Blue (web series)

Blue is an American drama web series created by Rodrigo García and starring Julia Stiles. The pilot episode aired on June 11, 2012. It originally aired on the WIGS channel on YouTube but eventually streamed on Hulu, Fox.com, and WIGS' own website for its third season, which takes the form of four long-form episodes lasting 40–60 minutes rather than the shorter episodes of the first two seasons.[1][2]

Blue
Genre
Created byRodrigo García
Written byRodrigo García
Directed byRodrigo García
Starring
ComposersThomas Newman (main and end title themes)
Jacob Yoffee
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes42 (web)
10 (compilations) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
Cinematography
Editors
Running time42 minutes
Production companies
  • WIGS
  • Vixen Studios LLC
Distributor
Release
Original networkWIGS
Original releaseJune 11, 2012 (2012-06-11) –
2015 (2015)
External links
Official website

Since its release, Blue has garnered several accolades, including a Satellite Award nomination in 2013, Art Directors Guild Award nomination for Production Design - (Myers) in 2014, and three IAWTV Awards, for Best Director – Drama (García) in 2014 and Best Actress – Drama (Stiles) in 2013 and 2014.[3]

Plot

Blue (Julia Stiles) is a mother with a secret life as a sex worker. She’ll do anything to keep it from her son Josh (Uriah Shelton). But her past has other plans.

Cast

Main
Actor Character Episodes Seasons
1 2 3
Julia Stiles Blue 40 Main
Uriah Shelton Josh 24 Main

Others

Television broadcasts

For television broadcast the series has been edited into 10 hour-long episodes (with the first six made up of compilations of the short-form shows), and airs on Lifetime's international channels (including the UK and Africa).[4] The dates below correspond to their first airdates in Britain. The series premiered in the United States on LMN on July 8, 2016 under the title Blue: A Secret Life.[5]

Each compilation is named after a line of dialogue. The webisodes are not all used in the order they were shown online. Julia Stiles does not appear in webisodes marked with an asterisk. In the United States, LMN aired the contents of the third season over five compilation episodes titled "Call Me Francine", "Take Off Your Clothes", "A History of Anxiety", "Your Favorite Client", and "Choices".

Episode Webisodes Episode title Webisode titles Directed by Written by Broadcast date
1 Season 1, ep.1–6 "Blue Rules" "Mom"
"Son"
"You Rule"
"Long Day, Blue?"
"You're Good"
"Jack The Ripper"		 Rodrigo García Rodrigo García March 2, 2015
2 Season 1, ep. 7–12 "When Have I Lied To You?" "Paying For Sex"
"A Decent Girl"
"That's My Drug"
"Star Student"
"You Lie To Me Too"
"Give An Old Man A Break"		 Rodrigo García Rodrigo García March 9, 2015
3 Season 2, ep. 1–7 "Who Raises A Child Like This?" "See And Be Seen"
"What Kind Of A Name Is Blue?"
"It's Just A Crutch"
"Everything Is A Test"
"How Do You Do?"
"Glue And Lubricant"
"Wow, Wow, Wow"		 Rodrigo García Rodrigo García
and Karen Graci		 March 16, 2015
4 Season 2, ep. 8–13, 15 "We Were In Love" "On My Own"
"The Truth Hurts"
"A Man's Permission"
"Make Yourself At Home"
"Old Habits Die Hard"
"Doubling The Equation"*
"In The Running"		 Rodrigo García Rodrigo García
and Karen Graci		 March 23, 2015
5 Season 2, ep. 21, 16–20 "Good Looking Boy" "Savages"
"Hard Time"
"The Details"
"You're Not A Freak, Are You?"
"Getting To The Point"
"I'm Not A Stalker"		 Rodrigo García Rodrigo García
and Karen Graci		 March 30, 2015
6 Season 2, ep. 14, 22–26 "Where Were You, Mom?" "Are You Clean?"
"Role Play"*
"Winning With"
"A Straight Answer"
"Choices Add Up"
"Where Were You?"		 Rodrigo García Rodrigo García
and Karen Graci		 April 6, 2015
7 Season 3, episode 1 "Call Me Francine" Rodrigo García Rodrigo García April 13, 2015
8 Season 3, episode 2 "Planets Colliding" Rodrigo García Rodrigo García
and Karen Graci		 April 20, 2015
9 Season 3, episode 3 "A History Of Anxiety" Rodrigo García Rodrigo García April 27, 2015
10 Season 3, episode 4 "Make Me Feel Good" Rodrigo García Rodrigo García
and Karen Graci		 May 4, 2015

Awards and nominations
Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result
2013 Satellite Awards Best Original Short-Format Program Blue Nominated
2014 Art Directors Guild Short Format, Live Action Series Rachel Myers, Philip Toolin, Kurt Meisenbach (Episode: "The Truth Hurts") Nominated
IAWTV Awards Best Director – Drama Rodrigo García Won
Best Female Performance – Drama Julia Stiles Won

References
  1. Todd Spangler (March 18, 2014). "WIGS 'Blue' Season 3 Starring Julia Stiles Coming to Hulu and Fox.com — Not YouTube". Variety. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  2. Mike Hale (March 28, 2014). "A Side Job Goes Well. Too Well? 'Blue,' With Julia Stiles, Is Back for a New Season". The New York Times. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. "IAWTV Awards - Past Winners". International Academy of Web Television. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  4. "Lifetime deal for Julia Stiles' Blue". TBI Vision. February 2, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  5. "LMN Debuts Drama Series "Blue: A Secret Life," Starring Julia Stiles on July 8" (Press release). LMN. June 29, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2016 – via The Futon Critic.
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