Maria
A man with a wife and daughter also has a son with another woman. When he dies this little secret is revealed to the wife. She then sets out to make her and her son suffer by trying to throw them out of the house he bought for them but now it legally belongs to his wife. And at the same time, wanting to ensure her son's future, she sues his estate for her son's education fund. While they are butting heads, they both discover that they were both deceived by him.
Maria Hernandez
Albert (Ryan O’Neal) e Lucy (Shelley Long), moradores da badalada Beverly Hills, são um casal que dedica a maior parte de seu tempo ao trabalho. Ele é um professor que está iniciando uma carreira de diretor em Hollywood. Ela é uma escritora que fica enciumada com o sucesso repentino do marido. Tentando conseguir mais atenção dele, Lucy publica um livro, o qual é bem recebido e acaba despertando o interesse de Albert. No meio desse jogo está a pequena Casey (Drew Barrymore), a filha de nove anos do casal. Cansada de ser sempre jogada para escanteio, a menina decide procurar um advogado para pedir o divórcio. Ela não quer mais viver com seus pais e suas vidas lotadas de trabalho. A garota diz preferir morar com a empregada a permanecer sem receber um carinho ou um abraço de seus progenitores. A iniciativa de Casey desperta o interesse da imprensa e, em pouco tempo, a vida da família fica de pernas para o ar.
Red Hoop Woman
Walks Far Woman is a squaw of the Blackfoot tribe. She takes revenge on two men who killed her husband and then she is ostracized by her tribe. She then is adopted by the Sioux, the tribe of her mother, and there she tries to start a new life.
A family moves from an affluent Chicago suburb to the mixed inner-city neighborhood where the father grew up, with the idea of giving the kids, who are becoming materialistic snobs, the feel of a big city environment.
Mrs. Losada
Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a head nurse in a Manhattan hospital in this pilot movie for the short-lived TV series.
