Imaginary Bitches
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Imaginary Bitches is a web series created by Andrew Miller
that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes. New episodes were released weekly on Friday nights at 11:00PM EST on the Imaginary Bitches Official Web Site, and on the Imaginary Bitches YouTube Partner Page.
The Imaginary Bitches Season 1 DVD was released November 3, 2008.
The show stars Eden Riegel
, Elizabeth Hendrickson
, Brooke Nevin
and Connie Fletcher-Staton
. Season one guest stars include Michael Traynor, Jessalyn Gilsig
, Aaron Staton
, Greg Rikaart
, James Kee, Chandra West
, Brittany Ishibashi, Sam Page
, Charlie Koznick, and Billy Aaron Brown. Female cast members go by their real names on the show, while male cast members have character names other than their own.
The series is directed by show creator Andrew Miller
. Miller is the sole credited writer on episodes one through five and episodes 7, 10, 12, and 13. Episode 6 is written by Miller and Sam Riegel
. Episode 8 is written by Bo Price and Miller. Episode 9 is written by Jeff Poliquin. Episode 11 is written by Nicole Millard and Kathryn Price, who, as a team, also wrote the Disney film The Game Plan
.
The episodes are edited by Tatiana S. Riegel, who also edited Lars and the Real Girl
, co-edited There Will Be Blood
, and won an American Cinema Editors
Eddie Award for her work on the HBO film PU-239
. Quyen Tran is the Cinematographer. Each episode begins with a short musical introduction and ends with a theme song by Ben Harrison entitled "Not Alone."
Imaginary Bitches episodes have been viewed over 4 million times. In May 2008 Imaginary Bitches became a YouTube Partner, allowing the creators of the show to share revenue from advertising on YouTube video pages.
The show is something of a family affair. Show creator Andrew Miller is married to lead actress Eden Riegel. Riegel's half-sister, Tatiana S. Riegel, edits the episodes, and her brother, Sam Riegel, co-wrote episode 6 and sound edited episodes one and two. Quyen Tran, the cinematographer, is Sam Riegel's wife.
Lizzie (Elizabeth Hendrickson) - One of Eden's oldest friends, she appears to be perky and very friendly, as well as being open minded to Eden's single-ness. She has a forgetful boyfriend named Jake. In one episode, she breaks up with him after he reacts badly to her thoughts about weddings; however, she calls him in the end. In the same episode, she has an imaginary wedding in a way similar to the bitches but on a larger scale.
Brooke (Brooke Nevin) - Appears to be Eden's closest friend. She considers herself to be very supportive of Eden, and helps her when they run into an old nemesis and sets her up with her shrink. She was the first of Eden's friends to learn about the Bitches, as well as the first to intervene. Her boyfriend Michael is extremely well organized, which sometimes bothers her.
Connie (Connie Fletcher-Staton) - Edens most promiscuous friend. She sets Eden up with a man from her office. She prefers not using condoms (citing it as her favorite thing about no longer being single) and has had sex dressed as Catwoman
. Her priest is a former porn star.
Catherine - The first bitch, Catherine is the meaner of the two. She can be very greedy, shown when she demanded twice the salary of the cast of Desperate Housewives
. She is described by Heather as being snobby. She dislikes Dr. Kee, refusing to even enter his office although he falls in lust with her. She compares Eden's friends to the Pod People
when they attempt to set her up with the perfect guy.
Heather - The nicer, if more promiscuous bitch. She is described by Eden as being around 5'4", with dirty blonde hair, wide green eyes, and pouty lips. Catherine calls her an anorexic whore. Eden says everything about her is perky. She has an infatuation with bald men, and wants to have sex with Dr. Kee because of his baldness. She would like to have sex with the entire cast of The CW (both male and female), the Jonas Brothers, and Hannah Montana. She has a sexual fantasy involving baseball. Mark's avatar Brett almost hooks up with her.
Jennifer - The nicest bitch, she is actually a lesbian, and falls in love with Eden.
) - Eden's nemesis. She appears to dislike non-single people, and invites Eden to a singles party. Although she at first appears to be friendly, she quickly becomes a bitch. According to Heather she has an imaginary friend who thinks she's "psycho." She winds up being a lesbian and ruins Eden's attempt at lesbian dating by hooking up with Eden's date.
Brittany (Brittany Ishibashi) - A wannabe Guru and yoga instructor and failed actress. She had stolen Eden's boyfriend, but now wishes forgiveness. Catherine and Heather appear to her (the only time someone beside Eden has directly communicated with them) and trick her into confessing to be a fake.
Bruce (Aaron Staton) - A man at Jessalyn's singles party. Although Jessalyn promised him to Eden, she later uses her knowledge of the Bitches to take him. He calls Jessalyn "a sexy Mother Teresa
."
