Infobox Television
show_name = Lincoln Heights |
caption = The cast of "Lincoln Heights".
format = Drama, Action/Adventure
runtime = approx. 42-45 minutes
creator = Seth Freeman
executive_producer = Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
producion_designer = John Iacovelli
starring = Russell Hornsby
Erica Hubbard
Nikki Micheaux
Rhyon Brown
Mishon Ratliff
Robert Adamson
Michael Reilly Burke
country = Flagicon|USA United States
network = ABC Family
first_aired = January 8, 2007
last_aired = present
num_seasons = 3
num_episodes = 27
list_episodes = List of Lincoln Heights episodes
imdb_id = 0775374
tv_com_id = 66930
"Lincoln Heights" is an American drama television series about Eddie Sutton, a Los Angeles Police Department officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, California to start a new life and help out his old neighborhood. It is a dangerous place to raise a family, and through the many trials the family goes through, they soon learn that settling in is not as easy as it seems. While Officer Sutton struggles to cope with every day life as a street cop in Los Angeles, his kids try to fit in at their new schools and with their new neighbors.
The show premiered January 8, 2007 on the ABC Family network with 13 episodes ordered for the first season. It was approved for a second season, which premiered September 4, 2007. [ [http://www.tv.com/lincoln-heights/show/66930/summary.html?q=Lincoln%20Heights&tag=search_results;title;0 Lincoln Heights TV Show - Lincoln Heights Television Show - TV.com ] ] Vanessa Hudgens' song, "Say OK" had been used in a commercial to promote the second season. To promote the third season, they showed clips of Cassie and Charles's relationship to the song, "Crush" by the American Idol's seventh season runner-up, David Archuleta.
The show's theme song was written and performed by bassist Stanley Clarke and singer-songwriter Blaire Reinhard. The lyrics are:
"The city never sleeps, you've gotta live to your own beat, so, easy come and easy go, what is home?".
"Lincoln Heights" returned for a third season on Tuesday, September 16 at 8PM/7C. [ [http://entertainmentnow.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/abc-family-sets-returns-for-greek-and-lincoln-heights/ Your Entertainment Now ] ] The season premiere brought the show it's highest ratings ever at 1.66 million viewers. [http://pifeedback.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/47810812/m/14810947/p/54]
"Lincoln Heights" Plot
Season One
Eddie, his wife Jen, his two daughters Cassie and Lizzie,and his son Taylor (Tay) move to Lincoln Heights. The neighborhood where Eddie grew up, and where, in his early teens, he witnessed his mother gunned down in a drive-by shooting. The family has trouble fitting in. While Eddie tries to balance the problems, safety, and happiness of his family with trying to change the neighborhood, Cassie ends up falling in love with Charles. Charles is a boy who is new to Lincoln Heights as well. Lizzie is having problems with her new basketball team, Tay is having trouble facing the bullies at school who steal his lunch money, and Jen is also having problems with her new boss at the hospital. At the end of the day the family is getting better and stronger than ever before.
Season Two
The Sutton family is back for another year...which starts out with a race riot at the high school that spills out into streets where violence catches up to Eddie, who is shot while trying to save a kid from making a bad mistake. Cassie and Charles try to take their relationship to the next level, Lizzie is still dealing with her past experiences and Jen eventually resigns from Lincoln Heights Memorial Hospital for the challenges of a Free Clinic.
Season Three
The third season of "Lincoln Heights" premiered on Tuesday, September 16, 2008.[cite web |url= http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/16/DD3S12MLN7.DTL |title= TV review: 'Lincoln Heights' aims high |author= David Wiegand |work= San Francisco Chronicle |date= September 16, 2008 |quote= ] ]Characters
Main
Eddie SuttonAn officer who moves his family back to his old neighborhood hoping to make a difference, however, things start to overwhelm him and his family. Despite this, Eddie strives to change the lives of the people around him for the better. It's revealed that his mother was killed twenty years ago when he was thirteen, making him thirty-three at the series debut.
Jennifer "Jenn" SuttonEddie's wife who is a nurse. She is the daughter of a judge, and she is against the family's current location. Despite her own concerns on this, she stays with her husband and puts her medical skills to good use.
Cassandra "Cassie" SuttonEddie and Jen's oldest daughter, named after Eddie's mother. She is very gentle and artistic. She becomes romantically involved with a boy at her school named Charles, and later becomes friends with the daughter of her father's partner.
Elizabeth "Lizzie" SuttonEddie and Jen's youngest daughter and second-oldest child. She has a bit of an attitude. Later she is kidnapped by two thugs, but one helps her escape. She strikes up an unapproved friendship with him, which later gets her into trouble when she ends up baby-sitting for his teen sister who has a child. Lizzie is later accepted into a private school.
Taylor "Tay" SuttonThe youngest, and Eddie and Jen's only son. He has a strong passion for music.
Charles AntoniA boy who is new to the neighborhood, he takes an interest in Cassie. He loves her art and tries to support her in it. Their relationship is "tried" many times in season two. He and Cassie slept together in season 3.
Officer LundEddie's partner, and father of Sage. Like Eddie's father, he tends to drink when things aren't going well in his life.
SageOfficer Lund's teen daughter, whose personality is very different from Eddie's daughter. She and Cassie are friends, but their friendship breaks later on. At this time, she tries to make a move on Charles, but fails. At the end of season 2, she's involved in a car accident with Charles and ends up in a coma. She awakes in season three, and is once again friends with Cassie.
Other
Grandpa Sutton Eddie's alcholic father who can't seem to stay out of trouble. Twenty years ago he made a choice to stand up against gangsters which ultimately led to the death of his wife. Whenenver he ends up in jail, Eddie constantly bails him out. Mother TaylorThe woman who helped raise Eddie after his mother was killed by gangsters twenty year ago.
The Bradshaws/Jen's ParentsJen's father and mother, and grandparents of Cassie, Lizzie, and Tay. Jen's father is a wealthy judge who doesn't always get along with Eddie. He does not like where they are living. He also doesn't get along with Eddie's father shown in his first appearance. During his second visit it's revealed that he has cancer, which causes a strain on his marriage. Beverly is Jen's mother who held a grudge against her due to the fact that she got to live her dream as a nurse, however, her personality changes by the end of her episode debut.
RubenA worker at the hospital Jen works at, and Tay's friend. He is responsible for killing Eddie's mother twenty years ago. He takes a bullet for Tay in season two and survives.
Grandma Cassandra SuttonEddie's mother. Eddie told the kids she was killed in an accident, however, they soon learn that she was actually killed twenty years ago by a group of gang members, Ruben being the shooter. She could be considered the main reason why Eddie is dedicated to making a change in his old neighborhood.
Episode guide
Reviews
[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/08/arts/television/08linc.html?fta=y The New York Times review by Virginia Heffernan]
References
External links
* [http://www.forums.tv-wired.com "Lincoln Heights Forums" at TV Wired]
* [http://abcfamily.go.com/LincolnHeights/ "Lincoln Heights" at ABC Family.com]
*MySpace|lincolnheights|Lincoln Heights
