Faking It (season 1)

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Faking It
Season 1
Faking It season 1 poster.jpg
Promotional poster and DVD cover art
No. of episodes8
Release
Original network MTV
Original releaseApril 22 (2014-04-22) –
June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2
List of episodes

The first season of Faking It , an American single-camera romantic comedy, starred 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. [1]

Contents

Plot

Hester High School is a place where being different is what makes you popular. When outcast sophomore students Karma Ashcroft (Katie Stevens) and her best friend Amy Raudenfeld (Rita Volk) are mistaken for a lesbian couple, they find themselves the center of the school's attention, so they decide to go along 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 the party with Amy, who is not entirely sure she wants to continue with the lie. When they are unexpectedly nominated as homecoming queens, they are forced to kiss in front of the entire school in order to maintain their new popular status, but Amy is slowly discovering that she might not actually be faking it.

Cast and characters

Main cast

Katie Stevens September 2014 (cropped).jpg
Rita Volk at Paleyfest 2014.jpg
Michael J. Willett at Paleyfest 2014.jpg
Katie Stevens, Rita Volk and Michael Willett (left to right).
Gregg Sulkin at Paleyfest 2014.jpg
Bailey De Young at Paleyfest 2014.jpg
Gregg Sulkin and Bailey De Young (left to right).

Recurring cast

Guest star

Production

On October, 2013, MTV announced series orders for Faking It and Happyland , both consisting of eight episodes each. [2] All episodes were broadcast on the time slot of Tuesdays from 10:30 PM–11:00 PM EST. [3]

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateUS viewers
(millions)
11"Pilot" Jamie Travis Carter Covington April 22, 2014 (2014-04-22)1.17 [4]
Best friends Karma and Amy go to Hester High School in Austin, Texas, where being different makes you popular. Karma has tried many things to get in with the cool crowd but nothing has made them stand out until Shane, a popular kid in school, mistakes them for lesbians and invites them to his party. He mistakenly outs them and nominates them for prom queens. Basking in her new-found popularity, Karma convinces a reluctant Amy to continue the ruse. Amy's soon-to-be stepsister Lauren (and rival for homecoming queen) is infuriated by this and publicly reveals at a school assembly that the girls are "Faking It". Amy kisses Karma in an attempt to defend Karma from public humiliation at the hands of Lauren. The kiss makes Amy aware that her feelings for Karma are more complex than she realized. This is the first appearance of the "Woah, I Know" tagline that is repeated throughout the series.
22"Homecoming Out"Jamie TravisCarter CovingtonApril 29, 2014 (2014-04-29)0.86 [5]
Lauren threatens to out Amy to her conservative divorced mother as Hester High gets ready for their first-ever same-sex Homecoming Dance. Liam and Karma continue their affair but when Liam tells her that he always wanted to have sex with a lesbian, she 'breaks up' with him. Amy asks Shane to be her fake date for the Homecoming Dance so her mother (a TV meteorologist) won't know she's a lesbian. Amy's mom's first news reporting assignment, however, is to report on the first-ever Homecoming queens. Amy tries to stop her, but in the end she comes out of the closet, upsetting her mother.
33"We Shall Overcompensate"Jamie TravisDrew HancockMay 6, 2014 (2014-05-06)0.93 [6]
When big company Skwerkel tries to buy the students' private information through free technology, Liam starts a protest, and Karma rapidly joins in (if only to try to halt the 'pro-mance' of Liam and Soleil, a fellow protester). Meanwhile, Amy tries to find a secret boyfriend, settling on Oliver, a cute loner.
44"Know Thy Selfie"Claire ScanlonMegan HearneMay 13, 2014 (2014-05-13)0.86 [7]
When Karma doesn't want to help with her eccentric hippy parents' juice truck business, Liam steps in instead, angering Karma. They end up bonding over the fact that they both have issues with their dysfunctional families. Meanwhile, Amy visits a lesbian coffee shop with Shane to try to find a girlfriend. Shane helps Lauren make boudoir photos for Tommy.
55"Remember the Croquembouche"Claire ScanlonCarrie RosenMay 20, 2014 (2014-05-20)0.89 [8]
Karma sleeps over at Amy's house. They are told by Amy's mother that they must accompany Lauren to pick up the special dessert that she has ordered for her bridal shower party. Amy finds out that Lauren has been made the maid of honor (as opposed to her natural daughter, Amy) and tries to prove to everyone that Lauren is only doing this to make her upset. In the end, she finds out that Lauren feels that Amy's mom is her only friend in her new town.
66"Three to Tango"Claire ScanlonGeorge NorthyMay 27, 2014 (2014-05-27)0.95 [9]
Liam refuses to cheat with Karma; Karma claims she and Amy have an open relationship and to prove it proposes they have a threesome. Amy refuses, but Shane convinces her this is an ideal opportunity to see if Karma will reciprocate Amy's feelings, and Amy agrees. At the threesome, Amy confidently kisses an obviously nervous Karma, who seems to reciprocate, leading to the second instance of "Woah, I Know". When Liam moves to kiss Amy, Karma becomes upset and runs out.
77"Faking Up Is Hard to Do"Jamie TravisWendy GoldmanJune 3, 2014 (2014-06-03)0.98 [10]
Karma persuades Amy that they should 'break up'. Lauren gathers a group of Liam's exes to confront him. Amy and Karma decide to finally just be friends, and Karma and Liam hook up.
88"Burnt Toast"Jamie TravisCarter CovingtonJune 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)0.96 [11]
Amy gives a speech at her mother's wedding, which makes Karma suspect the truth. Karma confronts Amy, and Amy finally admits her feelings: she really is a lesbian and in love with Karma. Unfortunately, Karma doesn't feel the same way. At the same time, Shane tells Liam the truth about Karma and Amy's fake relationship. Afterwards, Karma tells Liam that her relationship with Amy is finally over, but Liam confronts Karma with the truth and she is forced to finally come clean. Liam ends his relationship with Karma. Later the same night, Liam and Amy are shown drunkenly having sex.

Reception

Reviews

Faking It received generally favorable reviews from critics, receiving a 71 score on Metacritic, based on eight reviews [12] as well as a 71% for season 1 on Rotten Tomatoes based on seven reviews. [13] 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." [13] 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." [13] 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." [12]

Awards and nominations

YearAssociationCategoryNominee(s)Result
2014 Teen Choice Awards Breakout Show Faking It Won

Home media

The show is available for digital download on iTunes [14] and Amazon.com. [15] 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 [16]

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References

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  2. ↑ Nededog, Jethro (October 18, 2013). "MTV Gives Series Orders to Comedies 'Happyland' and 'Faking It'". The Wrap . Retrieved October 28, 2015.
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  4. ↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (April 23, 2014). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Lead Night + 'Deadliest Catch', 'The Game', 'Tosh.0' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2014.
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  9. ↑ Bibel, Sara (May 29, 2014). "Tuesday Cable Ratings: NBA Playoffs Win Night, 'Deadliest Catch', 'The Haves and the Have Nots', 'Bad Girls Club', 'True Tori' & More". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 29, 2014. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
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