Portlandia season 1
Season of television series
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The first season of the television comedy Portlandia premiered on IFC in the United States from January 21 to February 25, 2011 for six episodes.
Cast
Main cast
- Fred Armisen as Fred, Peter, Candace, Jason
- Carrie Brownstein as Carrie, Nance, Toni, Melanie
Special guest cast
- Kyle MacLachlan as Mr. Mayor
Guest stars
- Steve Buscemi as Book Store Customer
- Jason Sudeikis as Aliki
- Aubrey Plaza as Book Store Customer and Beth
- Sam Adams as Mayor's Assistant
- Aimee Mann as herself
- Sarah McLachlan as herself
- Edie McClurg as Mayor's Secretary
- Kumail Nanjiani as Cell Phone Salesman
- Selma Blair as Frannie Walker
- Jenny Conlee, Colin Meloy, James Mercer and Corin Tucker as Echo Echo
- Gus Van Sant as himself
- Heather Graham as herself
- Nick Kroll as Daniel Prison
- Nick Kroll as Baseball Player (uncredited)
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | US viewers (millions) | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Farm" | Jonathan Krisel | Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman | January 21, 2011 | 0.263[1] | |
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Peter and Nance go to great lengths to make sure that their restaurant order (from Aliki's farm, played by Jason Sudeikis) is ethical and humane. A customer (played by Steve Buscemi) experiences the restroom policy of the feminist bookstore (based on In Other Words bookstore.[2]) | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | "A Song for Portland" | Jonathan Krisel | Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman | January 28, 2011 | 0.186[3] | |
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Fred and Carrie meet the mayor of Portland (Kyle MacLachlan), who gives them a special assignment. Toni and Candace "help" a student (Aubrey Plaza) at the feminist bookstore. | |||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Aimee" | Jonathan Krisel | Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman | February 4, 2011 | 0.178[4] | |
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Spike decides "It's over". Fred and Carrie's domestic cleaner is Aimee Mann while Sarah McLachlan tends their garden. | |||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Mayor Is Missing" | Jonathan Krisel | Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman | February 11, 2011 | N/A | |
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When the mayor goes missing, Fred and Carrie begin a frantic search for him. | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Blunderbuss" | Jonathan Krisel | Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman | February 18, 2011 | N/A | |
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All of Portlandia is swept up in the excitement of a new music and film festival. | |||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Baseball" | Jonathan Krisel | Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, Jonathan Krisel, Allison Silverman | February 25, 2011 | N/A | |
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The mayor turns to Fred and Carrie to help him put together a big-league baseball team. | |||||||