555: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

From the minds of Kate Berlant, John Early and Andrew DeYoung, 555 is an anthology miniseries of five short films that unfold in a stark, humid, surreality of Hollywood. These short, cinematic fairy tales are set in tinsel town, where status is everything and the stakes are high. The backdrop is big dreams, and in the foreground, the humiliations of clawing one's way toward them. Each episode focuses on a fraught relationship between two characters, where ambition prevails over empathy. Among the wildly varied characters: a young Mama Rose type and her mute child, two sensual but ignorant acting students, an agent turned artist by tragedy and his partner who must watch his grotesque fall. Each episode zooms in on characters toiling in different corners of a Hollywood hellscape. Will greed, egotism, ignorance and desire consume them? Or can they escape dark fates by clinging to rare moments of tenderness?

Series details

• Title: 555
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Premiere date: 2017-01-31
• Final broadcast date listed: 2017-02-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: Vimeo
• Typical episode runtime: 12 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 28698
• TVDB ID: 322699

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2017-01-31; final listed air date 2017-02-28; episode order: 5.

Source and licence

Adapted from 555 on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.