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Seventeen-year-old Jason Harris seems to have it all: a loving
family, a beautiful girlfriend and aspirations of being a
photojournalist. Jason’s father (Will Harris) a prominent
ophthalmologist, has been urging Jason to monitor an old eye
injury which resulted in detached retinas. Monica is assigned to
help this family deal with a secret, and she winds up working
alongside Jason in a local photo store. When Monica learns of
Jason's talent for photography, she offers to introduce him to a
photographer friend of hers (Andrew) at the Denver Daily Herald.
Jason meets with Andrew and suggests his father for one of their
"day in the life" photo spreads. Andrew takes Jason up on his
suggestion and invites Jason to shoot it himself. Jason spends
the next day shadowing his father, but when he returns for one
last photo he walks in on his father kissing his receptionist
(Sherri) and captures the moment on film. Jason returns home, now
sharing the burden of this secret. Will talks to Jason privately,
blaming his lapse on a midlife crisis -- a cancer scare a year
ago. Will assures Jason that it's over between him and Sherri and
that telling his mother would only hurt her. When Jason refuses
to hand over the film, Will grabs the camera from him and rips out
the film, unaware that Jason already saved the roll with the
incriminating photo. His faith in his father shattered, Jason's
sense of betrayal ripples into other aspects of his life as he
starts skipping school and distancing himself from his
girlfriend. Jason shows the incriminating photo to Monica, who
tries to convince him that this is not his secret to keep. True
to his word, Will has terminated his affair and replaced Sherri
with a new receptionist (Tess). But Jason becomes overwhelmed by
the burden of his father's secret and tries to numb the pain in a
bottle of Scotch. Intoxicated, he crashes his father's car,
rendering himself temporarily blind. As Jason is rushed to the
hospital, Renee returns inside the house and discovers the
incriminating photo. With time of the essence, the attending
physician informs the family that a corneal transplant will be
necessary to restore Jason's eyesight and that his father is the
most qualified man for the job. But Jason refuses to let his
father perform the surgery. Will is prepared to step out of the
way without a fight, but Renee calls him on the carpet. She tells
Will she found the incriminating photo and knows all about his
affair. Renee tells Will to stop acting like a child and make
peace with his son. She then tries to convince Jason to let her
deal with their marital issues in her own way, and to let Will
perform the surgery. Will returns to his office where Tess
reveals herself as an angel and tells Will that God wants him to
fight for his family and that he needs to apologize to Jason
without making any excuses. Monica then reveals herself as an
angel to Jason, and miraculously, Jason (though still blind) is
able to see Monica glowing. She tells him it's up to God (not
Jason) to judge his father. Will comes to see his son and
apologize and Jason forgives him. As father and son embrace,
Renee enters with family photos of happier times, a reminder of
all that's worth fighting for in this family.
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