Suite 7

The series is set inside a single suite of a fictional hotel{{Cite news|url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/29/shannen-doherty-web-series-aims-to-put-you-to-sleep/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203051014/http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/29/shannen-doherty-web-series-aims-to-put-you-to-sleep/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 3, 2010|title=Celebs join Web series aiming to help you sleep|last=Marino|first=Mark|date=November 29, 2010|work=CNN.com|access-date=November 29, 2010|via=Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.}} located in Valencia, California outside Los Angeles. Each episode tells a standalone story from different writers and directors that focus on the relationship between two characters.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2010/11/29/want-to-sleep-better-shannen-doherty-and-suite-7-can-help/|title=Want to Sleep Better? Shannen Doherty and Suite 7 Can Help|last=Cohen|first=Joshua|date=November 29, 2010|work=Tubefilter|access-date=November 29, 2010|via=Tubefilter, Inc.}} Some episodes are comedic and others are more dramatic. Wilson Cleveland plays Matthew, the hotel manager and main character in the frame story, who interacts with the eclectic guests who check in throughout the series.

Suite 7 received 200,000 streams in its first two weeks of release{{Cite news|url=https://gigaom.com/2011/01/05/lifetime-tvs-suite-7-lets-actors-stretch-out/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311000532/https://gigaom.com/2011/01/05/lifetime-tvs-suite-7-lets-actors-stretch-out/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2015|title=Lifetime TV’s Suite 7 Lets Actors Stretch Out|last=Miller|first=Liz Shannon|date=January 5, 2011|work=GigaOm|access-date=January 5, 2011|via=Knowingly, Inc.}} and received generally favorable reviews from critics.

In his January 14, 2011 New York Times review, critic Mike Hale wrote Suite 7 was “worth checking out,” singling out the episode ‘’Good in Bed’’ starring Jaime Murray and Eddie McClintock as a divorcing couple as “the best so far.”{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/arts/television/16watch.html|title=Mishaps in Politicking, Single-Parenthood and Finding a Partner|last=Hale|first=Mike|date=January 14, 2011|work=The New York Times|access-date=January 14, 2011|via=The New York Times Company}} Jim Edwards of CBS News called Shannen Doherty’s performance “jarringly emotional” and observed that series stars Illeana Douglas, Milo Ventimiglia and Brian Austin Green “seem to be having a ball and delivering performances of a far higher quality than they have often done on regular TV.”{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-shannen-dohertys-bizarrely-intense-mattress-ad-shows-the-power-of-youtube/|title=How Shannen Doherty’s Bizarrely Intense Mattress Ad Shows the Power of YouTube|last=Edwards|first=Jim|date=February 2, 2011|work=CBS Moneywatch|access-date=January 14, 2011|via=CBS News}} GigaOm writer Liz Shannon Miller wrote in her January 5, 2011 review, “There’s a theatrical feel to the bulk of the series, which is one way of saying that the plotting feels a little slight at times, with many episodes representing nice illustrations of scene work as opposed to engaging storytelling.”{{Cite news|url=https://gigaom.com/2011/01/05/lifetime-tvs-suite-7-lets-actors-stretch-out/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311000532/https://gigaom.com/2011/01/05/lifetime-tvs-suite-7-lets-actors-stretch-out/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 11, 2015|title=Lifetime TV’s Suite 7 Lets Actors Stretch Out|last=Miller|first=Liz Shannon|date=January 5, 2011|work=GigaOm|access-date=January 5, 2011|via=Knowingly, Inc.}}

The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences honored Shannen Doherty and Wilson Cleveland with a 2012 Webby Award for Individual Performance and the series was nominated for Best Online Program - Drama at the 2011 Banff World Media Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1781633/awards|title=Suite 7 Awards|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=April 26, 2018}}

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|Title = Guest Disservices

|DirectedBy = Paul Lindsay

|WrittenBy = Wilson Cleveland

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|13}}

|ShortSummary = At the end of a long shift, hotel night manager Matthew Brandon (Wilson Cleveland) is told he must cover yet another 12 hours. Sleep deprived, Matthew’s patience is pushed to the limit by Russell (Marc Hustvedt), a spoiled guest demanding an upgrade to the hotel's most-popular suite: Suite 7.

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|EpisodeNumber = 2

|Title = Good in Bed

|DirectedBy = Mark Gantt

|WrittenBy = Susan Miller

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|17}}

|ShortSummary = 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 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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|EpisodeNumber = 3

|Title = Soulmates

|DirectedBy = Michael Kang

|WrittenBy = Illeana Douglas

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|22}}

|ShortSummary = 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.

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|EpisodeNumber = 4

|Title = For Richer or Poorer

|DirectedBy = Sandeep Parikh

|WrittenBy = Tony Janning
Sandeep Parikh

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2010|12|31}}

|ShortSummary = Thanks to a sudden spike of income, newlyweds Vincent (Tony Janning) and Melanie (Tara Perry) find out on the night of their wedding just how very little they actually know about each other.

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|EpisodeNumber = 5

|Title = That Guy

|DirectedBy = Milo Ventimiglia

|WrittenBy = Russ Cundiff
Dean DeMilio

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|7}}

|ShortSummary = Best Man Milo Ventimiglia has exactly 24 hours to convince groom-to-be Brandon Molale that he's about to marry the wrong girl. Also starring Wilson Cleveland and Nicky Whelan.

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|EpisodeNumber = 6

|Title = Captive Audience

|DirectedBy = Shannen Doherty

|WrittenBy = Wilson Cleveland

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|14}}

|ShortSummary = Struggling screenwriter Cole (Brian Austin Green) has kidnapped Kate (Alexi Wasser), a popular young actress in hopes of getting her to star in his movie. Convincing Kate he's the world's best writer is not as easy as convincing her he's the world's worst kidnapper.

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{{Episode list

|EpisodeNumber = 7

|Title = Supermen

|DirectedBy = Michael Kang

|WrittenBy = Craig Bierko

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|21}}

|ShortSummary = How can Gil (George Newbern) ask his longtime colleague and fellow road warrior Wil (Craig Bierko) to have his midlife crisis somewhere other than his hotel room so he can get some sleep?

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|EpisodeNumber = 8

|Title = Company

|DirectedBy = Mark Gantt

|WrittenBy = Yuri Baranovsky

|OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2011|1|28}}

|ShortSummary = Adrienne (Shannen Doherty), an emotional hotel guest coping with loss, and Matthew (Wilson Cleveland), an aloof hotel manager, find comfort in each other's company.

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