Mark (Greg Rikaart) - A Second Life
fanatic who works with Connie. He was set up with Eden because of their mutual imaginary worlds. He attempts to hook his alter-ego Brett up with Heather. Eden breaks up with him after he tries to masturbate to a Heather avatar that Mark created after hearing a description of Heather and her fantasies.
Dr. James Kee (James Kee) - Brooke's shrink and the author of #1 bestselling self-help book, "Your Psyche Has a Secret." Catherine hates him, refusing to enter his office. Heather flirts with him, due to her attraction to bald men. He soon proves to be crazy after becoming infatuated with Catherine and even trying to have sex with her.
Father Grant (Charlie Koznick) - Connie's priest. He is an ex-porn star who attempts to rid Eden of the bitches by having sex with her, apparently the plot of one of his movies. He wears a Speedo
.
Episode 1: It's Not Easy Making Imaginary New Friends When her friends are too busy with their boyfriends to hear about Eden's amazing date, Eden (Eden Riegel
) creates an imaginary friend named Catherine to listen too her. Unfortunately Catherine doesn't just listen, she talks back. And says things that Eden doesn't want to hear.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Michael Traynor (Waiter Guy)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 2: The Dirtier Isn't Always the Better When Eden's Friend Lizzie (Elizabeth Hendrickson
) doesn't invite her to a "couples-only" dinner party, Catherine appears and argues that Lizzie is a terrible friend. Eden creates another imaginary friend, Heather, to defend her.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 3: Where Were You When Eden Got Drunk and Puked All Over Me and Lizzie When Brooke (Brooke Nevin
) learns about Eden's imaginary friends she decides to take on the bitches in order to win back her best friend.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 4: A New Leper in the Colony Eden is very excited when she is invited to a singles party, only to learn that real girls can be bitches, too. In this episode we are introduced to Jessalyn (Jessalyn Gilsig
), Eden's nemesis.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Jessalyn Gilsig (Jessalyn), Aaron Staton (Bruce), Michael Kass (Ugly Guy)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 5: It's Totally What You Think Eden's friend Connie (Connie Fletcher-Staton
) sets her up with a guy from her office, Mark (Greg Rikaart
), who has an imaginary life of his own. But the date ends badly when Eden and Mark's imaginary worlds collide.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Greg Rikaart (Mark)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 6: Help Dr. James Help You Eden hopes a session with Brooke's shrink (played by James Kee) will help her with her imaginary problems... but sadly, Dr. Kee seems to have an even weaker grasp on reality than she does.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), James Kee (Dr. Kee)
Written by: Sam Riegel, Andrew Miller
Episode 7: A Spiritual Bitch Bath Eden and Brooke attend a yoga class taught by spiritual guru wanna-be Brittany (Brittany Ishibashi), who just so happens to be the girl who stole Eden's ex-boyfriend. But Brittany learns that payback's a bitch when Catherine and Heather expose her as a fraud.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Brittany Ishibashi (Brittany), Angela Trimbur (Angela), Michael Daniel Cassady (Jason), Megan Hollingshead (Shannon)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 8: Sexy Secret Santa When Brooke finds out that Eden and her imaginary friends are doing Secret Santa in July, she feels guilty for having left Eden out of the girls' "couples-only" gift exchange last Christmas. But when Brooke, Lizzie and Connie crash Eden's imaginary holiday party, the bitches have a plan to make Eden's real friends disappear.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie)
Written by: Bo Price, Andrew Miller
Episode 9: Porn Star Priest Connie introduces Eden to her very sexy priest (played by Charlie Koznik) and hopes that he can "exorcise" her imaginary demons. But his technique is unconventional, and his past downright seedy.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Charlie Koznik (Father Grant)
Written by: Jeff Poliquin
Episode 10: Imaginary Bridezilla Lizzie is depressed after breaking up with her boyfriend, but she finds something better than vodka to ease her sorrow: the wedding of her dreams. Too bad it's all in her head!
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 11: Only Crazy Girls Quife Eden thinks that she has finally met Mr. Right, but when he doesn't call her she turns to the bitches to help her find out why. Turns out he was willing to overlook that quife... Breaking and entering? Not so much.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Sam Page (Riley)
Written by: Kathryn Price, Nichole Millard
Episode 12: Three Bitches is an Imaginary Crowd (Part I) Eden creates a dating profile on Match.com
with the help of a new imaginary friend, Jennifer, who, unlike Catherine and Heather, seems to think Eden is perfect just the way she is. But when Jennifer makes sexual advances towards her, Eden wonders if her imagination is telling her she should be playing for the other team... or at least dating them.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 13: Three Bitches is an Imaginary Crowd (Part II) In the season finale Eden decides to go on a date with a sexy lady she meets at the gym. At dinner they flirt, they share deep, dark secrets, things are going great. So what bitch could possibly ruin Eden's first promising date? This time she's not even of the imaginary variety. She's as real as she is bitchy.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Chandra West (Chandra), Jessalyn Gilsig (Jessalyn), Billy Aaron Brown (Ben)
Written by: Andrew Miller
with Catherine and Heather. The reason for the trip was a hiatus caused by re-negotiations of the bitches' contracts, which nearly resulted in them being replaced, going as far as Andrew sending Eden audition videos for replacements.
