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{{Infobox Television
| show_name = The Inside
| image = <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:The-inside-cast-5.jpg|250px|''The Inside'' Promotional Shot]] -->
| genre = [[Crime]]
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| starring = [[Rachel Nichols (actress)|Rachel Nichols]] (Rebecca Locke)<br>[[Peter Coyote]] (Virgil Webster) <br> [[Jay Harrington]] (Paul Ryan)<br>[[Adam Baldwin]] (Danny Love)<br>[[Katie Finneran]] (Melody Sim)<br>[[Nelsan Ellis]] (Carter Howard)
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| country = [[United States]]
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 13 ([[List of The Inside episodes|List of episodes]])
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| network = [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]]
| first_aired = [[June 8]], [[2005]]
| last_aired = [[March 14]], [[2006]]
| imdb_id = 0412148
| tv_com_id = 22376
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'''''The Inside''''' is an [[Television in the United States|American]] [[crime drama]] [[television series]] created by [[Tim Minear]] and [[Howard Gordon]] and produced by [[Imagine Entertainment|Imagine Television]]. ''The Inside'' follows the work of the [[FBI]]'s [[Los Angeles]] Violent Crimes Unit (VCU), a division dedicated to investigating particularly dangerous crimes.
''The Inside'' initially aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX]] Network from [[June 8]] to [[July 13]] [[2005]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.petercoyote.com/theinside.html
|title=The Inside
|publisher=Official Peter Coyote Web Site
|accessdate=2007-07-23
}}</ref>
Although thirteen episodes were produced, FOX aired only seven episodes before canceling the series. All thirteen episodes were subsequently aired on [[United Kingdom|Britain]]'s [[ITV4]] in 2006 and will begin airing in Fall 2007 on [[CBC Country Canada]].
==Premise==
The show features Nichols as rookie [[FBI]] Agent Rebecca Locke, who joins the VCU after the death of a previous member. While she proves to be a brilliant investigator, she has a secret that only she, and mysterious VCU director Virgil "Web" Webster (Coyote), knows; that as a 10-year-old girl, Rebecca was kidnapped from her home and held captive for 18 months ([[wikt:à la|à la]] [[Elizabeth Smart (abductee)|Elizabeth Smart]]). Astonishingly enough, no one found and rescued her; she escaped the trauma all by herself, setting a fire and escaping in the resulting chaos. Webster manipulates Rebecca's experience on each case, using the insight she gained through it to establish the mindset of the victim -- and the criminal.
Another sidebar to the plot is the moral struggle between Webster, who seems willing to use Rebecca's gift to catch the "[[wikt:unsub|unsub]]" at all costs, and Rebecca's partner Paul Ryan (Harrington), who views himself as the voice of conscience in the battle for Rebecca's soul. Additionally, Webster's past is very much unknown; viewers are left wondering exactly how much he has in common with the perpetrators he pursues.
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The show was the brainchild of [[Tim Minear]], of ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'' and ''[[Firefly (television series)|Firefly]]'' fame. While FOX had already developed an earlier version of the show (a distaff ''[[21 Jump Street]]'' imitator), Minear re-tooled it, with Nichols as the only holdover. Just seven episodes into its 13-episode first season, FOX cancelled ''The Inside'', making it the third series (along with ''[[Firefly (television series)|Firefly]]'' and ''[[Wonderfalls]]'') of Minear's to be aborted by the network. Minear planned on releasing all 13 episodes of the original run, plus the ''Jump Street'' pilot and another pilot which was shot without Minear's supervision and was panned by FOX execs, on a [[DVD]] in [[2006]]. Talk emerged that the DVD would also include ''Inside'' co-creator [[Howard Gordon]]'s short-lived 1999 series ''[[Strange World (TV series)|Strange World]]'' to make a 26-episode set, but no plans have been confirmed.
