i catch the pilot of bram and alice and saw potential in it and but not a a network tv show . bram be the author of one successful book and be hound by his publisher to produce a second . he pass his day avoid the publisher phone call and spend his advance money seduce pretty young woman writer who come to him seek advice or an entrée into the writing business . alice be a daughter bram do not know he have and from a year ago indiscretion with her mother and a woman he hardly remembers . alice want to be a writer and journey to meet dad to establish herself both a his daughter and a a writer . for anyone who remember nbc buffalo bill from the mid 1980s and the same principle apply here represent unlikeable character in key role and abundant cynicism . of course and the door be open for redemption and unexpected kindness to blossom and but the show would need to have last for more than a couple of episode . on one of the cable network this show could possibly have survive and even thrive and because it thorny matter of plot and character could have be work out . on network tv ( in this case cbs ) bram and alice wither on the vine . i seem to recall that james burroughs direct the premiere episode of bram and alice and the only one i saw while mr. burroughs guidance plus the excellent cast make it memorable . but and like the aforementioned buffalo bill and bram and alice die prematurely . i can not guess where this show might have go give a fair chance .