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Synopsis:
James and Polly Winthrop have just survived their first Massachusetts
winter. Now, along with their fellow settlers, they must decide
whether or not to remain in the uncivilized New World and face yet
another year of disease—and each other.
James (Dutton),
an affable young Pilgrim father, who always sees the glass as half
full, wants to stay and fulfill the hopes and dreams of building
a new nation, although he can't even build a house. James must also
contend with his best friend, Cotton (Rash), the bumbling village
idiot who wreaks more havoc than a New World winter.
James' lovely,
strong-minded wife, Polly (Nelson), wants to stand by her man, but
her patience is tried by his unwavering optimism as well as the
50 percent mortality rate. Meanwhile, their three young children—boy-crazy
Abigail (Christensen), so-smart-she-may-be-burned-at-the-stake,
Elizabeth (Centner) and slow-witted William (Ducote)—are entertained
by their Grammy (Leachman), a wizened senior citizen who has quite
the eye for strapping young men.
Even though
they live in an era centuries apart from today, the issues they
face have remarkable and humorous similarities to modern life.
Credits:
Tim Dutton as James
Kirsten Nelson
as Polly
Cloris Leachman
as Grammy
Jim Rash as Cotton
Erika Christensen
as Abigail
Amy Centner as
Elizabeth
Andrew Ducote as William
Produced by:
Touchstone Television
Executive
Producers: Phoef Sutton (Cheers) Mark Legan (Grace Under
Fire)
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