Squad 85 is an American comedy series created by Gregory Bonsignore that premiered on November 13, 2012 on Justin Lin's YOMYOMF Network.[1] The series premise establishes that, "In 1985 the Los Angeles Police Department experimented with a secret Time-Travel division, catapulting four of L.A.'s finest 25 years into the future. That future... is NOW!" Wherein four cops from 1985 time travel to present day, meeting their Chief and Bobby a new recruit to form their own police squad. The series satirizes many 1980s Cop tropes as well as other movies and shows.[2]
| Squad 85 | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Gregory Bonsignore |
| Theme music composer | Jeff Bowen |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Justin Lin Gregory Bonsignore |
| Producers | Andrew Beck Reena Dutt Parvesh Cheena |
| Production locations | Hollywood, California Sunset Gower Studios New York City |
| Camera setup | Single-camera |
| Production company | YOMYOMF |
| Original release | |
| Network | YOMYOMF |
| Release | November 13, 2009 – present |
Squad 85 has received acclaim from critics and has gained a cult following. They have finished photography on Series 1.
The Trailer debuted November 5, 2012.[3]
Cast and characters
editThe show focuses on an ensemble of police working out of an old graffiti-tatted L.A. squad house.[4]
The Squad
edit- Bobby "The Rookie" (Christopher Larkin)
- Rusty "The Heartthrob" (Travis Van Winkle)
- Tori "...disguises?" (Ceci Fernandez)
- Bronx "The Muscle" (Gregory Bonsignore)
- Wheels "The Brains" (Milauna Jemai)
- The Chief "Undercover Asian Woman" (Jeff Biehl)
Additional cast
edit- Arch-Villain "Alan" Rickman (Parvesh Cheena)
- The Commissioner (Diedrich Bader)
- Special Needs Nathan (RJ Mitte)
- Luis (Armand Vasquez)
- The Assistant Principal (Rizwan Manji)
- Rogers (Bryan Coffee)
- Macey (Jeff Hiller)
- Rachel (Jen Winters)
- The Reporter (Sonal Shah)
- The Scientist (Danny Pudi)
- The Dancer (Ethan Zachery Scott)
Episodes
edit- Episode 1: Out With the New:[5]
A Police Academy grad is assigned to a top-secret Squad, and is immediately on the case of a new drug ring at Dukakis High.
- Episode 2: It's Not the Work, It's the Stares:[6]
To see the crime scene, the Squad goes undercover, unnecessarily, as call girls... 80′s call girls.
- Episode 3: Special Ops:[7]
The Squad heads back to Dukakis High to interrogate the most surprising of drug dealers (Guest star: RJ Mitte – Breaking Bad).
References and sources
edit- ^ "The YOMYOMF Network - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2024-04-21. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
- ^ "SQUAD 85 Set Visit Report. Justin Lin Produced SQUAD 85 | Collider". www.collider.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20.
- ^ Squad 85 Trailer (Official). Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ "Squad85". Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Squad 85 (Ep 1 of 6). Archived from the original on 2024-05-13. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Squad 85 (Ep 2 of 6). Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ Squad 85 (Ep 3 of 6). Archived from the original on 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2024-05-13 – via www.youtube.com.
Sources
edit- Daniels, Hunter (17 November 2012). "Collider Goes to the Set of SQUAD 85, Justin Lin's Web Series About Time-Traveling Cops from the 1980s". Collider. Archived from the original on 20 November 2012.
- Archived November 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine[dead link]
- "Squad85". Archived from the original on November 10, 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - "The YOMYOMF Network - YouTube". YouTube.
- "Squad 85". IMDb.
- "Watch Squad 85, a Twisted Time Traveling Cop Show Spoof". 15 November 2012.
- Mitsuzuka, Hiko (12 November 2012). "'Squad 85': A Time-Traveling High School Cop Comedy for the YouTube Generation (Part 1)". Hotter in Hollywood. Archived from the original on 26 November 2012.