Savannah complains about the rarity of a decent, honorable man in her life.
A pioneer woman remembers
Abigail makes it clear to the others that they are not to speak about the things that happened that night...
Eleanor finally explains why she and Edward can never be together.
M'lynn is unable to come to terms with the death of her daughter and vents her enormous pain and frustration around her friends.
A junior staffer at a network confronts a sports anchorman for his unfeeling behavior.
Brought before a congressional committee to decide of funding for her project, Ellie pleads an impassioned case for taking chances.
A world-famous British violinist, suddenly afflicted with Multiple Sclerosis, is forced to watch as her life slips away and seeks the help of a psychiatrist.
Margaret describes the funeral for her long ago dead son and the inspiring behavior of one particular attendee.
Rosie O'Donnell delivers this quintessential indictment of prevailing male attitudes toward female beauty, or maybe just the perception of beauty.
Girl, a teenage runaway and prostitute, has stumbled into the basement of an abandoned warehouse. Inadvertently, she has interrupted the suicide of a young man who is hiding in the building. Here, she tells him about her family life and why she left home.
A 12 year-old girl talks about her favorite movie and fantasizes about her life.
Emily reflects with her mother-in-law on the tremendous beauty contained in even a moment of life.
A young mother sits with her feverish infant in her arms and knows that her lot in life, and that of her children, will get no better.
Aida is a recently widowed Italian immigrant in her 70s, who has lived in Hoboken, NJ for the past fifty years or so. She has a fairly slow, deliberate manner of speaking with a suggestion of an accent. Here, she explains to her adult grandson why she can’t move away from the family home.
Holly share's her inner-most thoughts with her friend Fred; musing in a superficial way, how in love she is with someone else.
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Margaret expresses her disappointment and hurt feelings at being excluded in the social activities of her nurses.
A woman remembers her mother's advice while searching for a meaning to her life.
“Do what you will wish you had done when you were young.” Sage advice from the Sweet Potato Queen.
A short moment between a woman and her estranged husband when she discovers that she still loves him.
A young woman confesses her lie and admits to unbearable loneliness to a man who is in a coma.
Jane relates a story to her psychiatrist explaining how her life was altered by a single performance of Peter Pan that went horribly wrong.
A middle-aged woman remembers a long ago prom and some especially painful memories of one particular boy.
The memories of one of the last survivors of the sinking of the Titanic.
Harper talks about a dream she had about flying.
Tillie gives a brief description of how all life is interconnected.
Sunny remembers her first encounter with bigotry.
Suzanne addresses her spiteful former classmates and at the same time challenges our perception of beauty.
The programming head of the network explains to her staff how things are going to be done from now on.
Claudia testifies at her competency hearing; finally unable to contain the years of feeling overpowered by a negligent mother.
Helena takes a moment to muse over the unrequited love of her friend, Sonia, as well as her own forbidden feelings for the fiery Dr. Astroff.
A wife confronts her husband with her feelings about his infidelity.
A delightful children's fable about love, respect and the meaning behind the giving of rings as a token of fidelity.
