Red Shoe Diaries

Red Shoe Diaries
The cover for one of the DVD releases
Genre	Erotic drama
Written by	Joëlle Bentolila Henry Cobbold Zalman King Elise D'Haene Melanie Finn Chloe King Patricia Louisianna Knop Kathy MacQuarrie Ed Silverstein Shane Stanley
Directed by	Philippe Angers Peter Care Daniel Duchovny Rafael Eisenman Stephen Halbert Michael Karbelnikoff Zalman King Dominique Othenin-Girard Tibor Takács David Womark
Starring	David Duchovny
Composer(s)	George S. Clinton
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	66
Production
Executive producer(s)	Zalman King Patricia Louisianna Knop David Saunders
Producer(s)	Yoram Barzilai Lori Bridwell Gaspard de Chavagnac David Dwiggins Anatoly Fradis Avram "Butch" Kaplan Chloe King Jordan Leibert Aladdin Pojhan Jeff Young
Running time	30 mins.
Broadcast
Original channel	Showtime
Original run	June 27, 1992 – June 1, 1997

Red Shoe Diaries is an erotic and drama series that aired on the American cable television network Showtime from 1992 to 1997 and distributed by Playboy Entertainment overseas. Most episodes were directed by either Zalman King, Rafael Eisenman or both.

Synopsis

The tested episodes always open with a quick montage of a newspaper personals section ad under "Red Shoes" seeking women to mail in their personal diaries with stories of love, passion and/or betrayal. The presenter and host Jake Winters (David Duchovny) is then shown walking on desolate train tracks with his dog Stella. He begins reading a letter from his post office box out loud that begins with "Dear Red Shoes..." He first took out the ad after the suicide of his fiancée, and his subsequent confrontation of the man with whom she was having an affair, a construction worker & shoe salesman who sold her a pair of red high heels, inspiring both the ad and the show's title. He placed the ad in the newspaper in an effort to understand why it happened and learn his fiancée's reasons for killing herself through the stories of women in similar situations.

The storylines usually have a thin plot revolving around some intrigue and the sexual awakening of a girl or woman who often also narrates. Well photographed, artful, sensuous love scenes with nudity as well as sultry, moody music are characteristic for most episodes. There is no story arc or characters connecting the different stories other than Jake Winters introducing each episode.

Red Shoe movies

The series led to several Red Shoe Diaries movies, including one television movie released in 1992. Nineteen other direct to video Red Shoe movies were also released throughout and after the series' run.^[1]

Syndication and DVD release

The Red Shoe Diaries episodes were as of May 2008, running on the Canadian television channel Bravo!, early Saturday morning. From time to time, episodes can also be viewed on Showtime, on hulu.com, or for sale on DVD.

Episodes list

Season 1

1. "Safe Sex"; Guest Stars: Steven Bauer, Joan Severance
2. "Double Dare"; Guest Stars: Arnold Vosloo, Michael Woods
3. "You Have the Right to Remain Silent"; Guest Stars: Denise Crosby, Robert Knepper
4. "Talk to Me Baby"; Guest Stars: Lydie Denier, Richard Tyson, Kim Burnette
5. "The Doctor Is In"; Guest Stars: Kate Jackson, Matt LeBlanc

Season 2

1. "Auto Erotica"; Guest Stars: Nick Chinlund, Caitlin Dulany
2. "Just Like That"; Guest Stars: Tchéky Karyo, Matt LeBlanc, Nina Siemaszko
3. "Accidents Happen aka The Fling"; Guest Stars: Ally Sheedy
4. "Another Woman's Lipstick"; Guest Stars: Kristina Fulton, Maryam d'Abo
5. "The Bounty Hunter"; Guest Stars: Ron Marquette, Claire Stansfield
6. "Night of Abandon"; Guest Stars: Christina Chambers, Daniel Lanza
7. "Weekend Pass"; Guest Stars: Ely Pouget, Anthony Addabbo
8. "Double or Nothing"; Guest Stars: Francesco Quinn, Paula Barbieri
9. "Naked in the Moonlight"; Guest Stars: Raven Snow, John Enos III
10. "Midnight Bells"; Guest Stars: Carsten Norgaard, Charlotte Lewis
11. "How I Met My Husband"; Guest Stars: Neith Hunter, Sue Kiel, Luigi Amodeo
12. "Hotline"; Guest Stars: Audie England
13. "Jake's Story"; Guest Stars: Sheryl Lee, William Burns
14. "The Gardner"; Guest Stars: Tyler Christopher

Season 3

1. "Runway"; Guest Stars: Udo Kier
2. "Borders of Salt"; Guest Stars: Alan Boyce, Sofia Shinas
3. "Truth or Dare"; Guest Stars:
4. "Burning Up"; Guest Stars: Mark Zuelke, Alexandra Tydings
5. "Liar's Tale"; Guest Stars: Audie England,and Erika Anderson
6. "In the Blink of an Eye"; Guest Stars:
7. "The Psychiatrist"; Guest Stars: Denise Crosby
8. "Four on the Floor"; Guest Stars:
9. "The Game"; Guest Stars: Michael T. Weiss
10. "Some Things Never Change"; Guest Stars: Marina Guilia Cavalli, Brad Fisher
11. "Like Father Like Son"; Guest Stars:
12. "Gina"
13. "Girl on a Bike"; Guest Stars: Geraldine Cotte
14. "You Make Me Want to Wear Dresses"; Guest Stars: Maximo Morrone, Jason Court

Season 4

1. "The Cake"; Guest Stars:
2. "Written Word"; Guest Stars: Robbi Chong
3. "The Last Motel"; Guest Stars: Perrey Reeves
4. "Juarez"; Guest Stars: Neith Hunter, Rick Garcia, Ana Rotario
5. "Alphabet Girl"; Guest Stars:
6. "Jump"; Guest Stars:
7. "Tears"; Guest Stars: Carolyn Seymour
8. "The Art of Loneliness"; Guest Stars: Honey Labrador, Caron Bernstein
9. "Luscious Lola"; Guest Stars: Bobbie Phillips, Michael Bendetti
10. "Love at First Sight"; Guest Stars: Alexandra Tydings, Denice D. Lewis
11. "Billy Bar"; Guest Stars: Troy Beyer, Anthony Addabbo
12. "Hard Labor"; Guest Stars: Jennifer Ciesar, Maximo Morrone
13. "Caged Bird"; Guest Stars: Jacqueline Lovell, Hector Hank
14. "Mercy"; Guest Stars:
15. "The Ex"; Guest Stars:
16. "Slow Train"; Guest Stars: Athena Massey, Andrew Calder

Season 5

1. "Divorce, Divorce"
2. "The Forbidden Zone"
3. "Emily's Dance"; Guest Star: Freedom Williams
4. "Carried Away"
5. "Kidnap"
6. "Jealousy"
7. "The Boxer"
8. "Farmer's Daughter"
9. "Strip Poker"
10. "Dime a Dance"
11. "Cowboy, Cowboy"
12. "Details"
13. "Banished"

Season 6

1. "As She Wishes"
2. "Swimming Naked"; Guest Stars Michael Woods
3. "Weightless"; Guest Stars: Darya Poverennova
4. "All Of Me"; Guest Stars:
5. "The Teacher" Guest Stars:
6. "Temple of Flesh"
7. "The Picnic" Kira Reed
8. "Laundrymat"

References

External links

• Red Shoe Diaries at the Internet Movie Database
• Red Shoe Diaries (TV film) at the Internet Movie Database
• Red Show Diaries at TV.com
• Epguides.com web page