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Joel Redding is a former
soap-opera star who is coming to terms with middle age and life after
television. He, his wife, Sally and son, Marshall have moved to a small
town trying to regain a semblance of normal family life. While helping
with a college theatre's fund raiser, Monica, Tess, and Andrew witness tension
between Joel, the play's director and Marshall, the play's star. Matters
are further complicated when the aging actor initiates an affair with one of his
teenage ingenues. During one of Joel's extracurricular trysts, Sally slips
while hanging a picture and seriously injures herself. Marshall finds his
mother, calls for help, and gets her to the hospital. After authorizing
the doctor to perform a risky surgical procedure, the teen rails at Joel when he
finally returns from his rendezvous. Tess reveals herself to the
guilt-ridden husband, admonishing him to be faithful to his wife and son.
Back at the theatre, Joel tries to apologize to his son and admits he didn't
quit the soap opera but was fired because of his age. Marshall is still
reluctant to forgive until Monica's revelation that he must see his father as a
man, rather than as a hero to be worshipped. Sally's surgery is
successful, the production is a triumph, and the family is reunited.
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