Executive produced by feminist Gloria Steinem and skilfully directed by Neema Barnette, this thought-provoking TV movie explores the controversial issue of capital punishment. Tyra Ferrell plays a former district attorney who fights to save the life of a female death row inmate (Mare Winningham giving a stand-out performance), whom she prosecuted in a cop-killing case seven years earlier. A strong bond develops between the women as they race against time to win a stay of execution. Screenwriter Marlane X Meyers provides intelligent dialogue and some genuinely gripping scenes in a drama that raises tough questions.

High school student Lane Meyer sinks into suicidal depression when his girlfriend dumps him for jock Roy Stalin, the high school ski racing champion. Meanwhile, he has to deal with his eccentric family, a tenacious paperboy and an obnoxious neighbor whose mother is hosting a beautiful French exchange student named Monique.