Jack, in the throes of adolescence, not only has to deal with his parents' divorce, but also feels his world is falling apart when his dad tells him he is living with a man. He slowly comes to terms with his own feelings when the girl he has a crush on turn out to have a gay dad as well and his best friend's parents end up not having the perfect marriage Jack thought they had.
Acting
Anton Yelchin's pre-Star Trek vulnerability hits different
Direction
Lee Rose navigates melodrama without drowning in it
Director
Lee Rose
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released the same year Massachusetts legalized same-sex marriage, this captures a specific moment of mainstream TV cautiously testing queer family narratives.
Stockard Channing's grocery store meltdown—shot in one desperate take—was reportedly improvised after Rose told her to 'find the character's breaking point.'
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