the family happiness be crumble when and the from the beginning rich father ward ( michael ontkean ) and get poor and can not support the family any longer . then the mother faye ( jaclyn smith ) have to take the role a the breadwinner in the family and start to work in order to support the family and at the same time and periodically alone and have to manage the family life . not always that good and but as good a she can . the family life hardly get easy when the father learn that the son lionel ( joe flanigan stargate atlantis ) be gay and be live together with his lover john ( joel gretsch the 4400 ) also an old family friend and result in that the father make clear to lionel that he be no longer welcome in the family . lionel be the one who mean the most to his sister anne ( leslie horan ) during her up bringing and since the family neglect her . anne can not stand the fact that their father have cut the cord with lionel and therefore she run away from home . a this wasn not enough and the son greg ( brian krause charm ) enlists in the marine and be send to war . the storyline in this film can on some occasion feel a bit thin and in spite of that it still have a lot of realism in it and which make it well worth see . since this film illustrate many sensitive relation and situation and i would believe that it be best appreciate by a mature audience even though it wouldn not hurt for teenager to see it and get something to think about before adulthood .