We Need Girlfriends

"We Need Girlfriends" is an 11-episode web series created by Steven Tsapelas, filmed by Angel Acevedo, and mostly directed by Brian Amyot. It is produced by their Astoria, New York based film production company Ragtag Productions.

The series chronicles the lives of Tom (Patrick Cohen), Rod (Evan Bass) and Henry (Seth Kirschner). After college, Tom, Henry and Rod move into an apartment together and are all simultaneously dumped by their girlfriends. The season finale aired on YouTube on September 16, 2007.

After several meetings in Hollywood, the creators, Angel Acevedo, Brian Amyot, and Steven Tsapelas, revealed that a deal was made with CBS to turn the series into a television show. It will be produced by Darren Star, Dennis Erdman and Clark Peterson. The pilot script will be written by Tsapelas, Amyot, and Acevedo, and will reboot the series from before the pilot and carry through an extended version of the first season.

Episode list

The web series premiered on November 1, 2006.

Episode 1: Pilot Tom, Henry, and Rod find themselves newly single for the first time in four years. Tom and Rod battle over their squirrel Lucy.

Episode 2: Blue Party Tom, Henry and Rod are invited to a blue party, which they are convinced is a sex party.

Episode 3: MySpace Rod and Henry try to make Tom's ex-girlfriend jealous by pimping out his MySpace page.

Episode 4: Rod Vs Henry Rod photoshops a picture of himself having sex with Henry's ex-girlfriend, which leads to a childish battle between the two friends. This was the first episode that contained the popular "Team Rod" and "Team Henry" T-shirts.

Episode 5: First Date Ever Tom goes on his first date with Lucy, which is actually the first "real" date he's ever been on. Meanwhile, Henry watches a "Three's Company" marathon and loses his grip on reality.

Episode 6: Game Night Rod finds out Tom is dating Lucy and insists they have a game night to battle for who gets to date her (Infamous for the "suck a dick" psych-out technique out during their Celebrity Taboo game).

Episode 7: The Boyfriend Lucy reveals she's still living with her ex-boyfriend, Dennis. Dennis enlists Rod's help in spying on Tom and Lucy.

Episode 8: Future Henry Henry receives a letter he wrote to himself in 8th grade, which leads him to his old middle school crush, Jenny. The episode develops Henry's obsession with science fiction.

Episode 9: The Morning After Rod is jealous of Henry and Jenny, so he drags Tom to a party to pick up chicks in a battle to see who can have sex first.

Episode 10: Future Rod Due to a "mistake", Rod is forced to grow up and he instead runs away. Tom and Henry try to get him to do the right thing.

Episode 11: Goodbye Forever A lonely Tom reconciles with Sarah, but after Rod and Henry teach him an important lesson from "Terminator 2", he has a big decision to make.

External links

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* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3ia9c51f5ef29150aa718f13d4ea070085 CBS, Star commit to 'Girlfriends' from YouTube - The Hollywood Reporter]
* [http://www.slate.com/id/2184807 "Slate" Magazine review, February 20, 2008]
* [http://www.weneedgirlfriends.tv/ Official WNG Website]
* [http://www.sociopathic.net/ Sociopathic.net supporter of WNG]
* [http://www.youtube.com/user/StevenTsapelas Steven Tsapelas' YouTube channel (WNG web series season 1 videos)]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/fashion/07girlfriends.html?_r=1&ex=1360126800&en=93b5bfce49997848&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin/ The Beta Males Charms - New York Times article]
* [http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/netnative/archives/116194.asp/ We Need Girlfriends Make the Ladies Go Crazy - Seattle PI]