''Ocean Ave.'' is a

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low budget daytime

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, produced by the

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company, Kajak, and filmed at the Florida-based, Dolphin Entertainment. It was set and filmed in

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between 2002 and 2003. The series was made for Swedish TV4 where it was moved from early prime time to middays due to bad ratings. No American or international network or channel picked up the series. The main cast included only five Swedish actors, four other Swedish actors were seen in minor roles. Dialogues were shot in both Swedish and English with hopes to sell the series internationally. One hundred and thirty

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s were filmed (60 minutes each, including

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) but TV4 cut it into 260 episodes (30 minutes each, including commercials). ''Ocean Ave.'' received bad reviews from the start.

Plot

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Timothy Adams plays cop Thomas "Thom" O'Keefe, who is working on the case of a

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-murdering serial killer. Thom's father, the police

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, Jamie O'Keefe (

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), has been involved in other illegal activities for years. When Thom finds out about his father criminal life, he flips out and tries to kill Roberto Rendon, but everything goes wrong and Thom is shot by Manny Ortega. At the hospital, Thom forgives his mother who left him when he was a child, and he begs Sage to promise that she will leave Macy. Thom then dies. Sage follows through with her promise. She divorces Macy, but helps him to escape from the

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, Vladimir (

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) and Vega, who are after him for not paying them the money he owes. In the last episode, Sage marries Thom, who mysteriously comes back to life. It is found later that the psychopath, Manny Ortega, has killed countless people. One of them, Stefan Eriksson, was shot to death in front of his dear son Alex, who blacked out and can not remember the murderer because of amnesia. Alex finally regains his memory and recognizes Manny as his father's killer. Manny then confesses in front of Alex and Elena and tells them he is also behind the explosion at Dev Tech, in Sweden. It is there that Nora, the mother of Chrissy and Alex, died. Manny's plan was to kill Stefan, but he survived until he shot him. Manny also tells Alex and Elena that he was the man who raped Elena's mother, Alicia, and that he then strangled her and planted her car in the water so it looked like she drowned in a car accident. Manny probably strangled Hadley Marx as well, but he never confesses to it. Manny is finally shot to death by his own son, Jimmy Ray, who was sent by Roberto. The

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, Crystal Tate (

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), starts her own investigation and finds out many dark secrets about the Devon, O'Keefe, Hamilton, and Rendon families. The secrets date back to 1977 and have to do with the death of

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girl Jazz De Guise (

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). Everybody thinks that Jazz died of a

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but Crystal convinces the police to reopen the Jazz case and the question "Who killed Jazz?" makes the Devons and O'Keefes very nervous. Later in the series, the

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and actress,

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, appears in a few episodes in hopes to boost the ratings. She played a sexy

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sent to Miami to help the police with the serial killer case, but she soon falls victim to the killer herself.

Cast

* Timothy Adams as Thomas "Thom" O'Keefe * Kristy Eisenberg as Sage Devon *

as Crystal Tate *

as Jamie O'Keefe * Lyn Foley as Lorraine O'Keefe / Teri Martin * Tony Templeton as Macy Devon * Steve DuMouchel as Martin Devon * Leigh Lombardi as Anne Devon *

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as Catherine Devon *

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as Lucas Devon *

as Vladimir *

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as Ione Starr *

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as Jody Starr *

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as Chrissy Eriksson *

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as Lindy *

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as Jade * Justin Gorence as Dr. Will O'Keefe * Edward Finlay as Dylan O'Keefe * Francisco Paz as Manny Ortega * Carlos Iglesias as Jimmy Ray Ortega *

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as Roberto Rendon * Denise DeQuevedo as Elena Rendon * Jan Waldekranz as Stefan Eriksson * Jacqueline Ramel as Nora Eriksson * Marcus Larsson as Alex Eriksson * Pa Neumüller as Charlotta Eriksson * Natalie Khoury as Gaby Hamilton * Matthew McKerrow as Ian Blake * Petrus Antonius as Tony * Nicole Rawlins as Kayla * Robert Fitzsimmons as Mike * Michael Sarysz as Raider * Michael Anderson as Marco * Ken Clement as Harry Sowalski * Brian Baer as Davey Lapin

Guest roles

* Nick Ondarza as Ramon Vega * Kalex as Armand Vega * Bart Baldwin as Bobby Devon * Sean Sullivan as Josh Mandell * Sarah-Elizabeth Walk as Model Mandy * Martin Forsström as Nils Thurmond * Wayne Farnes as P.I. Paterson * Thatcher Stevens as Vincent * Miriam Salazar as Julianna Ortega * Peter Haig as Trebly * Andrea Abenoza as Hadley Marx * Susanne Krietman Taylor as Dr. Martha Kurtz * Eric Anderson as Torrance Jones * Angel Schmiedt as Arlette Kelly-Jones * Kimona Ryan as Jewel Starr * Arielle Quatro as Tasha James * Will McClain as Jordan Matthews * Sean Dennison as Mr. Steve Ryan * Linda L. Miller as Lisa Maddux * Billy Kelly as Matt Baxter * Francois Boulaire as Louis * Justine Eyre as Karen * Brooke Leslie Reid as Regina * Raul Roman as Coach Perez * Mario Ingoglia as Janitor *

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as Denise * Todd Nasca as Jake * Irene B. Colletti as Joan * Lee Perkins as Detective Sanders *

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as Daniella * Chanin Owens as Ally/Misty * Roxie Stice as Louise * Dave Corey as Dr. Jaspers * Chris Charles Herbert as Michael Layton * Krizia Bajos as Noelle * Magda Hernandez as Alicia Rendon *

as Jazz De Guise * Marjorie Manushaw as Kayla's Grandmother * Tina Harbom as Eva Olin *

as Detective Johanna Marsden * Erin Plewes as Jessica * Monika Kramlik as Nadine Royal * Sally Boni as Lauren Ramsey * Vivian Ruiz as Margaret

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0323463 2002 American television series debuts 2003 American television series endings Swedish television soap operas Television shows set in Miami TV4 (Sweden) original programming