A video setting the vlogs up was also made, as a press conference. It is implied during these videos that Heather is bisexual
and somewhat of an ephebophile
; as part of the contract she requests sex with male and female actors on The CW, as well as teenagers The Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana
.
The day before the premiere of Imaginary Bitches (May 1, 2008), Michael Starr mentioned the series in his column "Starr Report" in the New York Post
.
On May 6, 2008, Canadian website Sweetspot.ca, which calls itself "Canada's Sweetest Lifestyle Guide," posted an entry about Imaginary Bitches recommending the series as something of interest to Sweetspot subscribers while they awaited the opening of the film Sex and the City: The Movie
.
Entertainment Tonight Canada
(ET Canada) aired a segment on Imaginary Bitches on May 29, 2008, which included behind-the-scenes footage of the cast and crew on set filming new episodes. Andrew Miller, Jessalyn Gilsig and Eden Riegel were interviewed. ET Canada featured Imaginary Bitches because several members of the cast and crew (Andrew Miller, Jeff Poliquin, Brooke Nevin, Jessalyn Gilsig, Chandra West, and James Kee) are Canadian-born.
On June 3, 2008, TV Guide Canada named Imaginary Bitches one of its "Top 3 Shows to Watch" in the soap column "The Nelson Ratings" by Nelson Branco.
In the June 30, 2008 issue of Us Weekly
magazine Imaginary Bitches made a list of "The Web's Big Hits."
TV Guide's
June 30-July 13 double issue featured a review of Imaginary Bitches written by Michael Logan. In the review Logan raved, "You're a damn fool if you're not watching "Imaginary Bitches"!", and went on to call the show, "Fresh, randy and pee-your-pants funny." Logan proclaimed: "Bitches isn't just great. It's Sex and the City
great."
On July 25, 2008 the online edition of People Magazine
mentioned Imaginary Bitches in their TV Roundup section.
The website of TV's The Insider
featured an exclusive interview with Imaginary Bitches Eden Riegel on July 25, 2008. The interview was originally conducted by the entertainment blog Allie is Wired.
, and was chosen winner in the "Look at Me" category, for online webisodes and video blogging.
On December 24, 2008 TV Guide Canada
announced the Second Annual Soap Opera Spirit Award Nominations. Imaginary Bitches received 5 nominations: Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Performance in a Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Series (Eden Riegel and Elizabeth Hendrickson), Outstanding Guest Star (Greg Rikaart), and for Outstanding Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Non-daytime Series (creator Andrew Miller). The winners were announced January 21, 2009 on TVGuide.ca. Imaginary Bitches took home awards for Outstanding Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Non-daytime Series and for Eden Riegel for Outstanding Performance in a Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Series.
On April 14, 2009 the 13th Annual Webby Award
Nominations were announced. Eden Riegel was nominated for her work on Imaginary Bitches in the Best Individual Performance category. Andrew Miller received an Official Honoree Selection for Best Writing. Eden Riegel was announced on May 5, 2009 as the winner of the Best Individual Performance People's Voice Award. Her acceptance speech, which was limited to five words, was cleverly: "I'm sleeping with the director".
In 2009, it was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award
in the New Approaches-Daytime Entertainment category.
Andrew Miller (actor)
Andrew Miller is a Canadian actor, writer, and director.- Career :Miller began his career as an actor at age 16 in Toronto, Canada. Early theater roles include Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening and Eugene Morris Jerome in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs...
that premiered on May 2, 2008. Season one comprises 13 five to seven-minute webisodes. New episodes were released weekly on Friday nights at 11:00PM EST on the Imaginary Bitches Official Web Site, and on the Imaginary Bitches YouTube Partner Page.
The Imaginary Bitches Season 1 DVD was released November 3, 2008.
Overview
The series tells the story of a single girl who deals with the lonely reality that all her friends are in serious relationships by creating imaginary friends to talk to... who turn out to be serious bitches.The show stars Eden Riegel
Eden Riegel
Eden Sonja Jane Riegel is an American actress. She portrayed Bianca Montgomery on the daytime drama All My Children, and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium...
, Elizabeth Hendrickson
Elizabeth Hendrickson
Elizabeth Hendrickson is an American actress. Her big break came when she was cast as character Frankie Stone on the daytime drama All My Children...
