Lifestories: Families in Crisis

I watched every episode in this series as they aired in the early 90s. As a kid, I didn't fully understand them completely, but their lessons have always been with me into adulthood.

Gunplay: The Last day in the life of Brian Darling had an extraordinary impact on me. It left such a feeling of dread in my stomach, and that feeling always returns when I have read about similar events, or even a scene in The Sixth Sense.

I did not touch a gun until I was in my late 20s, and only with a Police Officer friend of mine. This type of tragedy happens every day, and makes me think "If they had only seen this show"

I just watched 1 of the stories- the thing about the anorexic girl (played by Calista Flockhart). We watched it for health class and we didn't even know it was her! We enjoyed the movie because it was realistic and nice and I hope to watch it again if I have it on tape. An 8/10.

I saw the episode about the bulimic girl, played by Calista Flockhart, in health class. It provided a visceral, graphic look into eating disorders and stayed with me a while. The whole vomit-in-the-closet thing was disgusting. The movie overall showed the horrifying reality of bulimia in an excellent way.

"A Child Betrayed" changed my life. I know a lot of people who have had this experience. The movie was really realistic and the acting was so good I couldn't tear myself away. I especially liked the supporting cast (some child actors who really were phenomenal). The kid who played Kenny was the best. I think that the story is an important one to tell. I know this movie won some Emmys. It totally deserves them! The movie was touching. I recommend it to anyone interested in religion, acting, or kids. Not only did the movie report accurate events, but it did so in a really emotional way. Some shots were in-your-face intense. There is this one where the kid Kenny feels really sad because his friend is going to get molested, and there's this close up on him and he's really a good actor so it seems totally realistic. Everyone should see this movie!

I have been having a hard time finding info on this series. I saw a episode from this series on HBO one day that was part of this "Lifestories" compilation. It was good and very realistic. The story I saw was a true story-after it aired there was a brief commentary by the actual date-rape victim. I believe Ali Larter played the victim. Anyways she was good and I was impressed on how real-life she made that role seem. Anyways I am curious to see the rest of the shows in this series.