4 Season
88 Episode
Any Day Now - Season 1 Episode 10 Call Him Johnny
Two different lives. One incredible friendship
Present: Rene represents a white couple prevented from adopting their black foster daughter; M.E. has an ectopic pregnancy which leaves her feeling a mixture of sadness, guilt, and relief; Rene tells M.E. about getting an abortion while she was in law school; M.E. starts an internship at a local paper. Past: Johnny gets grounded for taking M.E. and Rene to a drive-in for a soda and then protesting when the manager refuses to serve Rene; M.E. feels responsible for her father's migraine after she wishes he would get a new brain that wasn't hateful; after Johnny becomes ashamed when he concurs with his girlfriend's bigotry toward Rene, he stands up to Uncle Jimmy's racism and asks M.E. to tell Rene that he's sorry; Uncle Jimmy threatens the O'Briens with Klan retaliation over M.E.'s friendship with Rene.
- Year : 2002
- Country : United States of America
- Genre : Drama, Family
- Studio : Lifetime
- Keyword : female friendship, social issues
- Director :
- Cast : Annie Potts, Lorraine Toussaint, Shari Dyon Perry, Mae Middleton, Olivia Hack, Maya Goodwin
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