Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself
Cast
Kim Delaney
Ileana
Sarah-Jane Redmond
Suzanne Bante
Paul McGillion
Jim Bante
Jared Abrahamson
Alex Chivescu
MacKenzie Porter
Jen Bante
Genevieve Buechner
Lucy
Dee Jay Jackson
Henry
Collin MacKechnie
Alex at 10
Raf Rogers
Carlos
Miles Chalmers
Danny
Patricia Harras
Mrs. Edinger
Ben Cotton
Brent Feldman
Jennifer Copping
Ellen
Roger Haskett
Darrel DeNova
Daryl Shuttleworth
Lt. Richard Franks
Chilton Crane
Julie Francks
Eileen Pedde
Principal Thomas
P. Lynn Johnson
Judge
John Shaw
Chuck
Kathryn Kirkpatrick
Librarian
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