SOLO - The Series

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{{Notability|Episode|date=July 2010}}

{{Infobox television
|show_name = '''SOLO The Series'''
|image =
|caption =
|genre = [[Sci-Fi]]/[[Comedy]]
|creator = Jonathan Nail
|director = [[Jorge Urbina]] epidsode 1 & 2<br>Allison Vanore episode 3
|director of photography = P.J. Gaynard
|starring = Jonathan Nail<br>[[Michele Boyd]]<br>Jay Caputo<br>Amol Shah<br>Melissa Dalton
|voices = Jason Burns as PHAL9000
|narrated =
|theme_music_composer = Rob Gokee
|language = [[English language|English]]
|num_seasons = 1
|num_episodes = 3
|list_episodes =
|executive_producer = Jonathan Nail
|producer = Allison Vanore<br>
|production company = Rocket Munkee Productions
|editor = Frank Mohler
|story_editor =
|location = [[Deep Space]]
|runtime = Varies (6-10 minutes)
|network = [http://www.youtube.com/user/WatchSOLO]
|first_aired = {{Start date|2010|7|06}}
|last_aired = present
|website = http://watchsolo.com/
}}

'''''SOLO: The Series''''' is an American [[sci-fi]], [[comedy]] [[web series]] created by and starring Jonathan Nail. The first episode aired on July 6, 2010 on [[YouTube]].<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OitmNg7sffI SOLO: The Series - Episode 1: We're Canceled</ref>

==Description==
The web series tells the saga of a very unlikely reality star, Scott Drizhal (Jonathan Nail), who is sent to [[Mars]] as part of a [[reality series]] created by mega-producer, Jack Spratt (Jay Caputo). 36 days into the launch, the show is canceled. Scott is now stranded in space with only the ship's smart-[...] computer, PHAL9000 (Jason Burns), to keep him company. His wife, Rebecca Drizhal ([[Michele Boyd]]), declares Scott legally dead while Jack's hubris lands him and show into [[Japanese mafia]] infested waters.

==Characters==
*'''Scott Drizhal''' - Played by Jonathan Nail.
*'''PHAL9000''' - Played by Jason Burns.
*'''Becks Drizhal''' - Played by [[Michele Boyd]].
*'''Jack Spratt''' - Played by Jay Caputo.
*'''Ratish Gupta''' - Played by Amol Shah.
*'''Gerry Simon''' - Played by Melissa Dalton.

==Episodes==
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| EpisodeNumber=1.1
| Title=We're Canceled
| DirectedBy=Jorge Urbina
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Nail
| Aux3=6:22
| ShortSummary=Something goes terribly wrong aboard The Artemis and Scott Drizhal awaits his impending doom while the ship's smart-[...] computer, PHAL, sings an uplifting song to soothe Scott's fraying nerves. Show producer, Jack Spratt, sends the now unemployed ground crew running for their lives except for two whom he shanghais into helping him bring Scott home. Jack breaks the bad news to Scott.
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| EpisodeNumber=1.2
| Title=That's the Shits
| DirectedBy=Jorge Urbina
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Nail
| Aux3=5:20
| ShortSummary=GBC Network Exec, Tripp Steves, bullies Scott into believing he will be home soon. Meanwhile, Scott's wife, Becks, deciphers enough of the geek-speak from Ratish and Gerry to learn that her idiot of a husband is stuck in space until his ship makes the round-trip journey to Mars and back. Jack's dirty little secret surfaces when the [[Yakuza]] unexpectedly makes a "business call".
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber=1.3
| Title=Good Grief
| DirectedBy=Allison Vanore
| WrittenBy=Jonathan Nail
| Aux3=5:36
| ShortSummary=Scott suffers from the classic [[Five Stages of Grief]]. Making personal, desperate calls to the [[President of the United States]] and wallowing in his own depression, one might assume he is falling deeper into his own form of space madness. Or is he simply running away? Becks learns that Scott was fired 9 months ago, and the creditors are repossessing her shoes.
}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.watchsolo.com/}}
* {{YouTube|user=watchsolo|''SOLO: The Series''}}
* {{imdb title|1683323}}
*[http://brigwyn.com/2010/06/10/live-blogging-the-premiere-of-solo-the-series/ Live Blogging The Premiere By Eddie Carrington – June 10, 2010]
*[http://blip.tv/file/3792871 BLIP TV The Web.Files #41 – SOLO the Series]
*[http://www.i-newswire.com/solo-the-series-to-launch-online/45882 i-Newswire June 29, 2010]

'''Reviews'''
*[http://news.tubefilter.tv/2010/07/06/solo-the-series-sets-off-seeking-space-laughs/ ‘SOLO: The Series’ Sets Off Seeking Space Laughs]
*[http://laist.com/2010/07/06/web_series_review_solo.php Web Series Review: Solo]
*[http://newteevee.com/2010/07/09/indie-sci-fi-comedy-solo-needs-some-time-to-grow/ Indie Sci-Fi Comedy Solo Needs Some Time to Grow]

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