The Dubois are such a wholesome family, the characters are so lovable, with any quirks they might have (or actually because of that) and the way their relationships are built. We start in the kitchen with the Dubois family having breakfast and suddenly we realize that there's a new member: in fact, is their "oldest" child, a boy of about 15, having an argument with his dad Joe about some skateboarding stuff laying in the garden. It's all so very normal, as it would be in thousands of homes around the world... until the kid starts choking and we get really scared, and then Allison wakes up and it was all a dream, a recurrent dream about her unborn child which she has every spring. The story then develops with some twists (as we could expect) with the same boy showing up again. What makes this work out so perfectly is Patricia Arquette. She really steals your heart. Her behavior towards the boy is totally disarming, her expression (like when he's choking in the kitchen) is of such love and despair, what a great actress!. The actor who plays her son (Noel Fisher) also impressed me: he goes from a sweet, innocent looking boy, to a dead eyed freak, possibly a monster (the scene in the bathtub) as the episode unfolds. Great writing too, I don't have a child but this episode made me cry my eyes out as it made me feel deeply all the motherly issues.
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Kudos to Patricia Arquette and all the excellent actors of the cast
last_in_the_Q15 August 2006
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Didn't like this episode
pumping_iron-116 January 2024
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This episode left me with more questions than answers. For example, Dr Andrews (Gina Hecht) is the attending physician at Jessie's (Noel Fisher) birth. Jessie's birth mother is an addict who does not want the baby. So Dr Andrews tells her the baby died and the birth mother is relieved. Dr Andrews then steals and raises the child as her own.
Fifteen years later the birth mother sees Dr Andrews in a coffee shop where she is now employed. She tells Dr Andrews that she is clean and can take care of her child. She threatens to call the police if Dr Andrews doesn't return the child. How did the birth mother know the child was alive? She had been told that the child died at birth. My other question is that after Jessie is arrested for the death of his birth mother, Allison discovers that Dr Andrews actually killed her, and the good doctor confesses. She tells Allison that she let Jessie take the blame because she wanted Jessie to have a home to return to and not have to go to foster care if she is imprisoned. She implies that as a mother Allison would have done the same. After her confession, Allison sighs and tells her that she'll be right back and that's how this part of this story ends. Did Dr Andrews manage to convince Allison to let her go free so she can be there for Jessie when he gets out? Did Allison tell the DA that Dr Andrews committed the murder? The audience is left with deciding how this story ends. The story in this episode about Bridget and Angus the dog, is what redeems this episode. The other story lacked too much information and frustrating.
Fifteen years later the birth mother sees Dr Andrews in a coffee shop where she is now employed. She tells Dr Andrews that she is clean and can take care of her child. She threatens to call the police if Dr Andrews doesn't return the child. How did the birth mother know the child was alive? She had been told that the child died at birth. My other question is that after Jessie is arrested for the death of his birth mother, Allison discovers that Dr Andrews actually killed her, and the good doctor confesses. She tells Allison that she let Jessie take the blame because she wanted Jessie to have a home to return to and not have to go to foster care if she is imprisoned. She implies that as a mother Allison would have done the same. After her confession, Allison sighs and tells her that she'll be right back and that's how this part of this story ends. Did Dr Andrews manage to convince Allison to let her go free so she can be there for Jessie when he gets out? Did Allison tell the DA that Dr Andrews committed the murder? The audience is left with deciding how this story ends. The story in this episode about Bridget and Angus the dog, is what redeems this episode. The other story lacked too much information and frustrating.
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