Suite 7 Ep.3 “Soul Mates” | A Web Series on The Watch List

It’s the middle of the night. Livvy (Illeana Douglas) and Max (Henry Dittman), two actors doing a film together can no longer resist the temptation of an off screen love affair. While Livvy and Max try to keep their romantic ideals about true love the couple next store with their wild antics becomes so distracting it makes them rethink their entire romantic escapade. Sponsored by Better Sleep Council (http://www.bettersleep.org/ ).

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“That’s odd. I was thinking slash going to say the exact same thing.”

This episode takes a while to get going, but once it picks up steam it gets quite funny, although it is super long, 12 minutes. It’s a bit awkward as what the characters want seems to drift from moment to moment, which makes it feel a little writerly. But I love Illeana Douglas’ commitment to doing web series. Or maybe that’s just what she’s known for now?

The production on this web series is great and the acting’s good. They all have the same sort of meandering feeling, as if the scripts never got past a strong first draft.

Suite 7 Ep.2 “Good in Bed”

When Jessy (Jaime Murray) shows up with final divorce papers to Michael’s (Eddie McClintock) hotel room, where he’s been holing up to avoid signing, they end up having one last fling. Doing what they were always good at, the one thing they always achieved in perfect harmony and bliss — they take a nap.

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“Sometimes I miss the things I hate about you.”

She wants a divorce. He doesn’t. Don’t look too hard at the episode description cause they tell you the whole story.

She tracks him down to the hotel room he’s living out of to get him to sign the papers. After that, it unfolds pretty much as you’d expect.

It seems that CJP Digital Media is an ad agency selling itself as making branded web series, in this case it appears to be a partnership between The Better Sleep Council and Lifetime, the cable station. So I’m guessing they spent lots of time and money on this series, and they could have made their first episode more interesting. Especially if you’re gonna make it 11 minutes – that’s a biblical epic on YouTube.

And they switch emotional gears pretty quickly without much in the way of character development. She comes in, determined to get him to sign the papers, and then suddenly seduces him.

There’s nothing in this scene that we haven’t seen a hundred times before.

This episode aside, I did happen to head over to their website, www.cjpdigital.com , and I see that they are behind all the most well known branded content series, like Easy to Assemble. The only branded series I can think of off the top of my head that isn’t theirs is The Virgin Mattress. Here’s an interesting blurb about the concept behind Suite 7.

“The Better Sleep Council needed to educate consumers about the important role proper sleep plays in overall health and well-being. The Council tasked CJP to develop and produce an original web series to reach its predominantly female target audience through entertainment and education.”

Suite 7 “Guest Disservices” Ep.0

Hotel night manager Matt (Wilson Cleveland) is told he must cover yet another 12 hours. Sleep deprived, Matt’s patience is pushed to the limit by Russell (Marc Hustvedt), a spoiled guest demanding he be upgraded to the hotel’s most-popular suite: Suite 7.

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“I was supposed to teach a class later this evening but… those kids have been ‘Waiting for Superman’ long enough, right? What’s another day?”

This is another branded series by the team that did The Temp Life. This episode is kind of a trailer for the later episodes. Oh I see. This episode is, actually, the teaser for the series.

Each episode is a different pair of hotel guests who stay in the same room. It is sponsored by The Better Sleep Council and seems to have a fair number of recognizable stars in it. (I’m not really the best at spotting celebrities.)

It is essentially a sketch about an overworked manager who can’t say no to his boss, so takes it out on a guest with a high degree of snarkiness. It is actually not a bad character, and I’m little disappointed that this character won’t be the central character in the coming episode – this could be the modern day Fawlty Towers that everyone is looking for.