American Gothic

Fulfill your potential

The "American Gothic" cult television series was created by Shaun Cassidy and executive produced by Sam Raimi.

The show was first broadcast on CBS on September 22, 1995, and was cancelled after a single season on July 11, 1996.NBC Universal's horror-themed cable channel Chiller, which launched March 1, 2007, began airing American Gothic for the first time on American television in nearly a decade.

"American Gothic" takes place in the fictional town of Trinity, South Carolina, and revolves around Caleb Temple (Lucas Black) and his strange relationship with the town's Sheriff, Lucas Buck (Gary Cole).

Sheriff Buck is Caleb's natural father, when Caleb becomes an orphan (caused by the death of his stepfather, Caleb begins to look to the Sheriff more and more as his father.

Caleb is occasionally visited by the ghost of his deceased sister, Merlyn who had been killed by Buck, and frequently warns him about the Sheriff.
The Sheriff appears to have a hold of fear over the town of Trinity due to his special powers, which he generally uses to manipulate people to "fulfill their potential" and make evil life-changing choices.
Caleb's cousin, Gail Emory comes to town after hearing the news and offers to take Caleb in, but Buck says it would be best for the boy to stay with him.

All this is made harder by the fact that Lucas has supernatural powers and by Merlyn trying to steer Caleb away from the path of evil that Lucas has been tempting him with.

Gary Cole             Sherrif Lucas Buck
Lucas Black          Caleb Temple
Paige Turco          Gail Emory
Brenda Bakke       Selena Coombs
Sarah Paulson       Merlyn Temple
Jake Weber          Dr. Matt Crower
Nick Searcy           Deputy Ben Healy