, Brooke Nevin
Brooke Nevin
Brooke Candice Nevin is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Rachel Berenson on the science fiction series Animorphs and currently starring as Julianne "Jules" Simms on Breakout Kings, as well as Sonja Lester on Call Me Fitz...
and Connie Fletcher-Staton
Connie Fletcher
Connie Fletcher is an American actress. She is known for her short role as Erin Lavery on All My Children .-Personal life:In December 2006 she married actor Aaron Staton....
. Season one guest stars include Michael Traynor, Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig is a Canadian actress known for her roles in the television series Boston Public, Nip/Tuck and as Will Schuester's ex-wife Terri Schuester in Glee...
, Aaron Staton
Aaron Staton
Aaron Staton is an American actor. He is known for his role as Ken Cosgrove in Mad Men and his role as Cole Phelps in the video game L.A. Noire.-Personal life:...
, Greg Rikaart
Greg Rikaart
Gregory Andrew Rikaart is an American actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003.-Biography:...
, James Kee, Chandra West
Chandra West
-1990s:West's career began in 1991 when she played a small part in the television series True Confections, a 1950s conservative drama about a woman with an ahead-of-her-time awareness...
, Brittany Ishibashi, Sam Page
Sam Page
Sam Page is an American physician and politician serving his third term in the Missouri House of Representatives. On June 5, 2007, Page announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Missouri from his hometown of Van Buren, Missouri.- Political career :Page was...
, Charlie Koznick, and Billy Aaron Brown. Female cast members go by their real names on the show, while male cast members have character names other than their own.
The series is directed by show creator Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller (actor)
Andrew Miller is a Canadian actor, writer, and director.- Career :Miller began his career as an actor at age 16 in Toronto, Canada. Early theater roles include Moritz Stiefel in Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening and Eugene Morris Jerome in Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs...
. Miller is the sole credited writer on episodes one through five and episodes 7, 10, 12, and 13. Episode 6 is written by Miller and Sam Riegel
Sam Riegel
Samuel Brent Oscar "Sam" Riegel is a voice actor, writer and director who appears in many television cartoons, anime, and video games. He began as a child actor in theater in Virginia, and moved to New York City to perform in Broadway and off-Broadway shows...
. Episode 8 is written by Bo Price and Miller. Episode 9 is written by Jeff Poliquin. Episode 11 is written by Nicole Millard and Kathryn Price, who, as a team, also wrote the Disney film The Game Plan
The Game Plan (film)
The Game Plan is a 2007 family comedy film directed by Andy Fickman and starring The Rock. This is the last film in which Johnson uses his ring name "The Rock." This is also the last Disney film to be distributed by Buena Vista, due to Disney semi-retiring the name in May 2007, making all other...
.
The episodes are edited by Tatiana S. Riegel, who also edited Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl
Lars and the Real Girl is a 2007 American-Canadian comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. It stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner and Patricia Clarkson...
, co-edited There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood
There Will Be Blood is a 2007 drama film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is based on Upton Sinclair's 1927 novel Oil!. It tells the story of a silver miner-turned-oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California's oil boom of the late 19th and...
, and won an American Cinema Editors
American Cinema Editors
Founded in 1950, American Cinema Editors is an honorary society of film editors that are voted in based on the qualities of professional achievements, their education of others, and their dedication to editing itself. The society is not to be confused with an industry union, such as the I.A.T.S.E...
Eddie Award for her work on the HBO film PU-239
Pu-239 (film)
PU-239 is a 2007 film directed by Hollywood producer Scott Z. Burns based on the book PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies written by Ken Kalfus....
. Quyen Tran is the Cinematographer. Each episode begins with a short musical introduction and ends with a theme song by Ben Harrison entitled "Not Alone."
Imaginary Bitches episodes have been viewed over 4 million times. In May 2008 Imaginary Bitches became a YouTube Partner, allowing the creators of the show to share revenue from advertising on YouTube video pages.
The show is something of a family affair. Show creator Andrew Miller is married to lead actress Eden Riegel. Riegel's half-sister, Tatiana S. Riegel, edits the episodes, and her brother, Sam Riegel, co-wrote episode 6 and sound edited episodes one and two. Quyen Tran, the cinematographer, is Sam Riegel's wife.
