Series

555

2017 · 1 season · Comedy · Drama

From the minds of Kate Berlant, John Early and Andrew DeYoung, 555 is an anthology miniseries of five short films that unfold in a stark, humid, surreality of Hollywood. These short, cinematic fairy tales are set in tinsel town, where status is everything and the stakes are high. The backdrop is big dreams, and in the foreground, the humiliations of clawing one’s way toward them. Each episode focuses on a fraught relationship between two characters, where ambition prevails over empathy. Among the wildly varied characters: a young Mama Rose type and her mute child, two sensual but ignorant acting students, an agent turned artist by tragedy and his partner who must watch his grotesque fall. Each episode zooms in on characters toiling in different corners of a Hollywood hellscape. Will greed, egotism, ignorance and desire consume them? Or can they escape dark fates by clinging to rare moments of tenderness?

John Early

Cody / Boy / Luke / Background Actor 2 / Josh

Kate Berlant

Lisa / Mom / Stella / Background Actor 1 / Rachel

• Andrew DeYoungExecutive Producer · Editor · Director · Writer
• Dan MillsteinProducer
• Amanda SchulzProducer
• Tim HeideckerExecutive Producer
• Dave KneeboneExecutive Producer
• Eric WareheimExecutive Producer
• Kate BerlantExecutive Producer
• John EarlyExecutive Producer
• Arlene MullerDirector of Photography
• Nicholas KrgovichOriginal Music Composer

First aired

January 1, 2017

Last aired

January 29, 2017

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

5

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy, Drama

• Season 15 episodes · 2017