Family Pictures

1993

Nina Eberlin comes home to visit her now-divorced parents and while looking through a collection of pictures taken by her father and herself, she reflects on how the pictures illustrate the nature of families. She begins to tell the story of how her parents discovered their son Randall was autistic and how each reacted to that. Her mother had three more kids, all daughters, "the perfect children." The controversy over that and Randall's treatment pulls the parents apart. It also forces Nina and her older brother Mack to re-evaluate their relationship with each other and each parent.

Seasons

2 Episodes • Premiered 1993

1. Part I

In 1983, Nina Eberlin (Kyra Sedgwick) seeks refuge with her Mother Lainey, after the collapse of her marriage. Her one-week stay stretches into a three-month escape. In order to move forward with her life, Nina realizes she must confront her past and hopes to find the source of her issues while searching through the family photographs.

2. Part II

The Eberlin Family's life is forever altered by the extraordinary requirements of the third-born son Randall, who is autistic and whose life is based upon routine. The family learns to exist around him, barely noticing his disruptions, until an unfortunate event causes harm they can no longer ignore.