Santa Clarita Diet

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Santa Clarita Diet is an American horror-comedy web television series created by Victor Fresco for the streaming service Netflix, starring Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant. Fresco serves as the showrunner, and is an executive producer alongside Barrymore, Olyphant, Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky, Chris Miller, Ember Truesdell and Ruben Fleischer.

The single-camera series premiered on February 3, 2017 and consists of 10 episodes. The first season has received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the cast and premise, but criticizing the number of graphic scenes. On March 29, 2017, it was announced that Netflix renewed the series for a second season, which premiered on March 23, 2018.

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Plot

Joel and Sheila Hammond are everyday suburban real estate agents in Santa Clarita, California. The couple face a series of obstacles when Sheila has a physical transformation into a zombie and starts craving human flesh. With Joel and the family trying to help Sheila through the trying time, they have to deal with neighbors, cultural norms and getting to the bottom of a potentially mythological mystery.

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Cast

Main

• Drew Barrymore as Sheila Hammond, Joel's wife and Abby's mother
• Timothy Olyphant as Joel Hammond, Sheila's husband and Abby's father
• Liv Hewson as Abby Hammond, Sheila and Joel's daughter
• Skyler Gisondo as Eric Bemis, the Hammonds' neighbor, Lisa's son and Dan's stepson

Recurring

• Ricardo Chavira as Dan Palmer (season 1), a sheriff's deputy, Eric's stepfather and the Hammonds' neighbor. Dan is killed by Joel with a shovel and later eaten by Sheila.
• Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Lisa Palmer, Dan's wife and Eric's mother
• Andy Richter as Carl Coby, the Hammonds' boss
• Richard T. Jones as Rick, a Santa Monica police officer, the Hammond's neighbor, and Joel's friend
• Joy Osmanski as Alondra, Rick's wife
• Kaylee Bryant as Sarah, a classmate of Abby and Eric
• Nathan Fillion as Gary West, a realtor and the Hammonds' co-worker. He is the first person Sheila kills for food. His severed head still survives and is stored in the Hammonds' basement and later storage unit.
• Natalie Morales as Anne Garcia, a sheriff's deputy, Dan's partner, and very religious. She becomes romantically involved with Lisa after Dan goes missing.
• Thomas Lennon as Principal Andrei Novak, Abby's school principal
• Ramona Young as Ramona, a wise Rite-Aid employee. She also turns out to be a zombie.
• Grace Zabriskie as Mrs. Bakavic (season 1), Novak's Serbian grandmother
• DeObia Oparei as Loki Hayes (season 1), a convicted felon. He turns into a zombie when Sheila is unsuccessful killing him.
• Portia de Rossi as Dr. Cora Wolf (season 1), a scientist focused on the undead
• Zachary Knighton as Paul (season 2), Marsha's husband and a descendent of the Knights of Serbia, who has been tasked with ending the zombie outbreak
• Jaee Young Han as Marsha (season 2), Paul's wife who's helping him with the mission to end the zombie outbreak
• Matt Shively as Christian (season 2), a student at Abby and Eric's school who is also Chris and Christa's son

Guest

• Patton Oswalt as Dr. Hasmedi, a virologist
• Ryan Hansen as Bob Jonas, Lisa Palmer's lover
• Derek Waters as Anton, a conspiracy theorist
• Ravi Patel as Ryan, a convention goer
• Joel McHale as Chris, a realtor who is married to Christa
• Maggie Lawson as Christa, a realtor who is married to Chris
• Gerald McRaney as Ed Thune, a retired army colonel
• Leo Howard as Sven, a student who asked Abby out in Season 2 after the tray incident, hurting Eric's soul

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Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2017)

Season 2 (2018)

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Production

Development

Fresco came up with the premise from wanting to make "a family show with an interesting approach that we haven't seen before". The zombie angle also allowed Fresco to explore the concept of Narcissism stating that "the undead are the ultimate narcissists. They want what they want when they want it and will do anything to just have what they want and don't care about other people's needs"

For the setting Fresco drew from his own experience growing up in San Fernando Valley. Santa Clarita was chosen because of its middle class inhabitants. The Hammonds' profession of realtors was chosen because "It gets them out into the world" as well as the "forced friendliness" inherent to the profession.

Advertising controversy

In February 2017, advertising for the show sparked criticism in Germany, where Netflix promoted the show with posters depicting a human finger sliced up like a currywurst, a popular German fast food dish. After receiving more than 50 complaints that the advertising was glorifying violence and inducing fear, especially in children, the German Advertising Council, a self-regulatory institution, forwarded the complaints to the company. Netflix then decided to end the campaign and remove all posters.

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Critical reception

The first season of Santa Clarita Diet received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has an approval rating of 75% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 7.18/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Santa Clarita Diet serves up an excellent cast, frequent laughs, and an engaging premise - but the level of gore might not be to everyone's taste." Metacritic reports that the first season received "generally favorable reviews" with a score of 67 out of 100, based on 30 critics.

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References

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External links

• Official website
• Santa Clarita Diet on IMDb

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