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Revision as of 09:50, 10 March 2018

A Special Family[1]
Series
In The Dark
Original Broadcast Date
1993
Cast
Joe Frank
Format
Narrative Monologue, 30 minutes
Preceded by: Just A Closer Walk With Thee
Followed by: Tomorrow

"Ellen was a classmate of mine in high school."

A Special Family is the name of a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series In The Dark. It was originally broadcast in 1993.

Synopsis

The story of Ellen, the undistinguished daughter of wealthy parents. She is hospitalized for anorexia, has plastic surgery, vacations in Europa and returns to become attractive and popular. She dates a working class football player, becomes pregnant, elopes, and is disowned by her father. Her husband dies while protecting his retarded brother, who Ellen later marries. They attempt to carefully plan the lives of their children. The first, intended to be a musician, grows up troubled and rebellious, leaves the country as soon as he can and sends them occasional incoherent letters. The second, an intended author, is dyslexic, becomes a beautiful and popular but promiscuous teenager. The third, an intended athlete, is ignored, sets fires as a child, becomes a vandal and shop-lifter. The youngest would-be dancer has heart and lung trouble and allergies. They move to Algiers where the husband gets an important job which he soon loses for incompetence. The 'author' has a child and abandons it to her parents, then commits suicide. Ellen's mother reappears, asks them to care for her new husband's daughter. The husband's retardation worsens, he leaves the family. The 'athlete' goes to prison, has a child and gives it to Ellen. Ellen turns to drink.

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External Links

In The Dark

Anthology Of Love (Part 1) | Anthology Of Love (Part 2) | Coma | The Cruise | Either Or (Part 1) | Either Or (Part 2) | God | Green Cadillac | Haiti | Hawaii | A Hearing | Hit Man | Hot Line | Insomnia (1995) | In A Lonely Place | Jerry's World (90 min) | Jerry's World (Part 1) | Jerry's World (Part 2) | Jerry's World (Part 3) | Joe Frank's America | Just A Closer Walk With Thee | Just Hold Me | The Last Run | Lila And The Professor | Loner | The Loved One | A Natural Disaster | Pilgrim | Prayer | Problems | Raymond | Smile | Soul Mate | A Special Family | Streetwise | Taylor | That Night | Third World Country (Includes Raymond) | Tomorrow | When I'm Calling You