Key West
Key West
TV ShowEnded

Key West

A mix of oddball touches and outrageous characters...

8.0 / 10
1993
1 season
13 episodes
DramaComedy

Key West was a short-lived 1993 hour long comedy-drama television series set in Key West, Florida. Thirteen episodes aired on Fox between January and June 1993. It was created by David Beaird and Allan Marcil. The show was produced by Viacom Productions. The main character is Seamus O'Neill, played by Fisher Stevens, a factory worker from New Jersey who dreams of being a writer. When he wins the lottery, he uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West to pursue his writing career, Where his idol, Hemingway, had lived. Seamus finds the island inhabited by eccentrics. He takes a job as a reporter for The Meteor," a local newspaper. In addition to Stevens: Jennifer Tilly, Denise Crosby, and Brian Thompson led the large ensemble cast as the town's high-class prostitute, conservative mayor and eccentric sheriff, respectively.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Pilot

    19-01-199360m

    Lottery winner Seamus O'Neil (Fisher Stevens) quits a dull factory job to become a newspaper writer, a la Hemmingway, in Key West. His first story: a heated mayoral campaign.

  • Ep 2

    2.The Second Day in Heaven

    26-01-199360m

    The good news: Seamus's million-dollar lottery check arrives. The bad news: it's only $32.59 after deductions.

  • Ep 3

    3.The Great Unknown

    02-02-199360m

    Flu-stricken and short-staffed, Seams vows to the paper out if it kills him—and it might; a mysterious, filry stranger captivates Jody; Gumbo faces up to the 10th anniversary of...

  • Ep 4

    4.Less Moonlight

    09-02-199360m

    Laurel, the passion of Seamus's life, intends to reclaim him; JoJo wins a "slave" for a day: Chaucy; and Rikki peddles exotic marital aids to island housewives.

  • Pieces of a Man

    5.Pieces of a Man

    16-02-199360m

    Seamus tackles the obituary of an island legend he never met, but whose bequests changes the lives of many—including Seams, who's entrusted with the care of the old man's ashes.

  • Ep 6

    6.The Greening

    23-02-199360m

    Two ne'er-do-well friends for Seamus's youth want to take him to Africa; a gentlemanly navel officer take Savannah by storm; Chaucy's drinking problem resurfaces.

  • Ep 7

    7.Act of God

    02-03-199360m

    As Hurricane Andrew bears down of the Keys, tourists and townsfolk prepare to evacuate—except for a few loco locals who get ready to party.

  • Ep 8

    8.Gimme Shelter

    09-03-199360m

    Seams, JoJo and Rikki scrounge for shelter while their digs are being fumigated; and Savannah is visited by a stern nun form her school days, who's come to ask a favor.

  • Ep 9

    9.Crossroads

    16-03-199360m

    No write-up available at this time.

  • Ep 10

    10.We the People

    01-06-199360m

    Everyone suffers when the Government blockades tie island to find illegal immigrants, but most of all JoJo, whose visa has expired.

  • Compadres

    11.Compadres

    08-06-199360m

    Seamus assumes the duties of fatherhood when an illegal immigrant abandons her newborn; Gumbo's pink-ribbonrd gator takes a pouder; the death of a libidinous admiral compromises Ch...

  • Ep 12

    12.The System

    22-06-199360m

    Seamus's slice-of-life article about Gumbo's bar enables Chaucy to shut it down; Hector's dream of producing quality cigars goes up in smoke.

  • Ep 13

    13.Heavy Metal, Heavy Hearts

    29-06-199360m

    A "moonstruck" dolphin follows Savannah and Seams home from lobster fishing; JoJo and Hunter strike gold in an underwater treasure hunt; Hector pressures Chaucy to issue a dredging...

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