Oliver Watson has never been luckier: he is a successful advertising executive, shares a marriage of eighteen years with Sarah and has three loving kids: 17-year-old Ben, 15-year-old Melissa, and 9-year-old Sam. His perfect life suddenly falls apart when his wife Sarah announces that she wants to enter a graduate school 200 miles away from home, as she regrets that she gave up her bohemian protester's life and promising writing career to become the wife of a conservative traditionalist. Oliver unsuccessfully tries to save his marriage, until Sarah announces that she is seeing someone else. The children start acting out as a reaction and life is complicated by the death of Oliver’s mother and accepts a job in L.A. where he falls in love with Charlotte Sampson. Life again challenges Oliver when Charlotte is offered her dream job on Broadway.
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Patrick Duffy
Oliver Watson
Known for
Step by Step
Dallas
Kate Mulgrew
Sara Watson
Known for
Orange Is the New Black
Star Trek: Voyager
Ben Affleck
Ben Watson
Known for
Gone Girl
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Lynda Carter
Charlotte Sampson
Known for
Wonder Woman
Sky High
John Anderson
George Watson
Known for
Psycho
Soldier Blue
Jenny Lewis
Melissa Watson
Known for
Pleasantville
Foxfire
Matthew Lawrence
Sam Watson
Known for
Mrs. Doubtfire
Boy Meets World
Robyn Peterson
Daphne Hutchinson
Known for
The Replacements
View from the Top
Richard McKenzie
Jeremy Bosworth
Known for
Roots
Dark Night of the Scarecrow
Georgia Emelin
Bobbi
Known for
Fire in the Sky
Gloria Dorson
Phyllis Watson
Also in
Total Recall
Hoosiers
Mimi Cozzens
Margaret Porter
Known for
The Master
Spring Break
Michael Miller Director · L. Virginia Browne Writer Danielle Steel Author
United States release October 23, 1991 · Produced in United States · Production NBC Productions
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The Cramer Company
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NBC Productions
Production
United States
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Original language
English
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English
Release dates
United States · October 23, 1991
Theatrical
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