Holidazed
Follows five families in Oak Bay, Oregon, who live on the same cul de sac, as they deal with the joys and stress of coming home for the holidays.
Director: Claudia Grazioso ,
Cast:Erin Cahill , Noemi Gonzalez , Ian Harding , Ser'Darius Blain , Lindy Booth , Osric Chau , Loretta Devine , Dennis Haysbert , Rachelle Lefevre , Virginia Madsen , John C. McGinley , Holland Roden , Lucille Soong , Bella Grace , Giles Panton , Sebastian Billingsley-Rodriguez , Gwynyth Walsh , Barry W. Levy
S1.E1 ∙ The Beginning
In this, the Christmas season, out of town family members are slowly descending back on their respective family homes in the cul-de-sac. While there are some things that seemingly never change, such as the Manetti-Hanahans' over-the-top light display and the Camarenas quietly or not so quietly seething about it, those returns will lead to the revelation of some not yet divulged issues from the past year, some of those issues happening within the cul-de-sac by the residents and some happening in the lives of the returnees. In addition, Josh Hill, in his return before moving permanently to Sydney, can't seem to stop running into Nora Jacobs, an acquaintance from high school in her current capacity as the town's sheriff, their encounters, seemingly at least from Josh's perspective, not helped by their opposite attitudes in adhering to or bending the rules, including the law in these instances. And while most are happy to see their relations, subdued Lucy Woods is less than thrilled that her free-spirited force-of-nature sister Sylvie Woods has decided to spend the holidays with her.
S1.E2 ∙ The Hill Family
Josh Hill is starting his community service, something that Sheriff Nora Jacobs arranged as a favor to him instead of the standard court appearance in light of he and Stacy imminently moving to Sydney. Josh still sees it as an unnecessary imposition on his life and a worse option than paying a fine, which in this case is not even an option. That service is helping set up the Christmas display at the community center. While he is initially designated to help with trimming the trees, he, with the blessing of all concerned, ends up spending most of his time helping Theo, widowed Nora's son, in his entry for the Christmas ornament competition. Trimming the trees may have been easier as Theo has something very specific in mind which he can only articulate by how it is supposed to make one feel. As Josh works with Theo and by association Nora, he may get a better understanding of his own work and relationship with Stacy, as well as his relationship with his parents onto who he always tries to impose his own misguided sensibilities.
