Lifestories: Families in Crisis

1992 - 1996

The Secret Life of Mary Margaret: Portrait of a Bulimic

1st August 1992

Episode 1

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 she meets another bulimic who turns anorexic and begins to scare Mary and when her friend dies she decides to get help on her eating disorder.

A Deadly Secret: The Robert Bierer Story

8th August 1992

Episode 2

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 and Robert talks on how you have to hold on for the sake of your friends and family.

Public Law 106: The Becky Bell Story

15th August 1992

Episode 3

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, suffers the tragic consequences of seeking one illegally.

Gunplay: The Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling

19th September 1992

Episode 4

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-safety tips.

Blood Brothers: The Joey DiPaolo Story

26th September 1992

Episode 5

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 accept Joey and shune him out keeping their sons/daughters away from him fearing that their childern will also catch the virus but at the end they're blood brothers the safe way.

No Visible Bruises: The Katie Koestner Story

12th January 1993

Episode 6

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

More Than Friends: The Coming Out of Heidi Leiter

24th January 1994

Episode 7

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 kicked out of the prom because they were lesbians.

Dead Drunk: The Kevin Tunell Story

15th March 1993

Episode 8

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

A Body to Die For: the Aaron Henry Story

23rd March 1994

Episode 9

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's had two heart attacks because of the use of steroids.

Brotherly Love: The Trevor Ferrell Story

31st March 1994

Episode 10

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 killed by a hit and run and the other from cancer he opens a local homeless canter.

A Child Betrayed: The Calvin Mire Story

11th April 1994

Episode 11

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 boy whose 10 turns 15 he tells his parents sending him to jail and a lifetime of emotional scars for Calvin and other boys.

Confronting Brandon: The Intervention of an Addict

20th May 1994

Episode 12

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.

POWER: The Eddie Matos Story

12th July 1994

Episode 13

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.

A Dangerous Affair

1st January 1995

Episode 14

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

Someone Had to Be Benny

8th February 1996

Episode 15

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 his body accept a transplanted liver because they produced a number of excruciating side effects. After convincing his mother to let him live his last months ""without hurting,"" Benny was taken from his family by court order--and had to go to court to fight for the right to determine his own fate.

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

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