Eden and friends
Eden (Eden Riegel) - The protagonist of the series. She is slightly self-conscious and extremely lonely due to all of her friends being in relationships. She also has difficulty finding and keeping a boyfriend. She creates the Bitches to have someone to talk to. Her enemies are Brittany, who stole her boyfriend, and Jessalyn, who backstabbed her. She unsuccessfully attempted therapy. One of her favorite shows appears to be Greys Anatomy, she plays a game with The Bitches where whenever someone says "Seriously" they have to eat a piece of chocolate.Lizzie (Elizabeth Hendrickson) - One of Eden's oldest friends, she appears to be perky and very friendly, as well as being open minded to Eden's single-ness. She has a forgetful boyfriend named Jake. In one episode, she breaks up with him after he reacts badly to her thoughts about weddings; however, she calls him in the end. In the same episode, she has an imaginary wedding in a way similar to the bitches but on a larger scale.
Brooke (Brooke Nevin) - Appears to be Eden's closest friend. She considers herself to be very supportive of Eden, and helps her when they run into an old nemesis and sets her up with her shrink. She was the first of Eden's friends to learn about the Bitches, as well as the first to intervene. Her boyfriend Michael is extremely well organized, which sometimes bothers her.
Connie (Connie Fletcher-Staton) - Edens most promiscuous friend. She sets Eden up with a man from her office. She prefers not using condoms (citing it as her favorite thing about no longer being single) and has had sex dressed as Catwoman
Catwoman
Catwoman is a fictional character associated with DC Comics' Batman franchise. Historically a supervillain, the character was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane, partially inspired by Kane's cousin, Ruth Steel...
. Her priest is a former porn star.
The Bitches
Initially created to be friends to talk to, they quickly developed mean personalities. Though Eden is the only one able to see them they have communicated with Brittany. Although they appear to be best friends they also constantly are at each other's throats.Catherine - The first bitch, Catherine is the meaner of the two. She can be very greedy, shown when she demanded twice the salary of the cast of Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. Executive producer Cherry serves as Showrunner. Other executive producers since the fourth season include Marc Cherry, Bob Daily, George W...
. She is described by Heather as being snobby. She dislikes Dr. Kee, refusing to even enter his office although he falls in lust with her. She compares Eden's friends to the Pod People
Pod People
The Pod People is a 1983 Spanish science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón. A young boy discovers a lovable alien creature, but the alien's mother is on the prowl...
when they attempt to set her up with the perfect guy.
Heather - The nicer, if more promiscuous bitch. She is described by Eden as being around 5'4", with dirty blonde hair, wide green eyes, and pouty lips. Catherine calls her an anorexic whore. Eden says everything about her is perky. She has an infatuation with bald men, and wants to have sex with Dr. Kee because of his baldness. She would like to have sex with the entire cast of The CW (both male and female), the Jonas Brothers, and Hannah Montana. She has a sexual fantasy involving baseball. Mark's avatar Brett almost hooks up with her.
Jennifer - The nicest bitch, she is actually a lesbian, and falls in love with Eden.
Enemies
Jessalyn (Jessalyn GilsigJessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig is a Canadian actress known for her roles in the television series Boston Public, Nip/Tuck and as Will Schuester's ex-wife Terri Schuester in Glee...
) - Eden's nemesis. She appears to dislike non-single people, and invites Eden to a singles party. Although she at first appears to be friendly, she quickly becomes a bitch. According to Heather she has an imaginary friend who thinks she's "psycho." She winds up being a lesbian and ruins Eden's attempt at lesbian dating by hooking up with Eden's date.
Brittany (Brittany Ishibashi) - A wannabe Guru and yoga instructor and failed actress. She had stolen Eden's boyfriend, but now wishes forgiveness. Catherine and Heather appear to her (the only time someone beside Eden has directly communicated with them) and trick her into confessing to be a fake.
Men
Waiter Guy (Michael Traynor) - A waiter who Eden sleeps with. The relationship seems to be going well, but when she has no one to talk to about the night before, Eden creates Catherine. They break up after Catherine insults Waiter Guy.Bruce (Aaron Staton) - A man at Jessalyn's singles party. Although Jessalyn promised him to Eden, she later uses her knowledge of the Bitches to take him. He calls Jessalyn "a sexy Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
."
Mark (Greg Rikaart) - A Second Life
Second Life
Second Life is an online virtual world developed by Linden Lab. It was launched on June 23, 2003. A number of free client programs, or Viewers, enable Second Life users, called Residents, to interact with each other through avatars...
fanatic who works with Connie. He was set up with Eden because of their mutual imaginary worlds. He attempts to hook his alter-ego Brett up with Heather. Eden breaks up with him after he tries to masturbate to a Heather avatar that Mark created after hearing a description of Heather and her fantasies.
Dr. James Kee (James Kee) - Brooke's shrink and the author of #1 bestselling self-help book, "Your Psyche Has a Secret." Catherine hates him, refusing to enter his office. Heather flirts with him, due to her attraction to bald men. He soon proves to be crazy after becoming infatuated with Catherine and even trying to have sex with her.
