Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her daughter's young teacher, and has to deal with the kids, the town and her love to him.
Acting
Mary McDonnell carries every scene like the queen she is.
Costume
Peak late-90s suburban mom fashion, truly a time capsule.
Director
Joyce Chopra
Mary McDonnell
Linda Marsh
William Russ
George Marsh
Jack Coleman
Dr. Mark Chandler
Erik von Detten
Drew
Camilla Belle
Mandy
Tippi Hedren
Dixie
Michele Abrams
Ann Marie
Michael Dempsey
Sid
Lyle Kanouse
Pete
Jeanette Miller
Miss Pugh
Clive Rosengren
Mayor
Charles C. Stevenson Jr.
Mr. Cheek
Shailene Woodley
Little Girl
Sarah Hunley
Janelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joyce Chopra also directed the acclaimed 'Smooth Talk' (1985), making this quite the career pivot into made-for-TV territory.
This aired on CBS in 1999, part of a wave of 'wronged wife' TV movies that let women rage before inevitably reconciling—because 90s networks loved a status quo reset.
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