After filling her life with addictions, Christina is left with a dead-end job, a deadbeat boyfriend and a bad rapport with her mother. The last thing she needs is a baby, a sentiment the authorities agree with when the infant is born with a drug dependency. Now, Christina's future is in the hands of a dedicated social worker (Lorraine Toussaint), whose own instincts as a mother have her fighting for the child's rights.
Acting
Lorraine Toussaint elevating every scene she's in
Writing
Surprisingly nuanced take on addiction for 1993 TV
Director
Rod Hardy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired during the peak of 'crack baby' media panic, making its sympathetic portrayal of an addicted mother quietly radical for 1993 network television.
Director Rod Hardy went from this to directing episodes of Battlestar Galactica and The X-Files—talk about range.
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