Father Grant (Charlie Koznick) - Connie's priest. He is an ex-porn star who attempts to rid Eden of the bitches by having sex with her, apparently the plot of one of his movies. He wears a Speedo
Speedo
Speedo International Ltd. is a manufacturer and distributor of swimwear and swim-related accessories. Founded in Australia in 1914, the industry leading company is now a subsidiary of Pentland Group Plc. Today, the Speedo brand can be found on products ranging from swimsuits and goggles to wrist...
.
Episodes
| Episode | Title | Released |
|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | "It's Not Easy Making Imaginary New Friends" | 2 May 2008 |
| 1.2 | "The Dirtier Isn't Always the Better" | 9 May 2008 |
| 1.3 | "Where Were You When Eden Got Drunk and Puked All Over Me And Lizzie?" | 16 May 2008 |
| 1.4 | "A New Leper in the Colony" | 23 May 2008 |
| 1.5 | "It's Totally What You think" | 30 May 2008 |
| 1.6 | "Help Dr. James Help You" | 6 June 2008 |
| 1.7 | "A Spiritual Bitch Bath" | 13 June 2008 |
| 1.8 | "Sexy Secret Santa" | 11 July 2008 |
| 1.9 | "Porn Star Priest" | 18 July 2008 |
| 1.10 | "Imaginary Bridezilla" | 25 July 2008 |
| 1.11 | "Only Crazy Girls Quife" | 1 August 2008 |
| 1.12 | "Three Bitches is an Imaginary Crowd (Part I)" | 8 August 2008 |
| 1.13 | "Three Bitches is an Imaginary Crowd (Part II)" | 15 August 2008 |
Episode 1: It's Not Easy Making Imaginary New Friends When her friends are too busy with their boyfriends to hear about Eden's amazing date, Eden (Eden Riegel
Eden Riegel
Eden Sonja Jane Riegel is an American actress. She portrayed Bianca Montgomery on the daytime drama All My Children, and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium...
) creates an imaginary friend named Catherine to listen too her. Unfortunately Catherine doesn't just listen, she talks back. And says things that Eden doesn't want to hear.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Michael Traynor (Waiter Guy)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 2: The Dirtier Isn't Always the Better When Eden's Friend Lizzie (Elizabeth Hendrickson
Elizabeth Hendrickson
Elizabeth Hendrickson is an American actress. Her big break came when she was cast as character Frankie Stone on the daytime drama All My Children...
) doesn't invite her to a "couples-only" dinner party, Catherine appears and argues that Lizzie is a terrible friend. Eden creates another imaginary friend, Heather, to defend her.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 3: Where Were You When Eden Got Drunk and Puked All Over Me and Lizzie When Brooke (Brooke Nevin
Brooke Nevin
Brooke Candice Nevin is a Canadian actress, best known for portraying Rachel Berenson on the science fiction series Animorphs and currently starring as Julianne "Jules" Simms on Breakout Kings, as well as Sonja Lester on Call Me Fitz...
) learns about Eden's imaginary friends she decides to take on the bitches in order to win back her best friend.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 4: A New Leper in the Colony Eden is very excited when she is invited to a singles party, only to learn that real girls can be bitches, too. In this episode we are introduced to Jessalyn (Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig
Jessalyn Gilsig is a Canadian actress known for her roles in the television series Boston Public, Nip/Tuck and as Will Schuester's ex-wife Terri Schuester in Glee...
), Eden's nemesis.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Jessalyn Gilsig (Jessalyn), Aaron Staton (Bruce), Michael Kass (Ugly Guy)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 5: It's Totally What You Think Eden's friend Connie (Connie Fletcher-Staton
Connie Fletcher
Connie Fletcher is an American actress. She is known for her short role as Erin Lavery on All My Children .-Personal life:In December 2006 she married actor Aaron Staton....
) sets her up with a guy from her office, Mark (Greg Rikaart
Greg Rikaart
Gregory Andrew Rikaart is an American actor, currently on the cast of the soap opera The Young and the Restless, playing Kevin Fisher since July 2003.-Biography:...
