Five Points (TV series)

Five Points
Genre	Teen drama
Created by	Adam Giaudrone
Written by	Adam Giaudrone
Directed by	Thomas Carter
Starring	Hayley Kiyoko Madison Pettis Polo G Ray Cham Jr. Spence Moore II Nathaniel Potvin Jake Austin Walker Trey Curtis Daniela Nieves
Composer	Emmit Fenn
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Jon Avnet Rodrigo García Jake Avnet Kerry Washington Adam Giaudrone Thomas Carter
Producers	Sage Scroope Pilar Savone Ben Fast
Cinematography	Peter Holland
Editor	Neil Mandelberg
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	9–17 minutes
Production companies	Indigenous Media Simpson Street
Original release
Network	Facebook Watch
Release	June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04) – September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)

Five Points is an American teen drama web series that premiered on June 4, 2018, on Facebook Watch. The series was created and written by Adam Giaudrone and directed by Thomas Carter, both of whom also executive produce alongside Kerry Washington, Jon Avnet, Rodrigo García, and Jake Avnet. On December 13, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on August 5, 2019.

Premise

Five Points follows "five students at a South Side, Chicago high school who experience a life-changing event from different points of view, with each perspective being necessary to help understand the truth."^[1]

Cast and characters

Main

• Hayley Kiyoko as Lexi Himitsu
• Madison Pettis as Natasha "Tosh" Bennett
• Polo G as Kelvin Williams
• Ray Cham Jr. as Cameron "CJ" Jin
• Spence Moore II as Eric Harper (season 1)
• Nathaniel Potvin as Wallace Marks
• Jake Austin Walker as Alex Baker
• Trey Curtis as Jonathan
• Daniela Nieves as Ananda (season 2)

Recurring

• Coco Jones as Jayla
• Bryan Petty as Jock
• Jahking Guillory as Ronnie Martin
• Moe Irvin as Frank Bennett
• Noah Weisberg as Mr. Delph
• Milt Kogan as Mr. Saroyan
• Hilary Ward as Detective Waters
• Michael Broderick as Detective Shaw
• James Black as Coach Magee
• Matthew Hancock as Mr. Saunders
• Kelly Sullivan as Victoria "Vickie" Bennett
• Jordyn James as Mimi

Guest

• Ani Sava as Mrs. Luisine ("And Yet Here We Are")
• Matt Gottlieb as Gino ("And Yet Here We Are")
• Jully Lee as Miss Kincaid ("Maybe I Like Eyeliner")
• Troy Winbush as Paul Harper ("Top Of The Food Chain")
• Jason Isaacs as Kenneth Himitsu ("We Started This")
• Felice Heather Monteith as Barbara Baker ("Not Afraid Of Anything")

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)	July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)
2	10		August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)	September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)

Season 1 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Featured character	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"And Yet Here We Are"	CJ	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)
2	2	"Everybody Knows"	Tosh Kelvin Eric	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)
3	3	"Too Soon To Tell"	Kelvin Wallace	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	June 4, 2018 (2018-06-04)
4	4	"Maybe I Like Eyeliner"	Lexi	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	June 11, 2018 (2018-06-11)
5	5	"Top Of The Food Chain"	Eric	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	June 18, 2018 (2018-06-18)
6	6	"You Were My Friend"	Tosh	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	June 25, 2018 (2018-06-25)
7	7	"We Started This"	CJ	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)
8	8	"I Saw The Tape"	Wallace	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	July 2, 2018 (2018-07-02)
9	9	"That Can't Be Good"	Lexi	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)
10	10	"Not Afraid Of Anything"	Alex	Thomas Carter	Adam Giaudrone	July 9, 2018 (2018-07-09)

