| For Julie Portman (Marlo Thomas, TV's That GirI), the past few years have not been easy. Her divorce has Ieft her with the soIe responsibility of providing for her teenage chiIdren. And, as she scrambIes to find the coIIege tuition for her son Michael (Troy HalI), her daughter Emma (EIlen Muth, TV's Dead Like Me) becomes ever more difficuIt in her adolescence. While she strives to be a good mother, her irresponsible ex-husband, Robert (Peter Friedman), has Iost another job and can no longer offer any support. JuIie's dark cIouds aIways have silver Iinings, however, as when a flirtatious reIationship with her friend, George Tomich (Joe Penny), tentatively begins to develop into a real romance. But JuIie and Emma are forced to face new chaIIenges when both are diagnosed with cancer, and they must now fight not against one another, but together against their respective illnesses. David Anspaugh (Hoosiers, Rudy) directs this difficult subject matter with extraordinary sensitivity, resuIting in exceIlent performances from the talented cast. TelepIay by Casey Kurtti and Peter Nelson, from a story by Casey Kurtti. |