Is anybody else watching October Road?

Question

I've gotten completely sucked into that show, I'd like to see a show of hands of who's watching it, becuz i don't want to get my hopes up if it's gonna get cancelled!

It's about a guy who returns home to his small town after taking of 10 years prior. He wrote a best seller while he was gone based on his life there, and kind of ridiculed his hometown. It's just the story of him trying to reconnect with friends and family that he left behind. it's pretty good tho, the characters are very diverse, the drama's pretty good. Reminds me of the show ED a little bit, but on a younger scale.

I LOVED reunion too!!!! STUPID networks and Invasion, but that was just cuz i'm obsessed with Eddie Cibrian.
I do think he's Sam's dad, but after last night it's clear it will be a LONG time before that comes out.

Janet didn't say she thought Eddie was the father, she asked Eddie if he thought Nick was the father.

Answer 1

I was thinking the same thing last night at the end of the show when they said next week was the season finale. There have only been 4 or 5 shows, and I too, have been completely sucked in by it!! I love the vast array of characters, and what is going on in their lives!!!


Can you ever really go home again?

That's the question that confronts acclaimed novelist Nick Garrett when he returns home after being away for ten years. Once back home on October Road, he quickly discovers that the circle of friends whose teenaged lives he wrote about have since settled into blue collar careers and started families.

Nick became a New York literary success by writing about those early years, and he had Hollywood heavyweights lining up for roles. With his editor putting pressure on him for a follow-up, he finds himself at a crossroads... and with serious writer's block.

Then comes an offer to teach a one-day course at Dufresne College, the small liberal arts school in his hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. Hoping to tap back into that which initially inspired him, he decides to head back.

Nick has had no contact with his family or the close-knit group of friends he said goodbye to shortly after high school graduation. He burned that connection when he used them as characters in his successful novel and, in the process, cast their lives in a less than flattering light. Consequently, the hometown response to his return is less than festive.

Nick's friends include best friend Eddie Latekka, who is disappointed that Nick abandoned their dream of starting a business together; there's also the good-hearted and straightforward Owen Rowan, whose family life appears the picture of perfection; the well-meaning but sometimes obnoxious Ikey; and Physical Phil, a lovable recluse since 9/11 who has adapted to living his life indoors.

Before he left town, Nick told his high school girlfriend, Hannah Daniels, that he'd be back in six weeks. Now ten years later, the jilted but never-married Hannah has decided to forget Nick's unfulfilled promise and moved on with her life. She is a single mom raising her nine-year-old son, the bright and charming Sam. Hannah is involved with Ray "Big Cat" Cataldo, the former high school bully whose mission in life has been to bestow misery on the lives of Nick and his friends.

Nick makes a new friend when he meets Aubrey, a pretty college student and fledgling writer whose Bohemian style intrigues him. While he sorts things out, he moves into his childhood home with his father, a widower affectionately referred to as The Commander.

Nick realizes he has several reasons for staying in Knights Ridge. He wants to apologize to everyone for whatever broken promises he may have made, and to make up for how he portrayed them in his book. He also sees coincidences indicating that Hannah's son, Sam, might be his.

Although Nick doesn't regret fulfilling his mother's dying wish of experiencing life outside of Knights Ridge, he finds himself oddly wanting to tie up loose ends at home, but realizes the path ahead of him is a rocky one. In spite of any love bruised or lost between his friends and family, Nick embraces the familiarity of his former life and struggles to be included again among those he let down.

"October Road" stars Bryan Greenberg as Nick Garrett, Laura Prepon as Hannah Daniels, Tom Berenger as The Commander, Warren Christie as Ray "Big Cat" Cataldo, Brad William Henke as Owen Rowan, Evan Jones as Ikey, Jay Paulson as Physical Phil, Slade Pearce as Sam Daniels, Geoff Stults as Eddie Latekka and Odette Yustman as Aubrey.

Answer 2

LOL I was thinking last night during the show that I wanted to ask this question because I am also totally hooked I have to tape it because I watch ER with my dad and it's on at the same time but as soon as ER is over I play my tape of October road...... I love it too! I would just die if it got cancelled .... I watched a show like 2years ago called reunion and me and my mom and her best friend were so into it and they cancelled it right in the middle of the season so I am so scared they might cancel october road too and I will be so pissed !!! ... anyways just wanted to tell you I totally love it too! I can't believe next week is the season finale the show just started like 2 months ago...... do you think Nick is Sam's dad??? I hope so I want him and Hannah together they look like such a cute family ... even the black guy in the hospital said you could tell they were in love.... AWWWW!!!

Answer 3

I'm also stuck on this show. I love it. Did I hear right last night when Janet told Eddie he could be Sam's father. This is getting good and already the season finale. They better bring this show back. Or I am writing nasty letters to ABC.

Answer 4

Myself and my family got sucked into it too. I didn't want to because I saw it as a rip off from the movie "Beautiful Girls". Same writer or director, not sure which. But they have made it interesting (surprisingly), and we are now hooked. Last night's show was the best to us - opened a lot of issues.

Answer 5

Ya, my cousin is the creator/writer of the show and I think its great. I know I am biased but I really like it. Hopefully it gets renewed because there is a pretty good buzz going on about the show.

Answer 6

I love it!!!! I like Bryan Greenberg- he use to play on One Tree Hill as Jake-loved him then too.
Maybe next week we can find out if he is the Dad. I know he is.
I really hope they do not cancel it- I like it alot better than Men In Trees!

Answer 7

could you give us a update on just what this show is all about and when its on whos inn it, will it be seen in reruns?? have heard of itt- why does it only have 5 epsiodes, what network is it on, times?? hoping it dosent get, caneed etc-- whos in it??

Answer 8

I want to, but I don't. I heard its good.

Answer 9

I do enjoy it very much.

Answer 10

No.