Let’s just say “Pam & Tommy, ” starring Lily James as “Baywatch” bombshell Pamela Anderson and Sebastian Stan as hard-partying Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, is a... multifaceted TV series. The Hulu drama, premiering Wednesday, is an infusion of ’90s nostalgia, a portrait of the internet’s growing pains, an attempt to reconsider the theft and distribution of the couple’s sex tape from a more enlightened perspective. But first and foremost, the series is the portrait of the whirlwind romance, tumultuous marriage and eventual divorce of two of the most famous people in America at the time — and as with many fictionalizations of the recent past, it takes some liberties with the facts for dramatic effect. To help you follow along, here’s a timeline of key developments in the pair’s relationship, including the sex tape saga and eventual unraveling, supplemented with Times coverage as it happened. Sept. 1, 1989: Mötley Crüe releases “Dr. Feelgood”Formed in L. A. in 1981, the band that bassist-songwriter Nikki Sixx once boasted could “out-rock anybody” had dropped four prior albums — “Too Fast For Love” (1982), “Shout at the Devil” (1983), “Theatre of Pain” (1985) and “Girls, Girls, Girls” (1987) — and built a reputation as poster boys of sex-drugs-and-rock-n-roll decadence. “Dr. Feelgood, ” which debuted at no. 1 on the Billboard charts, was a high-water mark of success for the group. Bad-boy drummer Tommy Lee, known for mooning the audience and for his marriage to Heather Locklear, is a key part of the band’s hardcore image. Sept. 14, 1992: Season 3 of ‘Baywatch’ premieresCanceled by NBC after just one season due to low ratings, the now-iconic series about red-suited L. County lifeguards was resurrected in syndication after it became a hit overseas. Anderson secured “Baywatch’s” place in the cultural memory — and her own place in the zeitgeist — when she began starring as New Age goddess C. J. Parker in 1992. (Anderson had previously appeared as a “Tool Time” girl on “Home Improvement” with Tim Allen, which bowed in 1991. ) Anderson would remain a series regular on “Baywatch” until 1997. Feb. 19, 1995: Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee marry in Mexico, four days into their romanceOctober 1995: Disgruntled electrician Rand Gauthier steals a safe, containing the infamous sex tape, from Lee and Anderson’s homeIn the 2014 Rolling Stone story from which “Pam & Tommy” is adapted, journalist Amanda Chicago Lewis reports that Gauthier, who was part of the team renovating the couple’s Malibu mansion, sought “revenge” for what he called his mistreatment and summary firing by taking the safe from their garage shortly before Halloween. Filmed in the early days of their marriage, the 54-minute tape featured intimate moments from Anderson and Lee’s new life together, including about eight minutes of sex. The safe also reportedly contained Lee’s guns and Anderson’s jewelry.


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