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sympathy and then, in typical television fashion, discreetly withdraws before any difficult decisions have to be made." Praising
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called the film "groundbreaking" and gave it 2.5/5 stars, writing, "What made this film unique (at least when it initially aired over the ABC network on April 7, 1986) is that one of Gail's amours is her late husband's business partner Ben Taylor (Barry Newman)--while the other is Gail's female best
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