Introduction

Enlisted is an American comedy television series that premiered 10 January 2014 on Fox.

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Outline

Three very different brothers, each soldiers in the US Army, find themselves all assigned to the same unit: the fictional A Company, 2nd Battalion, 618th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 18th Infantry Division (Mechanised), at the fictional Fort McGee, located in Florida.

While the majority of the base’s personnel are deployed overseas, the two younger brothers (Derrick and Randy) are assigned to rear detachment – the soldiers left behind to take care of the base.

The oldest brother, Staff Sergeant Pete Hill, is returned stateside from Afghanistan after punching a superior officer. He is assigned to supervise a platoon of misfits that includes his brothers.

While working together, the brothers are able to renew and strengthen their childhood bonds.

Cast

• Main:
  • Geoff Stults as Staff Sergeant Peter “Pete” Hill.
  • Chris Lowell as Corporal Derrick Hill.
  • Parker Young as Private First Class Randall “Randy” Hill.
  • Keith David as Command Sergeant Major Donald Cody.
  • Angelique Cabral as Staff Sergeant Jillian “Jill” Perez.
• Supporting Cast:
  • Kyle Davis as Private First Class Dobkiss.
  • Tania Gunadi as Private First Class Cindy Park.
  • Mel Rodriguez as Specialist George Chubowski.
  • Mort Burke as Private First Class Mort Gumble.
  • Michelle Buteau as Private Tanisha Robinson.
  • Maronzio Vance as Private Ruiz.
  • Ross Philips as Second Lieutenant Tyson Schneeberger.
  • Jessy Hodges as Erin.
  • Rob Lamer as Sam.
  • Brandon Routh as Brandon Stone.

Trivia

• Fox placed a 13-episode order for the single-camera comedy in May 2013.
• Despite low ratings, the show received critical acclaim.
• On 26 March 2014, Fox announced that, from 11 April, Kitchen Nightmares would be airing in Enlisted’s timeslot – effectively removing it from the schedule after nine episodes had aired.
• On 07 May 2014, Fox cancelled the series, but allowed the final four episodes to air in June.
• The entire first season was released on DVD on 09 December 2014.
• The first season aired mostly out of the production order in an effort to build early positive buzz by airing “stronger” episodes first.
  • As a result, some plot points did not play out as intended by the creative team – most noticeably in the fourth episode to air (“Homecoming”), which was the tenth episode produced; there was a jump forward as Derrick was shown to be in a relationship with Erin despite not meeting her until the sixth episode to air, which was the fifth episode produced.
  • This resulted in a “lack of investment in the stakes of said relationship”.
  • The football-themed tenth episode had been moved forward to coincide with Super Bowl XLVIII, which took place two days later.

Enlisted Series

• Episode 01: Pilot.
• Episode 02: Randy Get Your Gun.
• Episode 03: Pete’s Airstream.
• Episode 04: Homecoming.
• Episode 05: Rear D Day.
• Episode 06: Brothers and Sister.
• Episode 07: Parade Duty.
• Episode 08: Vets.
• Episode 09: Paint Cart 5000 vs. The Mondo Spider.
• Episode 10: Prank War.
• Episode 11: The General Inspection.
• Episode 12: Army Men.
• Episode 13: Alive Day.

Production & Filming Details

• Creator(s): Kevin Biegel.
• Director(s): Phil Traill, Fred Goss, Richie Keen, Pater Lauer, Michael McDonald, Linda Mendoza, and Matt Sohn.
• Producer(s): Kevin Biegel, Mike Royce, William Burns, Chris Plourde, Sanjay Shah, Phil Traill, Dine Mercer, Laura Gutin, Peter Knight, Kate Purdy, and Therese Mulligan.
• Writer(s): Kevin Biegel, Mike Royce, Eric Ziobrowski, Jeff Chiang, Laura Gutin, Peter Knight, Theresa Mulligan, Kate Purdy, Scott Rutherford, and Sanjay Shah.
• Music: Orr Rebhun, Erica Weis, and Evan Brau.
• Cinematography: David Jones and David Jennings.
• Editor(s): James Renfroe, Josh Scharffer, and Hugh Ross.
• Production: Palace Productions, Snowpants Productions, and 20th Century Fox Television.
• Distributor(s): 20th Television.
• Original Network: Fox.
• Release Date: 10 January 2014 to 22 June 2014.
• Running Time: 24 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.