Brand New Cherry Flavor: I Exist

"I Exist"
	Series Brand New Cherry Flavor; Season 1, Episode 1
Air date	August 13th, 2021
Writers	Lenore Zion; Nick Antosca
Director	Arkasha Stevenson
Producers	Lenore Zion; Nick Antosca; Jan Peter Meyboom; Matt Sobel; Alex Hedlund; Mando Alvarado; Greg O'Bryant; David Kirchner; Rosa Salazar; Tim Smith; Christina Ham; Warren Carr;
Starring	Rosa Salazar; Catherine Keener; Eric Lange; Jeff Ward; Manny Jacinto
	Episode guide
Previous; —	Next; "Hair of the Dog"

"I Exist" is the first episode of the Brand New Cherry Flavor occult drama miniseries. It was directed by Arkasha Stevenson with a teleplay written by Lenore Zion and Nick Antosca. All eight episodes of the series premiered on Netflix on August 13th, 2021.

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Brand New Cherry Flavor was developed for television by Lenore Zion and Nick Antosca. It is based on the novel of the same name by Todd Grimson, which was first published in 2011.
This series is rated TV-MA. It contains strong language, female nudity and scenes of graphic kitten mouth birthing. Feline discretion is advised.
This is the only episode of Brand New Cherry Flavor with Arkasha Stevenson as a director and executive producer.
This series takes place in the early 1990s.
Code lives at 4837 Traction, in downtown Los Angeles.
The name of Lisa Nova's short film is Lisa's Eye.
The exterior shot of Lisa Nova's new apartment is the same as the Hyperion Hotel, which was a central setting on the TV series Angel. In this series, it is identified as the Los Altos Apartments.

The song playing that opens the series is "Another Day in Paradise" by singer/songwriter Phil Collins. It was released in 1989 as the first single off the ...But Seriously album.
The song playing that closes out the episode is "Wild Thing" by The Troggs, which was released in 1966.
The magazine that Lisa Nova steps on in the telephone booth is Entertainment Weekly. It featurs a spotlight on the fictional character of Roy Hardaway.
Christine Woods is wearing a t-shirt that reads "Nancy Reagan Doesn't Say No to Drugs". Nancy Reagan was the wife of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan and was the First Lady of the United States from 1981-1989. She died on March 6th, 2016 at the age of 94.

"I Exist"
Series Brand New Cherry Flavor Season 1, Episode 1

Air date	August 13th, 2021
Writers	Lenore Zion; Nick Antosca
Director	Arkasha Stevenson
Producers	Lenore Zion; Nick Antosca; Jan Peter Meyboom; Matt Sobel; Alex Hedlund; Mando Alvarado; Greg O'Bryant; David Kirchner; Rosa Salazar; Tim Smith; Christina Ham; Warren Carr;
Starring	Rosa Salazar; Catherine Keener; Eric Lange; Jeff Ward; Manny Jacinto
Episode guide
Previous —	Next "Hair of the Dog"