Sordid Lives: The Series (2008)

	Beth Grant	Sissy Hickey
	Rue McClanahan	Peggy Ingram
	Caroline Rhea	Noleta Nethercott
	Jason Dottley	Ty Williamson
	David Steen	G.W. Nethercott
	Ann Walker	LaVonda Dupree
	Bonnie Bedelia	Latrelle Williamson
	Olivia Newton-John	Bitsy Mae Harling
	Ted Detwiler	Jacob
	Leslie Jordan	Earl Ingram
	Newell Alexander	Wardell Owens
	Rosemary Alexander	Dr. Eve
	David Cowgill	Odell Owens
	Sharron Alexis	Sara Kaufman
	Sarah Hunley	Juanita Barlett
	Mary Margaret Lewis	Ethel
	Mitch Carter	Bumper
	Craig Taggart	Craig Stephen Snow
	Dale Dickey	Glyndora Roberts
	T. Ashanti Mozelle	Vegas
	Lorna Scott	Vera Lisso
	Emerson Collins	Max
	Georgette Jones	Tammy Wynette
	Chris Pudlo	Conroy
	Robert Lewis Stephenson	Mark / Hunter
	Joe Patrick Ward	Marshall

Director

Del Shores

Producer

Del Shores
Damian Ganczewski

Writer/Composer

Del Shores

Cinematography

David Sanderson

Music

Joe Patrick Ward

Sordid Lives: The Series is a comedy prequel to the stage play and 2000 full-length film of the same name that featured performances by Olivia Newton-John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke among others. The show is the story of a dysfunctional family in rural Texas and the crazy, and somewhat, sordid lives of... matriarch Peggy (Rue McClanahan), who's having an affair with her daughter's best friend's husband, G.W., a war vet with artificial legs; Latrelle (Bonnie Bedelia), Peggy's prim and proper daughter, who has a prescription pill addiction; LaVonda (Ann Walker), Peggy's free-spirited other daughter; Brother Boy (Leslie Jordan), Peggy's gay son, who's confined to a mental institution and dons drag as his favorite country singer, Tammy Wynette; Ty (Jason Dottley), Latrelle's son, a former soap opera actor living in Los Angeles and on the verge of coming out of the closet; Sissy (Beth Grant), Peggy's much younger chain-smoking sister, who witnesses all the dysfunction in the family; Noleta (Caroline Rhea), G.W.'s wife and Sissy's neighbor, who disdains her miserable marriage while fantasizng about a better life; and Bitsy Mae Harling (Olivia Newton-John), an ex-convict taken in by Peggy, who introduces Peggy to the wild life at Bubba's bar.


30 mins 7/23/2008 1. The Day Tammy Wynette Died - Part 1
	Peggy is missing. Her daughters Latrelle and LaVonda search for her at the request of her sister Sissy. Peggy's mental patient son Brother Boy is heart-broken to learn that Tammy Wynette has died. Noleta and GW, the couple who live in a trailer next to Sissy's house, fight because he wants to...
30 mins 7/30/2008 2. The Day Tammy Wynette Died - Part 2
	The spirit of Tammy Wynette visits Brother Boy, and he meets Dr. Eve, who announces she's going to dehomosexualize him. Bitsy Mae drags Peggy to the bar, where Latrelle spies her dancing with G.W. Noleta spends time with her new, electronic sexual aid. Ty has several run-ins with his ex-girlfriend.
30 mins 8/6/2008 3. Pills, Poison and Penises
	LaVonda, Latrelle and Peggy go to the mental institution to see Brother Boy, who's lapsed into a coma. Noleta tries to kill G.W. Ty becomes overly self-conscious about appearing nude on stage. Latrelle's Valium addiction begins to spiral out of control.
30 mins 8/13/2008 4. Secrets and Lies
	Noleta considers several methods of murdering G.W; Bitsy Mae finds out the truth about the fire that burned down her mobile home; Ty finds himself hiding his sexual orientation from friends; Sissy and LaVonda discover Latrelle's stash of pills.
30 mins 8/20/2008 5. The Fall and Rise of Brother Boy
	Brother Boy awakens from his coma and butts heads with Dr. Eve. Meanwhile, Sissy squares off with a neighbor's goat, Ty befriends an older neighbor, and Peggy sleeps with G.W.
30 mins 9/10/2008 6. Call Waiting
	After Latrelle spies G.W. at the motel, LaVonda puts two and two together and realizes that G.W. and Peggy are having an affair, which LaVonda keeps secret from Noleta. Meanwhile, LaVonda plans to visit Ty in Los Angeles.
30 mins 9/17/2008 7. An Audacious Affair
	Bitsy Mae and the gang at Bubba's decide to confront the church members; Brother Boy tries to convince Dr. Eve to continue his therapy; Noleta suspects G.W. of being unfaithful; Ty comes clean, but Sara refuses to believe he's gay.
30 mins 9/24/2008 8. Guess Who's Coming to Bubba's?
	Bitsy Mae speaks to the church; Peggy explains her reasons for taking Bitsy Mae in; Brother Boy is troubled in Dr. Eve's therapy; Sissy, Noleta and LaVonda search for a missing Latrelle.
30 mins 10/1/2008 9. Those Pesky Little Stalkers
	Latrelle owns up to her pill addiction; Brother Boy learns of an escape out of the mental institution; Bumper goes to Latrelle's house to attack her; Walker dies and Sara moves into his old place, upsetting Ty further; G.W. wants to get rid of Noleta so he can be with Peggy.
30 mins 10/8/2008 10. Desperately Seeking Ty
	Noleta and her gun save the day when Bumper fights with Latrelle, LaVonda and Sissy; the church circulates a petition to close Bubba's bar; Noleta finds evidence of G.W.'s extra-marital affair with Peggy; LaVonda catches Bitsy and Glyndora in a compromising position; Sara refuses to accept that her ex, Ty, is now involved with a man.
30 mins 10/22/2008 11. Compromising Situations
	Ty tells come out to Marc and tells Sara that he and Jacob are a couple; Brother Boy and Jackie try blackmail to get out of the institution; church members picket Bubba's; Bitsy Mae takes Glyndora in after Ritchie beats her; Latrelle quits popping pills, while Sissy wants to quit smoking; Noleta decides to accompany LaVonda to L.A. to see Ty's play.
30 mins 10/29/2008 12. The Trip
	LaVonda and Noleta arrive in Los Angeles for the opening of Ty's play, but Ty has other problems; G.W. proposes to Peggy; Bitsy Mae shares her feelings with Glyndora; Latrelle kicks her pill addiction; Sissy confesses to killing the goat and is arrested along with Noleta; Brother Boy blackmails Bumper and he and Jackie make their escape.