The Arrangement (2017 TV series)

The Arrangement is an American drama television series created by Jonathan Abrahams which airs on E!.[1] A first trailer was released on May 16, 2016.[2] The series premiered on March 5, 2017. On April 13, 2017, E! announced that it had renewed the series for a 10-episode second season,[3] which premiered on March 11, 2018.[4]

The Arrangement
Genre	Drama
Created by	Jonathan Abrahams
Starring	Josh Henderson Christine Evangelista Lexa Doig Carra Patterson Michael Vartan
Composer	James Iha
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Producer	Peter Lhotka
Cinematography	Itai Ne'eman Matthew Clark
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	43 minutes
Production companies	Sneaky Pictures, Inc. All3Media Main Event Media Universal Cable Productions
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	E!
Original release	March 5, 2017 – May 13, 2018
External links
Website

On May 29, 2018, the series was cancelled after two seasons.[5]

Premise

Megan Morrison, a young actress, auditions to play the female lead in a high-profile film opposite action star Kyle West. She meets Terrence Anderson, the leader of the Institute of the Higher Mind, a self-help organization. Anderson offers her the title "arrangement"—a contract offering her $10 million if she marries West.[2]

The show centers around the Hollywood actor and actress's relationship, and is an "'amalgam' of stories inside Hollywood about arranged relationships against the backdrop of self-help programs". Some reviews suggest it was inspired by Scientology and the relationship between Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes.[6]

Cast and characters

Main

• Christine Evangelista as Megan Morrison West,[7] an unknown actress who, after a successful audition, is plucked from obscurity and offered a secret contract to be the fiancée to Kyle West, one of Hollywood's biggest stars[8]
• Josh Henderson as Kyle West, one of the hottest actors in Hollywood,[8] and the most prominent public face of the Institute of the Higher Mind (IHM)
• Lexa Doig as DeAnn Anderson, Terrence's wife, a successful Hollywood producer, and a high-ranking member of IHM
• Carra Patterson as Shaun, Megan's best friend, who later gets involved with IHM as a lawyer
• Michael Vartan as Terence Anderson, Kyle's producing partner and the leader of the Institute of the Higher Mind[9]

Recurring

• Autumn Reeser as Leslie Bellcamp, Megan's original agent
• Katharine Isabelle as Hope, Megan's old friend
• Ashley Grace as Lisbeth, Kyle's ex-fiancée
• Courtney Paige as Annika (season 1)
• Kyle Toy as Zach, Kyle's personal assistant
• Ruffin Prentiss as Xavier Hughes, a popular musician who Kyle chooses to co-star in his film Technicolor Highway
• Jacob Artist as Wes Blaker, the son of an old friend of DeAnn's who is interested in an acting career

Production

On September 11, 2017, it was announced that Jacob Artist would recur during season two as a character named Wes Blaker.[10]

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes		Originally aired
				First aired	Last aired
	1	10		March 5, 2017	May 7, 2017
	2	10		March 11, 2018	May 13, 2018

Season 1 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Pilot"	Ken Olin	Jonathan Abrahams	March 5, 2017	0.848[11]
2	2	"The Ex"	Jonas Pate	Jonathan Abrahams	March 12, 2017	0.714[12]
3	3	"The Leak"	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	Jonathan Abrahams	March 19, 2017	0.799[13]
4	4	"Crashing"	Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum	Patricia Resnick	March 26, 2017	0.645[14]
5	5	"Temptation"	Carol Banker	Rob Bragin	April 2, 2017	0.570[15]
6	6	"Control"	Carol Banker	Leah Benavides	April 9, 2017	0.608[16]
7	7	"Trips"	Lukas Ettlin	Mel Cowan	April 16, 2017	0.595[17]
8	8	"The Betrayal"	Lukas Ettlin	Olivia Briggs	April 23, 2017	0.573[18]
9	9	"Sins"	Jonas Pate	Rob Bragin	April 30, 2017	0.736[19]
10	10	"The New Narrative"	Jonas Pate	Jonathan Abrahams	May 7, 2017	0.560[20]

Season 2 (2018)

No. overall	No. in season	Title [21]	Directed by	Written by	Original air date [21]	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"The Long Game"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Jonathan Abrahams	March 11, 2018	0.467[22]
12	2	"Surface Tension"	Michael Goi	Mel Cowan	March 18, 2018	0.477[23]
13	3	"The Sessions"	Norman Buckley	Adam Milch	March 25, 2018	0.418[24]
14	4	"Scene 23"	Alexis Ostrander	Leah Benavides	April 1, 2018	0.412[25]
15	5	"You Are Not Alone"	Tanya Wexler	Roger Grant	April 8, 2018	0.399[26]
16	6	"The Break Up"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Olivia Briggs	April 15, 2018	0.361[27]
17	7	"On Location"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Leah Benavides & Mel Cowan	April 22, 2018	0.390[28]
18	8	"Paso Robles"	Janice Cooke	Roger Grant	April 29, 2018	0.401[29]
19	9	"Truth"	Jonathan Frakes	Adam Milch	May 6, 2018	0.421[30]
20	10	"Suite Revenge"	Robert Duncan McNeill	Jonathan Abrahams	May 13, 2018	0.432[31]

References

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External links

• Official website
• The Arrangement at IMDb