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Blue Mountain State
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Blue Mountain State intertitle
Genre Comedy
Sports
Created by Eric Falconer
Chris Romano
Theme music composer Rev Theory
Opening theme "Hell Yeah"
by Rev Theory
Country of origin United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 13
Production
Location(s) Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec
Montreal, Quebec
Running time 22 min
Production company(s) Falconer/Romanski
Varsity Pictures
Lionsgate Television
Broadcast
Original channel Spike
Picture format 16:9 1080i HDTV
Original run January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11) – present
External links
Official website

Blue Mountain State is an American comedy series that premiered on Spike TV on January 11, 2010. The series producers include Chris Romano and Eric Falconer of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Channel 101 and The Sarah Silverman Program. It is produced by Lionsgate Television. It has been renewed for a second season, receiving a 13 episode order.

Contents

Synopsis

The series is a takeoff of National Lampoon's Animal House and Van Wilder focusing on the football-centric university, Blue Mountain State, and its rather awkward team "The Goats". It covers topics of college life, including football, scoring with women, drinking binges, wild partying and hazing.

Characters

  • Alex Moran (Darin Brooks): A freshman second-string quarterback for the Blue Mountain State team. Unlike the rest of the characters, Alex does not see college football as a stepping stone for the NFL and is content to spend his days as a back-up player and a life as an average joe once he graduates college. Instead, he is dedicated to having as much fun as humanly possible while in college, which includes getting drunk and laid. It is stated that he is from Wyoming
  • Sammy Cacciatore (Chris Romano): The team mascot (Mounty, The Mountain Goat Mascot) and Alex's roommate. Is constantly searching for girls and excuses to get drunk, with his drinking often leading him into misadventure. Like Alex, they grew up together in Wyoming
  • Craig Shilo (Sam Jones III): Last year’s National High School Player of the Year, Craig Shilo is the team's star freshman player. Unlike his teammates, Craig is rather straight-laced and committed to his ultra-manipulative girlfriend Denise. Best friends with Alex, Craig often serves as the voice of reason within the show, as his desire to fulfill everyone's hopes for him becoming a big time NFL player hangs over his head at all times. He claims to be from Ohio
  • Denise Roy (Gabrielle Dennis): Denise is Craig Shilo’s high school girlfriend. A former homecoming queen and star student at Blue Mountain State, Denise is a cold and calculating figure who withholds sex from Craig to make him play better, all the while sleeping around behind his back (having three-ways with two other women and sleeping with a guy from her marketing class). She is often at odds with Alex Moran, who sees through her facade.
  • Thad Castle (Alan Ritchson): A junior linebacker/team captain from Connecticut. Despite his status as a two time consensus All-American and team record holder (most tackles in a single game), Thad is largely hated by his teammates for his bully ways and high strung antics when things do not go his way. Has a father who died while in the military, stationed in Bosnia and has a half-sister who he is ultra-protective of. He is also heavily prone to engage in excessive homoerotic behavior, especially in relations to the hazing rituals he makes freshmen engage in.
  • Coach Marty Daniels (Ed Marinaro): Six time National Champion, and long standing pillar of the BMS community, Coach Marty Daniels is the winningest football coach in Blue Mountain State history. Coach Daniels has accumulated 243 wins over the years and expects to add to that total this year in his quest to break JoePa’s record of 388.

Reception

Metacritic gave the series 38 out of 100, from the 4 reviews it collected, and a user score of 8.7 out of 10 based on 32 votes.[1] Brian Lowry of Variety found that "Blue Mountain embraces that (crude comedy) aspect of Spike's mandate over all else -- putting the bodily function/semi-nudity cart before the sitcom horse."[2] Lowry also stated that, "(Spike) has simply made this too-blue "Mountain" into a comedic molehill."[2] Mark A. Perigard of the Boston Herald gave the series a favourable review saying, "Blue is also frequently funny in a raunchy American Pie way. It’s a college comedy in which the guys want to get wasted and laid, in whatever order." As to production Perigard described it as "solidly made on a cable budget."[3] Joe Walljasper of the Columbia Daily Tribune describes the series as appealing to those who viewed the film Porky's and "felt that the jokes were a little too high-brow."[4]

The show has averaged 949,000 viewers through its first six episodes while improving on the time slot by 165% among men 18-24. As a result, it has been renewed for a second season. [5]

Episodes

Season 1 (2010)

