilled; "Windfall" makes for a terrible wish-fulfillment show.Am I wrong to ask that this show be a light-weight wish-fulfillment series? Normally, this is where I would tell someone to meet the show on its level and not demand it be what you want. But we've been down the relationship melodrama road a thousand times before. A married women is secretly in love with another married man. A son angry with his overbearing father runs away and gets in over his head. It's hard to shake the "90210" feel of the show, which ironically comes the least from the appearance of Luke Perry. Perry's character seems to be the only one who enjoys the money and is one of the show's bright spots. The guy is unusually laid back even when learning his wife is in love with another man.What "Windfall" doesn't seem to get is that the wish fulfillment angle is the most original option to take this story. Maybe "Windfall" as a comedy about people misusing and abusing of money and fame (wait, that was pretty much "Arrested Development"). Or maybe just "Windfall" as a more intelligent drama. The age-old hypothetical of choosing between love and money is boiling under the surface here - and the show is unwilling or unable to dig deep to get to it.Why? Might I propose the reason is to fill a TV mandate that demonizes money and fortune in order to play up the importance of the concept of love. Watch any scripted show at any time and more than likely you will see a depiction that money is inherently the root of all evil and love is inherently the source of all happiness. The fact that the money only allows these characters the opportunity to make all their selfish desires come true seems lost on them and muted by the show as one-by-one they seek to solve their problems by giving the money back.Really anything would be better than the slow death-crawl that befalls this series. The show appears bored with itself. The cast appears to all but detest each other. The show is depressing. I'm all for an intelligent, insightful show about the heavy price of fame and fortune, but this will just make you want to chase a bottle of Xanax with a bottle of Jack. "Windfall" just may have sacrificed any chance of pure entertainment to spend an entire series lecturing to us.* ½ / 4