Blue (web series)


Blue is an American drama web series created by Rodrigo García and starring Julia Stiles. The pilot episode aired on June 11, 2012. It originally aired on the WIGS channel on YouTube but eventually streamed on Hulu, Fox.com, and WIGS' own website for its third season, which takes the form of four long-form episodes lasting 40–60 minutes rather than the shorter episodes of the first two seasons.
Since its release, Blue has garnered several accolades, including a Satellite Award nomination in 2013, Art Directors Guild Award nomination for Production Design - in 2014, and three IAWTV Awards, for Best Director – Drama in 2014 and Best Actress – Drama in 2013 and 2014.

Plot

Blue is a mother with a secret life as a sex worker. She’ll do anything to keep it from her son Josh. But her past has other plans.

Cast

Main

Others

For television broadcast the series has been edited into 10 hour-long episodes, and airs on Lifetime's international channels. The dates below correspond to their first airdates in Britain. The series premiered in the United States on LMN on July 8, 2016 under the title Blue: A Secret Life.
Each compilation is named after a line of dialogue. The webisodes are not all used in the order they were shown online. Julia Stiles does not appear in webisodes marked with an asterisk. In the United States, LMN aired the contents of the third season over five compilation episodes titled "Call Me Francine", "Take Off Your Clothes", "A History of Anxiety", "Your Favorite Client", and "Choices".
EpisodeWebisodesEpisode titleWebisode titlesDirected byWritten byBroadcast date
1Season 1, ep.1–6"Blue Rules""Mom"
"Son"
"You Rule"
"Long Day, Blue?"
"You're Good"
"Jack The Ripper"		Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo GarcíaMarch 2, 2015
2Season 1, ep. 7–12"When Have I Lied To You?""Paying For Sex"
"A Decent Girl"
"That's My Drug"
"Star Student"
"You Lie To Me Too"
"Give An Old Man A Break"		Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo GarcíaMarch 9, 2015
3Season 2, ep. 1–7"Who Raises A Child Like This?""See And Be Seen"
"What Kind Of A Name Is Blue?"
"It's Just A Crutch"
"Everything Is A Test"
"How Do You Do?"
"Glue And Lubricant"
"Wow, Wow, Wow"		Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo García
and Karen Graci		March 16, 2015
4Season 2, ep. 8–13, 15"We Were In Love""On My Own"
"The Truth Hurts"
"A Man's Permission"
"Make Yourself At Home"
"Old Habits Die Hard"
"Doubling The Equation"*
"In The Running"		Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo García
and Karen Graci		March 23, 2015
5Season 2, ep. 21, 16–20"Good Looking Boy""Savages"
"Hard Time"
"The Details"
"You're Not A Freak, Are You?"
"Getting To The Point"
"I'm Not A Stalker"		Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo García
and Karen Graci		March 30, 2015
6Season 2, ep. 14, 22–26"Where Were You, Mom?""Are You Clean?"
"Role Play"*
"Winning With"
"A Straight Answer"
"Choices Add Up"
"Where Were You?"		Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo García
and Karen Graci		April 6, 2015
7Season 3, episode 1"Call Me Francine"Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo GarcíaApril 13, 2015
8Season 3, episode 2"Planets Colliding"Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo García
and Karen Graci		April 20, 2015
9Season 3, episode 3"A History Of Anxiety"Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo GarcíaApril 27, 2015
10Season 3, episode 4"Make Me Feel Good"Rodrigo GarcíaRodrigo García
and Karen Graci		May 4, 2015

Awards and nominations