), who has an imaginary life of his own. But the date ends badly when Eden and Mark's imaginary worlds collide.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Greg Rikaart (Mark)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 6: Help Dr. James Help You Eden hopes a session with Brooke's shrink (played by James Kee) will help her with her imaginary problems... but sadly, Dr. Kee seems to have an even weaker grasp on reality than she does.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), James Kee (Dr. Kee)
Written by: Sam Riegel, Andrew Miller
Episode 7: A Spiritual Bitch Bath Eden and Brooke attend a yoga class taught by spiritual guru wanna-be Brittany (Brittany Ishibashi), who just so happens to be the girl who stole Eden's ex-boyfriend. But Brittany learns that payback's a bitch when Catherine and Heather expose her as a fraud.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Brittany Ishibashi (Brittany), Angela Trimbur (Angela), Michael Daniel Cassady (Jason), Megan Hollingshead (Shannon)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 8: Sexy Secret Santa When Brooke finds out that Eden and her imaginary friends are doing Secret Santa in July, she feels guilty for having left Eden out of the girls' "couples-only" gift exchange last Christmas. But when Brooke, Lizzie and Connie crash Eden's imaginary holiday party, the bitches have a plan to make Eden's real friends disappear.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie)
Written by: Bo Price, Andrew Miller
Episode 9: Porn Star Priest Connie introduces Eden to her very sexy priest (played by Charlie Koznik) and hopes that he can "exorcise" her imaginary demons. But his technique is unconventional, and his past downright seedy.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Charlie Koznik (Father Grant)
Written by: Jeff Poliquin
Episode 10: Imaginary Bridezilla Lizzie is depressed after breaking up with her boyfriend, but she finds something better than vodka to ease her sorrow: the wedding of her dreams. Too bad it's all in her head!
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 11: Only Crazy Girls Quife Eden thinks that she has finally met Mr. Right, but when he doesn't call her she turns to the bitches to help her find out why. Turns out he was willing to overlook that quife... Breaking and entering? Not so much.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Sam Page (Riley)
Written by: Kathryn Price, Nichole Millard
Episode 12: Three Bitches is an Imaginary Crowd (Part I) Eden creates a dating profile on Match.com
Match.com
Match.com is an online dating company which reportedly has more than 20 million members, made up of a 49/51 male/female ratio, and Web sites serving 25 countries in more than 8 different languages. Its headquarters are in Dallas, Texas and the company also has offices in West Hollywood, Tokyo, Rio,...
with the help of a new imaginary friend, Jennifer, who, unlike Catherine and Heather, seems to think Eden is perfect just the way she is. But when Jennifer makes sexual advances towards her, Eden wonders if her imagination is telling her she should be playing for the other team... or at least dating them.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Episode 13: Three Bitches is an Imaginary Crowd (Part II) In the season finale Eden decides to go on a date with a sexy lady she meets at the gym. At dinner they flirt, they share deep, dark secrets, things are going great. So what bitch could possibly ruin Eden's first promising date? This time she's not even of the imaginary variety. She's as real as she is bitchy.
Episode Cast: Eden Riegel (Eden), Brooke Nevin (Brooke), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Lizzie), Connie Fletcher-Staton (Connie), Chandra West (Chandra), Jessalyn Gilsig (Jessalyn), Billy Aaron Brown (Ben)
Written by: Andrew Miller
Eden's Europe Vlog
Ten vlogs were made chronicing Eden (the actress, as opposed to the character) in EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
with Catherine and Heather. The reason for the trip was a hiatus caused by re-negotiations of the bitches' contracts, which nearly resulted in them being replaced, going as far as Andrew sending Eden audition videos for replacements.
A video setting the vlogs up was also made, as a press conference. It is implied during these videos that Heather is bisexual
Bisexuality
Bisexuality is sexual behavior or an orientation involving physical or romantic attraction to both males and females, especially with regard to men and women. It is one of the three main classifications of sexual orientation, along with a heterosexual and a homosexual orientation, all a part of the...
and somewhat of an ephebophile
Ephebophilia
Ephebophilia is the sexual preference of adults for mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. The term was originally used in the late 19th to mid 20th century, and has been more recently revisited by Ray Blanchard. It is one of a number of sexual preferences across age groups subsumed...
; as part of the contract she requests sex with male and female actors on The CW, as well as teenagers The Jonas Brothers and Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana
Hannah Montana is an American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on the Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real...
.
Press
On April 30, 2008 soap news website DaytimeConfidential.com posted an article about Imaginary Bitches, and included an interview with series lead Eden Riegel. Since the show's premiere, Daytime Confidential blogger Jamey Giddens has posted a weekly review of new episodes.The day before the premiere of Imaginary Bitches (May 1, 2008), Michael Starr mentioned the series in his column "Starr Report" in the New York Post
New York Post
The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and is generally acknowledged as the oldest to have been published continuously as a daily, although – as is the case with most other papers – its publication has been periodically interrupted by labor actions...
.
On May 6, 2008, Canadian website Sweetspot.ca, which calls itself "Canada's Sweetest Lifestyle Guide," posted an entry about Imaginary Bitches recommending the series as something of interest to Sweetspot subscribers while they awaited the opening of the film Sex and the City: The Movie
Sex and the City: The Movie
Sex and the City is a 2008 American blue romantic comedy film adaptation of the HBO comedy series of the same name about four female friends: Carrie Bradshaw , Samantha Jones , Charlotte York Goldenblatt , and Miranda Hobbes , dealing with their lives as...
