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Lifestories: Families in Crisis

3.8 / 10
1992
1 season
15 episodes

Lifestories: Families in Crisis is an American drama television series that premiered on HBO on August 1, 1992.

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  • Ep 1

    1.The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic

    01-08-199230m

    Mary-Margaret lives the perfect life and when she can't deal anymore she becomes bulimic,shooping in other towns so people she knows wont run into her.Then when she goes to college...

  • Ep 2

    2.A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story

    08-08-199230m

    Robert Bierer recounts the times the he spend with his best friend the good ones and the not so good ones leading up to the tragidy that happened when his friend commited suicide a...

  • Ep 3

    3.Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story

    15-08-199230m

    A pregnant 17-year-old, frustrated by Indiana's Public Law 106, which requires either parental consent or a judge's permission for an underage girl to have a legal abortion, suffer...

  • Ep 4

    4.Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling

    19-09-199230m

    Describes the last day in the life of 10-year-old Brian Darling, who was accidentally shot to death while playing with a loaded handgun. The boy's father, John Darling, gives gun-...

  • Ep 5

    5.Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story

    26-09-199230m

    After an 11 yr old boy who has HIV is asked by his friends to put their hands together and share blood Joey becomes faced with telling his friends and his community ,who don't acce...

  • Ep 6

    6.No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story

    12-01-199330m

    Katie a young college women who goes to a party becomes a victim of date rape twice while partying.

  • Ep 7

    7.More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter

    24-01-199430m

    Explore what happens after lesbian teens decide to go to the prom together and publically reveal their homosexuality which causes much controversy leading to them almost being kick...

  • Ep 8

    8.Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story

    15-03-199330m

    A young man is wracked by guilt after killing a girl in a drunk-driving accident several days before.

  • Ep 9

    9.A Body to Die For: the Aaron Henry Story

    23-03-199430m

    A high school football player starts to use steroids in his game to become a better and stronger player leading to violence with his girlfriend and enemy's then talks about how he'...

  • Ep 10

    10.Brotherly Love: The Trevor Ferrell Story

    31-03-199430m

    A Philadelphia boy decides to become an advocate for the plight of the homeless and helps out two people who in return give some love but when one of his homeless friends gets kill...

  • Ep 11

    11.A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story

    11-04-199430m

    An altar boy is living the life but when he starts being sexually abused by the priest he finds out the other boys are too but they're to scared to tell their parents so after the...

  • Ep 12

    12.Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict

    20-05-199430m

    A teen's friends try to help him solve his problem of drug and alcohol abuse,while dealing with problems of his own at work,home and school.

  • Ep 13

    13.POWER: The Eddie Matos Story

    12-07-199430m

    An inner-city teen from a broken home drops out of school to become a drug dealer, and ends up confined to a wheelchair after being shot by a rival.

  • Ep 14

    14.A Dangerous Affair

    01-01-199530m

    After a brief affair, a college woman discovers that she is infected with HIV.

  • Ep 15

    15.Someone Had to Be Benny

    08-02-199630m

    This is the story of Benny Agrelo, a terminally ill 15-year-old who fought to live the remainder of his life on his own terms. Benny decided to stop taking the drugs that helped hi...

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