==Characters==
*Virgil "Web" Webster ([[Peter Coyote]]): The supervisor. He is not married as far as we can tell. He chose his squad based on their secrets, their weaknesses and their strengths. He is known to push his agents to the max, especially Agent Locke, much to the disgust of Agent Ryan. He is also known to bend the rules or justify actions.
*Rebecca Locke ([[Rachel Nichols (actress)|Rachel Nichols]]) is the rookie field agent brought in by Web, who wishes to use her gift to his advantage. She is able to put herself in the shoes of the victims, since she was one herself. This makes her excellent at getting inside the mind of a killer. Series creator Minear described her as a "character with no inside," hence the show's title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whedon.info/Tim-Minear-The-Inside-Tv-Show,10631.html
|title=Interview with Tim Minear
|publisher=lfmagazine.com
|accessdate=2008-06-27
}}</ref> With clear trust issues and a lack of a social life, she slowly grows to like her colleagues more as the series progressed.
*Paul Ryan ([[Jay Harrington]]) is a young, married agent who Web chose to be his '[[conscience]]. Idealistic and kind, he sees things in black and white. He is often paired up with Agent Locke, which lead him to discover her past secret. On more than one occasion, he and Web have clashed based on differing principles. Originally, his name was to be Paul Fatorre.<ref>[http://www.petercoyote.com/theinside.html The Inside - Peter Coyote<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Danny Love ([[Adam Baldwin]]) is an ex-marine who is blunt and crude, but not without his own morals and has a certain rapport with Agent Melody Sim. He often leads assaults on crime scenes. Originally his name was to be Danny Coulter.<ref>[http://www.petercoyote.com/theinside.html The Inside - Peter Coyote<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
*Melody Sim ([[Katie Finneran]]) is a quick-witted, intelligent and friendly agent who often mourns her lack of social life and shares a friendship with Danny.
*Carter Howard ([[Nelsan Ellis]]) is the technological go-to guy of the group, making an appearance whenever the team need technological expertise.
==Ratings==
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Overall, the [[Nielsen Ratings|ratings]] for '''The Inside''' were not great.
The first-run ratings were as followed:
{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="5"
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| '''Title''' || '''Rating''' || '''[[Nielsen ratings#Ratings.2FShare and total viewers|Share]]'''
|- align=left
| ''[[New Girl in Town (The Inside episode)|New Girl In Town]]'' || 2.0 || 4
|- align=left
| ''[[Old Wounds (The Inside episode)|Old Wounds]]'' || 2.6 || 4
|- align=left
| ''[[Pre-Filer (The Inside episode)|Pre-Filer]]'' || 2.4 || 4
|- align=left
| ''[[Everything Nice (The Inside episode)|Everything Nice]]'' || 2.5 || 4
|- align=left
| ''[[Loneliest Number (The Inside episode)|Loneliest Number]]'' || 2.4 || 4
|- align=left
| ''[[Thief of Hearts (The Inside episode)|Thief of Hearts]]'' || 2.6 || 4
|- align=left
| ''[[Declawed (The Inside episode)|Declawed]]'' || 2.8 || 5
|}
==Episodes==
{{main|List of The Inside episodes}}
==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.theinside-out.net/ Getting THE INSIDE Out... on DVD!]
*[http://www.timminear.net/archives/the_inside/000115.html Downloadable ''The Inside'' Scripts]
*[http://www.popgurls.com/article_show.php3?id=540 PopGurls' review of the show, which doubles as an appreciation of the Rebecca Locke character]
*[http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1307 Part One of an interview with Minear, in which he discusses the demise of the series]
*[http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1312 Part Two of that interview, in which Minear talks about plots that audiences will not see because of cancellation]
*[http://www.ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=1316 Part Three, where Minear speaks on his future projects, including an ''Inside'' DVD]
*[http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,271|96747|1|,00.html ''The Inside'' Must Die To Live Again]
*[http://www.williammapotheronline.com/insideqa.html Interview with William Mapother about his experiences filming the final episode, "Skin and Bone"]
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