All Episodes of Lifestories: Families in Crisis
Browse all episodes of Lifestories: Families in Crisis
All Episodes of Lifestories: Families in Crisis
Browse all episodes of Lifestories: Families in Crisis
Season 1
N/A/100 votesThe Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 8/1/1992
Mary-Margaret lives the perfect life and when she can't deal anymore she becomes bulimic,shooping in other towns so people she knows wont run into her.Then when she goes to college she meets another bulimic who turns anorexic and begins to scare Mary and when her friend dies she decides to get help on her eating disorder.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 8/8/1992
Robert Bierer recounts the times the he spend with his best friend the good ones and the not so good ones leading up to the tragidy that happened when his friend commited suicide and Robert talks on how you have to hold on for the sake of your friends and family.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 8/15/1992
A pregnant 17-year-old, frustrated by Indiana's Public Law 106, which requires either parental consent or a judge's permission for an underage girl to have a legal abortion, suffers the tragic consequences of seeking one illegally.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/19/1992
Describes the last day in the life of 10-year-old Brian Darling, who was accidentally shot to death while playing with a loaded handgun. The boy's father, John Darling, gives gun-safety tips.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/26/1992
After an 11 yr old boy who has HIV is asked by his friends to put their hands together and share blood Joey becomes faced with telling his friends and his community ,who don't accept Joey and shune him out keeping their sons/daughters away from him fearing that their childern will also catch the virus but at the end they're blood brothers the safe way.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 1/24/1994
Explore what happens after lesbian teens decide to go to the prom together and publically reveal their homosexuality which causes much controversy leading to them almost being kicked out of the prom because they were lesbians.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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A Body to Die For: the Aaron Henry Story
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/23/1994
A high school football player starts to use steroids in his game to become a better and stronger player leading to violence with his girlfriend and enemy's then talks about how he's had two heart attacks because of the use of steroids.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Brotherly Love: The Trevor Ferrell Story
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/31/1994
A Philadelphia boy decides to become an advocate for the plight of the homeless and helps out two people who in return give some love but when one of his homeless friends gets killed by a hit and run and the other from cancer he opens a local homeless canter.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/11/1994
An altar boy is living the life but when he starts being sexually abused by the priest he finds out the other boys are too but they're to scared to tell their parents so after the boy whose 10 turns 15 he tells his parents sending him to jail and a lifetime of emotional scars for Calvin and other boys.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
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Someone Had to Be Benny
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/8/1996
This is the story of Benny Agrelo, a terminally ill 15-year-old who fought to live the remainder of his life on his own terms. Benny decided to stop taking the drugs that helped his body accept a transplanted liver because they produced a number of excruciating side effects. After convincing his mother to let him live his last months ""without hurting,"" Benny was taken from his family by court order--and had to go to court to fight for the right to determine his own fate.
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown