Acting
Blair Brown's layered performance—warm mom armor over steel.
Direction
Manson's refusal to moralize; lets the audience sit in discomfort.
Director
David Manson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 18 days on a shoestring TV budget; Blair Brown reportedly took the role because she was tired of playing 'together' women.
A rare pre-'Pretty Woman' depiction of sex work that refuses redemption arcs or tragic endings—radical for 1992 network television.
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