A one-time investigator gets back in the game when a family suffers a trauma similar to her own.
Acting
Helgenberger's pre-CSI intensity — she carries 94 minutes solo.
Production
Peak '90s TV-movie aesthetic: earnest, slightly overheated, strangely sincere.
Director
John Sacret Young
Marg Helgenberger
Maureen 'Kick' Kickasola
Gary Dourdan
Loot
Brett Cullen
Police Chief Sam Wasser
Ralph Waite
Dr. C.J. Halligan
Vondie Curtis-Hall
Louche Amarant
Vince Cecere
Federal Agent Tom Cooper
Robert Schenkkan
Ry Bimstone/Cyrus Rockworth
Richard Masur
Lowly Flowers
Anthony Giaimo
David Grath
David Spates
Homicide Detective
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on ABC two years before Helgenberger landed CSI, making it essentially her audition for playing damaged competence.
Writer-director John Sacret Young was a China Beach veteran — explaining the 'healing through war stories' DNA in a crime framework.
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