Halfway Home (TV series)

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Halfway Home
The cast of Halfway Home. Counterclockwise: Kevin Ruf, Jordan Black, Jessica Makinson, Octavia Spencer, Regan Burns, and Oscar Nunez
Format	Comedy
Created by	Oscar Nunez
Starring	Jordan Black Regan Burns Jessica Makinson Oscar Nunez Octavia Spencer Kevin Ruf
Country of origin	USA
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	10
Production
Executive producer(s)	Damon Jones Jay Martel Oscar Nunez Kevin Ruf
Camera setup	Single-Camera setup
Running time	30 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	Comedy Central
Original run	March 14, 2007 – May 16, 2007
External links
Official website
IMDb profile
TV.com summary

Halfway Home was a comedy series that aired from March 14 to May 16, 2007, 10 episodes total, at 10:30 p.m. on Comedy Central. [1] On its official website, Halfway Home is described as an "improvised half-hour show featuring the daily exploits of five ex-cons living together in a residential rehab facility" (the fictional Crenshaw Halfway House, in Los Angeles, California). On June 20, 2007, costar Regan Burns had confirmed that the show had been cancelled.^[1]

1 Characters
2 Episodes
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Characters

[edit] Carly Barzac

Carly Barzac (played by Jessica Makinson) is an ex-convict for drug trafficking. She has a bad relationship with her parents (they screen her calls), and had to hire actors to pretend to be her parents on Parent's Day.^[2] She has also set the world record for pogo-sticking.^[3]

Carly's years of drug use have severely hindered her cognitive abilities, leaving her ditzy and according to an online Intelligence test "mildly retarded." When she goes sober her IQ skyrockets which led to her gaining the highest score on the GED test ever in the state of California; unfortunately this also leaves her irritable and violent to the point where giving her more pot becomes the only option.

[edit] Kenny Carlyle

Kenny Carlyle (played by Kevin Ruf) is the house supervisor. He is the stereotypical sensitive counselor who still enforces the rules, while being known to break them on occasion. He has "no formal training regarding rehabilitation or psychology."^[4] He has apparently been working at the Crenshaw Halfway House for fifteen years.^[5] Kenny hopes to pursue a musical career but lacks the talent. ^[6]

[edit] Serenity Johnson

Serenity Johnson (played by Octavia Spencer) is an ex-convict for armed robbery. She is very aggressive and hostile, threatening other housemates with violence, no matter what terms she is on with them. She has a troubled relationship with her mother, a beautician.^[2] She had aspirations of fame when she was interviewed for a television show about criminals, only to later discover the show was "America's Stupidest Criminals."^[7]

[edit] Eulogio Pla

Eulogio Pla (played by Oscar Nunez) was convicted for prostitution, described as "[using] sex to get what he wants." According to his father, he comes from a very long line of prostitutes, and is the only one in the family to have been arrested, a fact his father is deeply ashamed of.^[2] Eulogio seems to have some skills as a beautician when he fixes Carly's hair after Alan burns half of it off and gives Hubble (Del's delinquent nephew) a makeover.^[8]

[edit] Alan Shepard

Alan Shepard (played by Regan Burns) is an ex-convict for arson, described as "the house narc who has an uncontrollable obsession with fire".

Alan married a woman after she lied and told him she was pregnant (she didn't become pregnant until two years after they had been married). They have five daughters, though according to him his "relationship with all of them is somewhat stressed at the moment, but you try living in a house with 6 females, all of whom constantly put you down as a man. Always belittling every thing about you including the size of your penis. I hate when they visit."^[9]

Shepard has been shown to have many bigoted beliefs (once stating, "I normally don't have anything against the gays and the dark skinned peoples of the world, but I don't want to live with them. And by live with them, I mean share the same zip code."^[9]), which stem from his intolerant father.^[2] At times, though, he will try to get along with the other housemates, to varying degrees of success.

He considers Kenny to be his best friend and thinks of himself as Kenny's second in command.^[9]

[edit] Sebastian "C-Bass" Yates

Sebastian "C-Bass" Yates (played by Jordan Black) is an ex-convict for internet fraud. A computer hacker and a Muslim described as a "wanna-be terrorist who's really just a rich kid from Calabasas." He comes from a wealthy family and misses being in the accelerated Computer Sciences program at Pepperdine University in Malibu. He enjoys patronizing "white dudes" and fighting for black rights (though he complains more than taking any action). He is on the rape list at prison^[10] and was suspected of being a virgin upon entering prison. ^[8]

[edit] Episodes

Episodes are listed in the order of the date they aired, which does not necessarily coincide with the order in which they were produced (as indicated by the production codes listed).

Title	Original Airdate	Production Code	#
Halfway Narc	March 14, 2007	101	1
Alan smells something suspicious in the middle of the night and Kenny forces the residents to take drug tests. C-Bass attempts to exact revenge on Alan by martyring himself.
Halfway Impotent	March 21, 2007	103	2
C-Bass suspects that the Bureau of Prisons is responsible for his erectile dysfunction. Carly goes for a world record in pogo-sticking.
Halfway Hot	March 28, 2007	102	3
When a heat wave hits, the residents battle Kenny for access to air-conditioning. Carly develops a quixotic crush on Eulogio.
Halfway Parent's Day	April 4, 2007	108	4
Kenny invites the residents' parents to the house for some family bonding. The residents struggle to make up for years of dysfunction in a single day.
Halfway Camping	April 11, 2007	110	5
The residents embark on a trip into the wilderness. When Kenny leaves them on their own as part of a self-reliance exercise, they quickly panic and turn on each other.
Halfway New Guy	April 18, 2007	104	6
The residents fall back on prison rules to haze a new resident (Dax Shepard) — or "fish" — into submission. Kenny's musical ambitions are thwarted at an open-mike night.
Halfway Scared	April 25, 2007	106	7
The residents are asked to "scare straight" a mammoth-sized juvenile delinquent. Alan incinerates Carly's hair in an ear-candling accident.
Halfway High School	May 2, 2007	105	8
When Kenny convinces the residents to take the GED, Carly discovers that her chronic marijuana use has wreaked havoc on her cognitive abilities.
Halfway Working	May 9, 2007	107	9
Kenny forces the residents to seek employment at a shopping mall, where minimum-wage jobs prove more challenging than expected. Rats infest Crenshaw House.
Halfway Innocent	May 16, 2007	109	10
Season finale. Alan's wife (Mary Scheer) hires a high-powered attorney to exonerate her husband. Eulogio meets one of his former customers, who hasn't gotten over their sexual encounter.