Having spent virtually all of her 15 years enwrapped in a sheltered, pampered existence, Lily Greeley McAllister (
Alison Lohman) was not quite prepared for the emotional jolt attending the suicide of a strange man in the dining room of the Greeley family's luxurious Pasadena home. Lily was equally unprepared for the blasé, unconcerned reactions of the Greeleys to this appalling spectacle. Attempting to find out why the man killed himself and why no one seemed to care all that much, Lily began to methodically unearth a number of unsavory family secrets -- and in the process, put her own future in dire jeopardy.
Mike White of
Dawson's Creek,
Freaks and Geeks, and Chuck and Buck fame was the guiding creative force behind this bizarre weekly blend of
Beverly Hills 90210 and
Dallas, while actress
Diane Keaton helmed the series' pilot episode. Others in the cast included
Natasha Gregson Wagner and
Mark Valley as two branches of the Greeley family tree, and
Dana Delany as Catherine McAllister. The 60-minute
Pasadena debuted September 21, 2001, on the Fox Network. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide