Country of origin United States Original network MTV | No. of episodes 8 | |
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Original release April 22 (2014-04-22) – June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10) | ||
The first season of Faking It, an American single-camera romantic comedy, starring Rita Volk, Katie Stevens, Gregg Sulkin, Michael Willett and Bailey De Young. It was developed by Carter Covington and created by Dana Min Goodman and Julia Wolov, premiered on April 22, 2014 and concluded on June 10, 2014 on the MTV network. The season featured 8 episodes.
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Plot
Hester High School is a place where being different is what makes you popular. When the outcast sophomore students Karma Ashcroft (Katie Stevens) and her best friend Amy Raudenfeld (Rita Volk) are mistaken as a lesbian couple, they find themselves as the center of the school's attention, so they decide to keep on with the charade.
They are invited to a party hosted by popular gay student Shane Harvey (Michael Willett). With the intention of impressing Shane's best friend, Liam Booker (Gregg Sulkin), Karma attends to the party with Amy, who's not entirely sure she wants to continue with this farce. As they are unwillingly nomiated for homecoming Queens, they are forced to kiss in front of the entire school in order to maintain the status, only for Amy to find out that she might not actually be faking it.
Main cast
Recurring cast
Guest star
Production
On October, 2013, MTV announced series orders for Faking It and Happyland, both consisting of eight episodes each. All episodes were broadcast on the time slot of Tuesdays from 10:30 PM–11:00 PM EST.
Reviews
Faking It received generally favorable reviews from critics, receiving a 71 score on Metacritic, based on eight reviews as well as a 71% for season 1 on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. New York Times said the following: "Faking It isn't anything more than a smarter-than-average high school comedy, but there's a freshness to it, perhaps because so many of the key people involved are relative newcomers." New York Daily News said "The engine driving this show is female friendship, the kind strong enough to get you through even high school. For Amy and Karma, we want that." And Entertainment Weekly stated "Credit the winning cast, especially Volk, and executive producer Carter Covington's sweet/snarky tone for a half hour viewers won't have to pretend to love."
Home media
The show is available for digital download on iTunes and Amazon.com. Although there hasn't been a wide DVD/BD release, on October 15, 2014 "The Complete Season 1" was made available for purchase in DVD (Region 1) format per Manufactured on Demand (MOD) on Amazon.com