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316 - (ALD)     Aaron's List of Dreams     03/25/02
When Lily's brother, Aaron, expresses a desire to move out on his own with a young woman who is also mentally disabled (Ally Sheedy), she finds it emotionally impossible to let him go.

WRITER: Richard Kramer     DIRECTOR: Dan Lerner
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 Brooks-Manning Lily    Grace    Zoe
 Sammler Rick   
 Ex's
 Other Family Judy    Aaron   
 Business  
 Significant Regulars
Others
Aaron Brooks - Patrick Dempsey
Miriam Rose Miller - Ally Sheedy
Herbert Miller - Robert Prosky
Shelly - Winnie Holtzman

PLACES:
Lily's house
OTHER LOCATIONS:
Board and Care - where Aaron and Miriam were housed
Aaron's apartment - an independant living arrangement
Herbert Miller's car - Lily talks it out with Herbert

LITERARY REFERENCES:
A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare

INTERVIEWS:
Lily - "... how much work it must be ..."
Lily - "The summer he was eighteen ..."

Aaron -

Lily - "He was going to marry Jamie Davenport ..."
Lily - "I even had a name for her ..."
Lily - "Caroline would be a pediatrician ..."
Lily - "They'd marry in Paris."
Lily - "I remember ..."
Lily - "So my father went down to Florida ..."
Lily - "We didn't know ..."
Lily - "My dad drove up ..."
Lily - "... and he's been there ..."

Aaron -

Lily - "It snowed that night ..."
Lily -
Lily - "... so Aaron and Caroline ..."
Lily - "... these damn boats ..."
Lily - "Whatever."

MUSIC:
W.G. Snuffy Walden and Joey Newman Production/incidental music

Catch the Wind - Donovan

EVENTS:

 
 


EPISODE TIMELINE:

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TRIVIA:

Jamie who?
Jamie Davenport - the girl who Aaron wanted to marry, but who eventually broke his heart and started his downward spiral.


ECHOS: "Whatever"
- Judy in OS(P)B
- Lily in ALOD

Murder, she said
Lily mentioned that Miriam's father, a retired detective, was the lead investigator on "that case of the murdered nurses." Doubtless, she was referring to the Richard Speck case. In 1966, Speck murdered eight student nurses in Chicago. One survived to finger him by hiding under a bed. -- AdamBomb1701


NIT PICKERS:

Zoe Teleportation
When the door bell rings, Zoe is right in the middle of doing her nails on the first floor of the house and says she therefore can't answer the door; yet, hardly two minutes later, while Miriam and Aaron are entering the house, Zoe is coming down the stairs from the second floor! -- mariooanda


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From CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/TV/daily.tv.ap/

(AP) -- Ally Sheedy as a mental patient. Former Brat Packer Ally Sheedy is featured in tonight's episode of "Once and Again." It's on ABC. She plays a hot-headed mental patient who's seeing Lily's sensitive, but troubled, brother, Aaron

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From TV Times:

Lily's brother expresses a desire to move in with a young woman who, like him, is mentally impaired. (PG)

Movie veteran Ally Sheedy hasn't made many appearances on TV, so if you're a fan of the star of The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo's Fire, you'd do well to tune in to Once and Again. Sheedy's guest role sees her playing a mentally disturbed woman looking to move in with Aaron (Patrick Dempsey). But the fact that Aaron has emotional problems of his own causes Lily (Sela Ward) to become concerned about the couple's future.

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From TV Now's TV Pick for the Day:
http://www.tv-now.com/picks/picks.htm
"Once and Again"
Patrick Dempsey Returns to Pain on ABC, 10:00pm - 11:00pm

The "Aaron's List of Dreams" episode. When Lily's (Sela Ward) brother Aaron (Dempsey) expresses a desire to take part in an independent living program with a young woman who is also mentally disabled (Ally Sheedy), she finds it emotionally impossible to let him go. Their father (Robert Prosky) is totally against the move too. Lily's situation only gets worse when the happy couple come to visit, causing her to have the best and worst memories of her brother.

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From Mike Duffy at the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/entertainment/tvandradio/bet25_20020325.htm

"Once and Again" (10 p.m., WXYZ-TV, Channel 7, ABC). Tough love. Patrick Dempsey returns in the role of Lily's (Sela Ward) mentally disturbed brother Aaron. Ally Sheedy guest-stars as the psychiatric patient Aaron has fallen in love with.

