Lifestories: Families in Crisis
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| Lifestories: Families in Crisis | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Teen drama Soap opera |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Eve Silverman, Francine Lefrak |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Original release | August 1, 1992 – February 8, 1996 |
| External links | |
| [{{#property:P856}} Website] | |
Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.
The show
Lifestories: Families in Crisis deals with major issues involving individuals, mostly teenagers and young adults. The stories usually ended with the real person on which the story is based providing helpful information for others in a similar situation. Issues include a child molesting priest (played by Craig Wasson) terrorizing families, a college student with bulimia (played by Calista Flockhart) trying to deal with her problems, a football player addicted to steroids (played by Ben Affleck), substance abuse by a teenager, homosexuality and bi-sexuality involving teenagers, a teenage girl who has an illegal abortion and dies, a young man who is ultimately convicted of vehicular homicide after crashing into a young woman's (played by Jorja Fox) car while drunk, a boy (Joey DiPaolo) who contracts AIDS and has to live with the disease, homelessness in Philadelphia and the major impact it has on a teenager (Trevor Ferrell) and the depression and suicide of one popular athletic teenager and its lasting effect on his best friend.
Episodes
| No. | Title | Directed by | Issue | Cast | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[1] | "The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic" | Allen Coulter | Eating Disorders | Calista Flockhart, Christine Jones, John Cunningham, Judy Kuhn, Tovah Feldshuh, Amy Hargreaves | August 1, 1992 |
| A popular teen struggles with bulemia. | |||||
| 2 | "Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story" | Risa Bramon Garcia | Suicide | Wil Wheaton, Curnal Achilles Aulisio, Sarah Trigger | August 8, 1992 |
| A teenager reminisces about a friend who committed suicide. | |||||
| 3 | "Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story" | Juan José Campanella | Abortion, Parental Consent Laws | Dina Spybey, Debra Monk, Craig Wasson | August 15, 1992 |
| A pregnant teen obtains an illegal abortion to circumvent Indiana's Parental Consent Law. | |||||
| 4 | "Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling" | Daniel Taplitz | Gun safety; Gun control | Benari Poulten, Chris McKenna, Darren Higgins, Adam LeFevre | September 19, 1992 |
| A ten year old boy accidentally kills himself when he plays with a gun. | |||||
| 5 | "Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story" | Dean Pitchford | AIDS | Adam LaVorgna, Amy Aquino, Lawrence Taylor | September 26, 1992[2] |
| A 13 year old boy's HIV status is revealed to the public. | |||||
| 6 | "No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story" | Juan José Campanella | Date rape | Ali Thomas, Christopher C. Fuller, Suzanne Bertish, Julie Bowen, Lisa Nicole Carson | January 12, 1993 |
| A young woman is the victim of date rape. | |||||
| 7 | "Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story" | Juan José Campanella | Drunk driving | Sam Rockwell, Jane Adams, Jorja Fox | March 15, 1993 |
| A teen kills an 18 year old girl while driving drunk. As part of his punishment, her parents request that he send them one dollar a week for the next eighteen years. | |||||
| 8 | "More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter" | Juan José Campanella | Coming out, Sexual orientation | Sabrina Lloyd, Claire Danes, Angela Baker | January 24, 1994 |
| A teenage lesbian couple want to attend prom, but must deal with their community's reactions. | |||||
| 9 | "A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story" | David Burton Morris | Steroid abuse | Ben Affleck, Kamela Dawson, Ernie Hudson, Bryan Genesse, | March 23, 1994 |
| A teen football player turns to steroids to improve performance, and then must deal with the consequences.[3] | |||||
| 10 | "Brotherly Love: The Trevor Ferrell Story" | Gordon Edelstein | Homelessness | Ward Saxton, Lázaro Pérez, Brenda Pressley | March 31, 1994 |
| An eleven year old boy becomes an activist for the homeless in his community. | |||||
| 11 | "A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story" | Juan José Campanella | Child molestation, Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church | Blake Bashoff, Craig Wasson, Brian Reiser | April 11, 1994 |
| An alterboy is molested by a priest. | |||||
| 12 | "Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict" | Iris Dugow | Substance abuse | Andrew Kavovit, Lisa Zane, Trevor Lissauer, Bodhi Elfman | May 20, 1994 |
| A group of teens stage an intervention for a friend who is abusing alcohol and drugs. | |||||
| 13 | "POWER: The Eddie Matos Story" | Jesús Salvador Treviño | Gang violence | Alexis Cruz, Nestor Serrano, Socorro Santiago, Isaiah Washington, N'Bushe Wright | July 12, 1994 |
| A teen drops out of school, joins a gang, and begins dealing drugs. Eventually, a gunshot wound confines him to a wheelchair. | |||||
| 14 | "A Dangerous Affair[2]" | TBA | Safe sex, Sex education, | Kim Frey | January 1, 1995 |
| Kim Frey narrates her own story, detailing how a brief romantic relationship in college resulted in a diagnosis of HIV.[4] | |||||
| 15 | "Someone Had to Be Benny" | Juan José Campanella | Refusal of medical assistance | Michael Shulman, Donna Murphy, Suzanne Cryer | February 8, 1996 |
| A terminally ill teenage boy sues for the right to stop his medical treatment.[5] | |||||
See also
External links
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