Once and Again
One of the best domestic dramas to hit American television, Once And Again came from the minds of Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick-the pair responsible for the groundbreaking thirtysomething, along with other dramas such as My So-Called Life and Relativity. Once And Again stood out for the frank honesty of its characters and situations, but that realism probably relegated this series to a relatively short life.
Set in an upper-middle-class Chicago suburb, “Once” focused on two people-soon-to-be divorced Lily Manning and architect Rick Sammler who met each other picking up their respective children in the car pool lane. From the start, there were obstacles. Lily, who worked for a dot.com company, began the process of divorcing her husband, restaurant owner Jake Manning, while she cared for their two girls-teenage daughter Grace and younger Zoe. Rick was divorced from attorney Karen Davies Sammler and the pair shared custody of their two children, teenager Eli (Shane West) and daughter Jessie (Evan Rachel Wood) who falls in love Katie (Mischa Barton).
Watch videos of Jessie and Katie:
Jessie and Katie - Open Your Eyes
Jessie and Katie - If You're Not the One
Jessie and Katie - I'll Wait For You