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From Robert Bianco at USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/columns/lrous.htm

Perhaps The Bachelor is the ideal lead-in ABC has been seeking for Once and Again (10 p.m. ET/PT). Let's hope so, because tonight's episode features the return of Patrick Dempsey, one of many actors who should have an Emmy by now for their work on Once.

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From Zap2it.com:
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From TV Guide:
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Once and Again

Love Story - In a moving episode, Patrick Dempsey returns as Lily's sensitive, disturbed brother, Aaron.

Aaron has fallen in love with Mariam (Ally Sheedy), an expressive and volatile mental patient he met in their board-and-care residence. He has been approved for an independent-living program, and he wants Miriam to move in with him, but her father, a retired cop (Robert Prosky), is against the arrangement. So is Lily, especially after Aaron and Miriam descend on the Sammlers for an overnight stay. The unsettling occasion floods Lily with memories of her brother's happy youth and painful teen years.

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From Teenmag:
http://teenmag.com/starstuff/tvscoop/031602_2.shtml

Then, on the March 25 episode, Lily and Judy's brother Aaron stops by to tell his family that he's in love and is ready to move out of the group home and live independently. That leads Lily to flash back to his very happy childhood, and his very turbulent teen years, when his illness first appeared. I'm not exaggerating when I tell you to grab a whole box of Kleenex for this one!

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From TV Guide Canada:
http://tvlistings.tvguidelive.com/

Aaron tells Lily he wants to move in with a mentally disabled woman (Ally Sheedy), but Lily finds it difficult to let him go.

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From ABC:
LILY CAN'T FACE LETTING HER DISABLED BROTHER BE ON HIS OWN, ON ABC'S "ONCE AND AGAIN"

Ally Sheedy Guest Stars as Aaron's Girlfriend

"Aaron's List of Dreams" - When Lily's brother, Aaron, expresses a desire to move out on his own with a young woman who is also mentally disabled (Ally Sheedy), she finds it emotionally impossible to let him go, on "Once and Again," MONDAY, MARCH 25 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

"Once and Again" stars Sela Ward as Lily Sammler, Billy Campbell as Rick Sammler, Julia Whelan as Grace Manning, Shane West as Eli Sammler, Meredith Deane as Zoe Manning, Evan Rachel Wood as Jessie Sammler, Susanna Thompson as Karen Sammler, Jeffrey Nordling as Jake Manning, Marin Hinkle as Judy Brooks, Steven Weber as Samuel Blue and Ever Carradine as Tiffany Porter.

Guest starring are Patrick Dempsey as Aaron, Ally Sheedy as Miriam Miller, Winnie Holzman as Shelley, E.P. McKnight as Annie, Adrian Ricard as Annie's mom, Robert Prosky as Herb Miller, Dale E. Turner as the singing man, Esther "Tita" Mercado as Macey, David Stifel as the patient and Great Sesheta as the nurse.

"Aaron's List of Dreams" was written by Richard Kramer and directed by Dan Lerner.

"Once and Again" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound.

This program carries a TV-PG,S parental guideline.

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From TV Guide:
Once and Again
Aaron's List of Dreams
60 min.

In this moving episode, Patrick Dempsey returns as Lily's sensitive, disturbed brother, Aaron, who has fallen for an expressive and volatile mental patient named Miriam (Ally Sheedy), whom he met in their board-and-care residence. Aaron has been approved for an independent-living program, and he wants Miriam to move in with him. Her father, a retired cop (Robert Prosky), is against the arrangement. So is Lily, especially after Aaron and Miriam descend upon the Sammlers for an overnight stay. The unsettling occasion floods Lily with memories of her brother's happy youth and painful teen years. Shelley: Winnie Holzman.

Cast: Billy Campbell, Sela Ward, Meredith Deane, Julia Whelan, Marin Hinkle, Patrick Dempsey, Ally Sheedy, Robert Prosky, Winnie Holzman

Rating: TV-PG
Content: Explicit Sexual Situations
Category: Drama
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From sabrinahagain at TWoP Forums:
http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/ijsbb/forum.cgi?action=list&forum=93&idtopic=263423&fromdays=20&s=date&g=0

ALLY SHEEDY (!!!) will guest-star on "aaron's list of dreams" (march 25th) as his girlfriend, who may be mentally challenged. the episode finds aaron wanting to move in with her (and out on their own together), and lily struggling to cope with his decision.

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