History Series / WildPalms

''Wild Palms'' is a six hour science fiction TV mini-series from 1993, produced by Creator/OliverStone and written by Bruce Wagner (who also wrote the comic book the series was based on). It starred Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/DanaDelany, Creator/BebeNeuwirth, Angie Dickinson, Creator/KimCattrall, Creator/ErnieHudson, Ben Savage and Robert Loggia.

Wild Palms demonstrated an astoundingly sensible projection of future trends, including the rise of retro music as well as believable fashion. Notably, one episode was directed by Kathryn Bigelow, who would go on to direct ''Film/TheHurtLocker'' and ''Film/ZeroDarkThirty''.

%%* ArcWords: "Everything Must Go."

''Wild Palms'' is a six hour science fiction TV mini-series from 1993, produced by Creator/OliverStone and written by Bruce Wagner (who also wrote the comic book the series was based on). It starred Creator/JamesBelushi, Creator/DanaDelany, Creator/BebeNeuwirth, Angie Dickinson, Kim Cattrall, Creator/ErnieHudson, Ben Savage and Robert Loggia.

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* AdultFear: Your kid is actually a {{Changeling}}.

''Wild Palms'' is a six hour science fiction TV mini-series from 1993, produced by Creator/OliverStone and written by Bruce Wagner (who also wrote the comic book the series was based on). It starred Creator/JamesBelushi, Dana Delany, Creator/BebeNeuwirth, Angie Dickinson, Kim Cattrall, Creator/ErnieHudson, Ben Savage and Robert Loggia.

* AsHimself: WilliamGibson at a party, Creator/OliverStone in a TV interview about ''Film/{{JFK}}'' (where he shows himself as vindicated with his theory in the future).
-->'''Paige''': This is William Gibson, Harry.
-->'''Harry''': Oh, yeah...''Literature/{{Neuromancer}}'', right?
-->'''Paige''': He invented the word "cyberspace."
-->'''Gibson''': And they'll never let me forget it.

* [[spoiler:{{GIRL}}]]: Terra, Chickie's cyberspace love-interest is actually [[spoiler:Ushio Kawabatake, a Japanese member of the Friends.]]

* ChemicalMessiah: The drug Mimezine(discovered by Harry's father, Dexter, by experimenting on ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu fugu]]'' toxin), which permitted one to hallucinate interactions with holograms, had religious overtones(overdoses resulted in "image sickness", beginning with hallucinations of churches, progressing into losing oneself in memories, and ultimately death), considering that the Scientology-like antagonist cult (Synthiotics/The New Realism) in the miniseries controlled the pharmaceutical labs where it was manufactured as well as the media outlets which benefited from its use by consumers. Senator Kreutzer, the Big Bad, certainly thought that opening the doors of perception using Mimezine was one of the first steps to enlightenment in the New Realist/Synthiotics paradigm.

* HideYourGays: Totally averted.

* AffablyEvil: Senator Tony Kreutzer.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: Kreutzer, Wyckoff, Levitt And Schenkel.
* ArcWords: "Everything Must Go."

* CreepyChild: Coty Wyckoff, and ''how''.

* CuteMute: Deirdre "Little Buddha" Wyckoff.

* {{Cyberspace}}: Chickie Levitt spends most of his time there.
* DarkMessiah: Coty is being set up as one by the Fathers.
* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:Harry and Grace.]]
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Chickie Levitt, Tommy.]]
* TheDragon: Josie Ito to Senator Kreutzer.
* DreamSequence: Harry's nightmares.

* EvilChancellor: Senator Tony Kreutzer.
* EvilMatriarch: Josie Ito.

* FemmeFatale: Paige. Paige. And Paige.
* GeniusCripple: Chickie Levitt.

* LaResistance: The Friends.

* LotusEaterMachine: Subverted when [[spoiler:Chickie kills Chap Starfall.]]

* ViewersAreGeniuses

* YaoiGuys: Tommy Laszlo and Tully Woiwode.

''Wild Palms'' is a six hour science fiction TV mini-series from 1993, produced by Oliver Stone and written by Bruce Wagner (who also wrote the comic book the series was based on). It starred James Belushi, Dana Delany, Bebe Neuwirth, Angie Dickinson, Kim Cattrall, Ernie Hudson, Ben Savage and Robert Loggia.

-->'''Harry''': Oh, yeah...''{{Neuromancer}}'', right?

* StealthPen: "Everything Must TabletopGame/{{Go}}", as noted in-universe.

* ChemicalMessiah: The drug Mimezine, used to make holographic images appear more real, had religious overtones, considering that the Scientology-like antagonist cult (Synthiotics/The New Realism) in the miniseries controlled the pharmaceutical labs where it was manufactured as well as the media outlets which benefited from its use by consumers. Senator Kreutzer, the Big Bad, certainly thought that opening the doors of perception using Mimezine was one of the first steps to enlightenment in the New Realist/Synthiotics paradigm.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Ernie Hudson, Brad Dourif, Kim Cattrall, Robert Loggia, Bebe Neuwirth, Ben Savage, David Warner -- quite a few recognizable actors comprise the main and supporting casts.
** Tully's sister is played by an uncredited Kathryn Bigelow.

* PlayingAgainstType: James Belushi playing a serious character (albeit one with a sense of humor) in a serious show.
** And BradDourif and Creator/DavidWarner playing good guys.

''Wild Palms'' is a six hour science fiction TV mini-series from 1993, produced by Oliver Stone and written by Bruce Wagner (who also wrote the comic book the series was based on). It starred James Belushi, Bebe Neuwirth, Angie Dickinson, Kim Cattral, Ernie Hudson and Robert Loggia.

* SocietyOnEdge: The last episode ups the tension this way by showing society breaking apart at the seams as a result of the power struggle between the crypto-fascist Fathers and the more libertarian and humanistic Friends, secret societies that have been warring over America for decades.

* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Harry's therapy sessions. [[spoiler:Notably, the therapist is a Father, so it's doubtful that he had any interest in Harry's mental health.]

* BigScrewedUpFamily: [[The Kreutzers. Tony is secretly Harry's father. Bring on the Squick, as his sister Josie is Grace's mother. And also fathered Coty on Paige, then switched him for Harry's son - the Maps to the Stars kid.]]

* BrotherSisterIncest: Heavily implied between Tully and his sister.

* AllPsychologyIsFreudian: Harry's therapy sessions.

* {{GIRL}}: Terra, Chickie's cyberspace love-interest.

* AsHimself: WilliamGibson at a party, Creator/OliverStone in a TV interview about ''JFK'' (where he shows himself as vindicated with his theory in the future).