Season 2 (2019)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Featured character	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
11	1	"Am I A Suspect?"	CJ	Thomas Carter, Mercedes Bryce Morgan	Sonja Perryman	August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)
12	2	"Who Threatened You?"	Lexi	Thomas Carter, Mercedes Bryce Morgan	Katie Elmore Mota	August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)
13	3	"You Don't Know The Whole Story"	Ananda	Thomas Carter, Mercedes Bryce Morgan	Brandon Zuck	August 5, 2019 (2019-08-05)
14	4	"I'm Not Psycho"	Tosh Kelvin	Thomas Carter	Sonja Perryman	August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)
15	5	"No One Else Has to Know"	Kelvin Wallace	Thomas Carter	Brandon Zuck	August 12, 2019 (2019-08-12)
16	6	"Not a Normal Couple"	Ananda	Thomas Carter	Brandon Zuck	August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)
17	7	"A Crime Against Humanity"	Tosh Kelvin	Thomas Carter	Sonja Perryman	August 19, 2019 (2019-08-19)
18	8	"You Actually Believe That?"	CJ	Thomas Carter	Sonja Perryman	August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)
19	9	"It's Not What You Think"	Lexi	Thomas Carter	Brandon Zuck	August 26, 2019 (2019-08-26)
20	10	"This Ends With Me"	Ananda	Thomas Carter	Katie Elmore Mota	September 2, 2019 (2019-09-02)

Production

Development

On October 17, 2017, Facebook announced that it had given the production a series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The series was created by Adam Giaudrone who is set to executive produce alongside Jon Avnet, Rodrigo García, Jake Avnet, Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone, and Thomas Carter. Giaudrone is also expected to act as a writer for the series as Carter is as a director. Production companies involved with the series include Simpson Street and Indigenous Media.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

On January 9, 2018, Washington discussed the series at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas saying, "What I'm thrilled about is not only the content itself — the story, the acting, how its a shot." She continued, "There are some really important coming-of-age issues that we deal with. It's the LGBT community. It's gun violence. Drug use. Bullying."^[8] On May 16, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on June 4, 2018.^[9] On December 13, 2018, it was announced that the series had been renewed for a second season.^[10]

Casting

Alongside the series order announcement, it was confirmed that Madison Pettis and Hayley Kiyoko had been cast in the series' lead female roles.^[3] A month later, it was reported that Polo G, Ray Cham Jr., Trey Curtis, Nathaniel Potvin, Jake Walker, and Spence Moore II had been added to the main cast.^[11]

Marketing

On January 30, 2018, Facebook released the first promotional video for the series.^[12] On May 16, 2018, the first official trailer for the series was released.^[9]

Reception

Critical response

In an overall positive review, Decider's Joel Keller recommended audiences stream the series saying, "Stream It, because the performances are good, the characters are well-drawn given the time constraints and the time commitment isn't that big. But don't expect a satisfying teen drama."^[13]

Viewership

In its first eight days of release, the first episode of the series garnered over two million views. However, from episode one to episode three, viewership reportedly went down by more than 80%, dropping to 190,000 views.^[14]

References

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9. McNiece, Mia (May 16, 2018). "Kerry Washington to Produce High School Drama Series for Facebook Watch". People. Archived from the original on May 17, 2018. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
10. Chmielewski, Dawn C. (December 13, 2018). "Facebook Renews 'Sorry For Your Loss,' 'Five Points,' 'Huda Boss,' 'Sacred Lies'". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 13, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2018.
11. Petski, Denise (November 15, 2017). "'Five Points': Ray Cham Jr., Trey Curtis, Nathaniel Potvin, Jake Walker & Spence Moore II Cast In Facebook Watch Series". Deadline. Archived from the original on January 10, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
12. Mangum, Trey (February 5, 2018). "First-Look At Kerry Washington's Southside Chicago Drama Series 'Five Points,' Directed By Thomas Carter". Shadow and Act. Archived from the original on March 5, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
13. Keller, Joel (June 5, 2018). "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Five Points' On Facebook Watch, Where A Story Is Told From Different High Schoolers' Points Of View". Decider. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
14. Lopez, Matt (June 13, 2018). "Viewership for Facebook Watch's "Five Points" Drops More than 70% - VideoInk". VideoInk. Archived from the original on March 22, 2023. Retrieved June 17, 2018.

External links

• Five Points on Facebook
• Five Points at IMDb