.
Entertainment Tonight Canada
Entertainment Tonight Canada
Entertainment Tonight Canada is a daily entertainment newsmagazine show that airs primetime on Global Television in Canada. Encore presentations can also be found on the Slice and TVtropolis channels, both of which are part of the Shaw Media network...
(ET Canada) aired a segment on Imaginary Bitches on May 29, 2008, which included behind-the-scenes footage of the cast and crew on set filming new episodes. Andrew Miller, Jessalyn Gilsig and Eden Riegel were interviewed. ET Canada featured Imaginary Bitches because several members of the cast and crew (Andrew Miller, Jeff Poliquin, Brooke Nevin, Jessalyn Gilsig, Chandra West, and James Kee) are Canadian-born.
On June 3, 2008, TV Guide Canada named Imaginary Bitches one of its "Top 3 Shows to Watch" in the soap column "The Nelson Ratings" by Nelson Branco.
In the June 30, 2008 issue of Us Weekly
Us Weekly
Us Weekly is a celebrity gossip magazine, founded in 1977 by The New York Times Company, who sold it in 1980. It was acquired by Wenner Media in 1986. The publication covers topics ranging from celebrity relationships to the latest trends in fashion, beauty, and entertainment...
magazine Imaginary Bitches made a list of "The Web's Big Hits."
TV Guide's
TV Guide
TV Guide is a weekly American magazine with listings of TV shows.In addition to TV listings, the publication features television-related news, celebrity interviews, gossip and film reviews and crossword puzzles...
June 30-July 13 double issue featured a review of Imaginary Bitches written by Michael Logan. In the review Logan raved, "You're a damn fool if you're not watching "Imaginary Bitches"!", and went on to call the show, "Fresh, randy and pee-your-pants funny." Logan proclaimed: "Bitches isn't just great. It's Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...
great."
On July 25, 2008 the online edition of People Magazine
People (magazine)
In 1998, the magazine introduced a version targeted at teens called Teen People. However, on July 27, 2006, the company announced it would shut down publication of Teen People immediately. The last issue to be released was scheduled for September 2006. Subscribers to this magazine received...
mentioned Imaginary Bitches in their TV Roundup section.
The website of TV's The Insider
The Insider (TV series)
The Insider is an American tabloid television news program covering events and celebrities. It debuted on September 13, 2004 as a spinoff of Entertainment Tonight and started as a popular segment that took viewers "behind closed doors" and gave them "inside" information...
featured an exclusive interview with Imaginary Bitches Eden Riegel on July 25, 2008. The interview was originally conducted by the entertainment blog Allie is Wired.
Awards
Imaginary Bitches took part in the 2008 Portable Film FestivalPortable Film Festival
The Portable Film Festival is an online channel and film festival offering audiences the chance to download an entire curated international film and video program for free to a portable device, such as an iPod, Sony PSP, 3G capable mobile phone or laptop...
, and was chosen winner in the "Look at Me" category, for online webisodes and video blogging.
On December 24, 2008 TV Guide Canada
TV Guide (Canada)
TV Guide was a Canadian version, and later spin-off, of the American weekly magazine of the same name. It was originally published by McMurray Publishing from 1953 to 1976, and after its split from the US parent, became the property of Transcontinental Media since 1977...
announced the Second Annual Soap Opera Spirit Award Nominations. Imaginary Bitches received 5 nominations: Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Performance in a Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Series (Eden Riegel and Elizabeth Hendrickson), Outstanding Guest Star (Greg Rikaart), and for Outstanding Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Non-daytime Series (creator Andrew Miller). The winners were announced January 21, 2009 on TVGuide.ca. Imaginary Bitches took home awards for Outstanding Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Non-daytime Series and for Eden Riegel for Outstanding Performance in a Podcast/Webisode/Soap-related Series.
On April 14, 2009 the 13th Annual Webby Award
Webby Awards
A Webby Award is an international award presented annually by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for excellence on the Internet with categories in websites, interactive advertising, online film and video, and mobile....
Nominations were announced. Eden Riegel was nominated for her work on Imaginary Bitches in the Best Individual Performance category. Andrew Miller received an Official Honoree Selection for Best Writing. Eden Riegel was announced on May 5, 2009 as the winner of the Best Individual Performance People's Voice Award. Her acceptance speech, which was limited to five words, was cleverly: "I'm sleeping with the director".
In 2009, it was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award
The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming...
in the New Approaches-Daytime Entertainment category.
External links
- Imaginary Bitches Official website
- Imaginary Bitches YouTube Channel
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1236424/Imaginary Bitches on the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
] - Imaginary Bitches Press Page with links to articles and cast interviews
- Imaginary Bitches on MySpace