Series
#		 Season
#		 Title Writer Director Original airdate Production Code
1 1 "It's Called Hazing, Look It Up" Eric Falconer, Chris Romano (as Romanski) Brian Robbins January 11, 2010 (2010-01-11) 101
Three incoming freshman on the Blue Mountain State University football team try to adapt to a new world of college life full of football, girls, and hazing. 
2 1 "Promise Ring" Eric Falconer, Chris Romano (as Romanski) Lev L. Spiro January 12, 2010 (2010-01-12) 102
Denise goes away for the weekend, and gives Craig a promise ring which he loses after a night at a strip club. 
3 1 "Pocket Pussy" Eric Falconer, Chris Romano (as Romanski) Brian Robbins January 19, 2010 (2010-01-19) 103
The team is punished for their poor playing when a curfew is put in place shortly before their most important game of the season; two cope with the curfew hampering their social lives, the players steal Thad's personal sex toy for their own usage. 
4 1 "Rivalry Weekend" Eric Falconer, Chris Romano (as Romanski) Lev L. Spiro January 26, 2010 (2010-01-26) 104
Travis McKenna, the team's starting quarterback, is suspended from play after being arrested with a transvestite prostitute and Alex has to step up. Meanwhile, the team's mascots Sam and Billy the Goat are kidnapped by rivals Overland University. 
5 1 "There's Only One Second Best" Drew Hancock & JD Ryznar Jeff Melman February 2, 2010 (2010-02-02) 105
Alex gets bumped down from backup quarterback and into special teams. Meanwhile, Sam rallies the jilted cheerleaders to riot against their unattentive boyfriends. 
6 1 "The Drug Olympics" Eric Falconer, Chris Romano (as Romanski) Clark Mathis February 9, 2010 (2010-02-09) 106
Recent losses inspire Thad to hold a special lock-in at the Goat House as part of a drug-fueled team building exercise, but the night takes a bizarre turn when it's revealed that that the drug taking is all a ruse to get Craig wasted so that he'll cheat on Denise with the team's female booster, known as "The Cougar". 
7 1 "The Legend of the Golden Arm" Brian Burns John Fortenberry February 16, 2010 (2010-02-16) 107
A player-recruitment weekend brings out Batman Barstow, a running back who poses a threat to both Craig’s position and relationship with Denise, while Alex competes with Thad to enlist Matt Parker, the top high-school quarterback, for Blue Mountain State. 
8 1 "LAX" Chip Hall Clark Mathis February 23, 2010 (2010-02-23) 108
Alex restarts a terrible lacrosse/football war that can only end with a sacrifical gangbang of Sammy's new virgin girlfriend. 
9 1 "Midterms" Drew Hancock & J.D. Ryznar Ken Whittingham March 2, 2010 (2010-03-02) 109
With the season threatened by the team's poor grades, Alex finds himself forced into a professor's scheme to have him sleep with his mother in exchange for a "C". 
10 1 "Marathon Monday"[6] March 9, 2010 (2010-03-09) 110
During Marathon Monday, a BMS drinking tradition where the whole campus parties from 6 a.m. Monday to 6 a.m. Tuesday, Alex meets and hooks up with the girl of his dreams who turns out to be just like him and Sammy and Craig go on a drinking binge together. 
11 1 "Ransom"[7] March 16, 2010 (2010-03-16) 111
The father of a girl Alex slept with becomes obsessed with him and Sammy deals with his own daddy issues. 
12 1 "Piss Test"[8] 112
Can the guys figure out a way to pass the drug test? 
13 1 "Bowl Game"[9] 113
 

Filming locations

International distribution

Country / Region Network(s) Aired Notes
 United States Spike Tuesday 10:00pm ET
 South Africa DSTV Thursday 8:00pm ET
 Canada Super Channel Monday 11:30pm ET repeats at various times throughout the week[10]
 Portugal MTV Portugal Coming Soon
 Germany MTV Central Coming Soon
 Slovenia /  Croatia /  Serbia MTV Adria Coming Soon

References

  1. ^ "Blue Mountain State". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/tv/shows/bluemountainstate. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
  2. ^ a b Lowry, Brian (11 January 2010). "Blue Mountain State". Variety. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117941871.html?categoryid=32&cs=1. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
  3. ^ Perigard, Mark A. (12 January 2010). "Rocky ‘Mountain’ Spike TV’s raunchy college-set comedy lacks class". Boston Herald. http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/reviews/view.bg?articleid=1224923&srvc=home&position=also. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
  4. ^ Walljasper, Joe. "TAKE TWO: An alternative look at the day in sports". Columbia, Missouri: Columbia Daily Tribune. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2010/jan/17/take-two/?sports. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 
  5. ^ Umstead, Thomas (February 26, 2010). "Spike's `Blue Mountain State' Scores Second Season Pickup - College Football-Themed Series Averaging Nearly 1 Million Viewers". Multichannel News. http://www.multichannel.com/article/449335-Spike_s_Blue_Mountain_State_Scores_Second_Season_Pickup.php. Retrieved 1 March 2010. 
  6. ^ http://www.superchannel.ca/series/episode/42516470/Blue-Mountain-State-S1-Ep-10-Ep-10
  7. ^ http://www.superchannel.ca/series/episode/42516473/Blue-Mountain-State-S1-Ep-11-Ep-11
  8. ^ http://www.superchannel.ca/series/episode/42516476/Blue-Mountain-State-S1-Ep-12-Ep-12
  9. ^ http://www.superchannel.ca/series/episode/42516479/Blue-Mountain-State-S1-Ep-13-Ep-13
  10. ^ "Blue Mountain State". Super Channel. http://www.superchannel.ca/series/view/42537119/Blue-Mountain-State. Retrieved 10 February 2010. 

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