Key West

A mix of oddball touches and outrageous characters...

1993
Ended
Drama · Comedy
~1h / ep
1 season
7.7/10

Key West was a short-lived 1993 hour long comedy-drama television series set in Key West, Florida. Thirteen episodes aired on Fox between January and June 1993. It was created by David Beaird and Allan Marcil. The show was produced by Viacom Productions. The main character is Seamus O'Neill, played by Fisher Stevens, a factory worker from New Jersey who dreams of being a writer. When he wins the lottery, he uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West to pursue his writing career, Where his idol, Hemingway, had lived. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. He takes a job as a reporter for The Meteor," a local newspaper. In addition to Stevens: Jennifer Tilly, Denise Crosby, and Brian Thompson led the large ensemble cast as the town's high-class prostitute, conservative mayor and eccentric sheriff, respectively.

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E1. Pilot
Jan 19, 1993 · 60m
Lottery winner Seamus O'Neil (Fisher Stevens) quits a dull factory job to become a newspaper writer, a la Hemmingway, in Key West. His first story: a heated mayoral campaign.
E2. The Second Day in Heaven
Jan 26, 1993 · 60m
The good news: Seamus's million-dollar lottery check arrives. The bad news: it's only $32.59 after deductions.
E3. The Great Unknown
Feb 2, 1993 · 60m
Flu-stricken and short-staffed, Seams vows to the paper out if it kills himâ€”and it might; a mysterious, filry stranger captivates Jody; Gumbo faces up to the 10th anniversary of his beloved wife's death.
E4. Less Moonlight
Feb 9, 1993 · 60m
Laurel, the passion of Seamus's life, intends to reclaim him; JoJo wins a "slave" for a day: Chaucy; and Rikki peddles exotic marital aids to island housewives.
E5. Pieces of a Man
Feb 16, 1993 · 60m
Seamus tackles the obituary of an island legend he never met, but whose bequests changes the lives of manyâ€”including Seams, who's entrusted with the care of the old man's ashes.
E6. The Greening
Feb 23, 1993 · 60m
Two ne'er-do-well friends for Seamus's youth want to take him to Africa; a gentlemanly navel officer take Savannah by storm; Chaucy's drinking problem resurfaces.