50 Ways to Leave Your Lover

W/D: Jordan Hawley; with Paul Schneider, Jennifer Westfeldt, Poppy Montgomery, Tori Spelling, Dorian Missick, Fred Willard

In a desperate attempt to leave the black hole of L.A., our man Owen (Schneider) decides to ease the pangs of departure by burning all his bridges. After five drinks in the face, he finds the only thing that can make him stay: love. Still tasting escape, Owen plants booby traps all over the relationship in the hope that she will run screaming. He should be so lucky. Instead he is stuck with love in a city teeming with the circling sharks of ex-friends and ex-lovers. So shine up your Cult of Fred Willard membership card and gawk at the foul-mouthed lesbian played by the always-gawk-worthy Tori Spelling.

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This article appears in October 15 • 2004.

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James graduated from Columbia University in 2000 and moved to Austin a year later. Ever since, he has followed the arts and video game scene in ATX, editing and writing stories for the Chronicle along the way. Over his more than 20 years with the paper he has climbed the "corporate" ladder from lowly intern to managing editor.