| Then
comes an offer to teach a one-day course at Dufresne College, the small
liberal arts school in his hometown of Knights Ridge, Massachusetts.
Hoping to tap back into that which initially inspired him, he decides to
head back.
Nick
has had no contact with his family or the close-knit group of friends he
said goodbye to shortly after high school graduation. He burned that
connection when he used them as characters in his successful novel and,
in the process, cast their lives in a less than flattering light.
Consequently, the hometown response to his return is less than festive.
Nick's
friends include best friend Eddie Latekka, who is disappointed that Nick
abandoned their dream of starting a business together; there's also the
good-hearted and straightforward Owen Rowan, whose family life appears
the picture of perfection; the well-meaning but sometimes obnoxious Ikey;
and Physical Phil, a lovable recluse since 9/11 who has adapted to
living his life indoors.
Before
he left town, Nick told his high school girlfriend, Hannah Daniels, that
he'd be back in six weeks. Now ten years later, the jilted but
never-married Hannah has decided to forget Nick's unfulfilled promise
and moved on with her life. She is a single mom raising her
nine-year-old son, the bright and charming Sam. Hannah is involved with
Ray "Big Cat" Cataldo, the former high school bully whose
mission in life has been to bestow misery on the lives of Nick and his
friends.
Nick
makes a new friend when he meets Aubrey, a pretty college student and
fledgling writer whose Bohemian style intrigues him. While he sorts
things out, he moves into his childhood home with his father, a widower
affectionately referred to as The Commander.
Nick
realizes he has several reasons for staying in Knights Ridge. He wants
to apologize to everyone for whatever broken promises he may have made,
and to make up for how he portrayed them in his book. He also sees
coincidences indicating that Hannah's son, Sam, might be his.
Although
Nick doesn't regret fulfilling his mother's dying wish of experiencing
life outside of Knights Ridge, he finds himself oddly wanting to tie up
loose ends at home, but realizes the path ahead of him is a rocky one.
In spite of any love bruised or lost between his friends and family,
Nick embraces the familiarity of his former life and struggles to be
included again among those he let down.
cast
Bryan Greenberg as Nick Garrett / Laura Prepon as Hannah Daniels / Tom
Berenger as The Commander / Warren Christie as Ray Big Cat Cataldo /
Brad William Henke as Owen Rowan / Evan Jones as Ikey / Jay Paulson as
Physical Phil / Slade Pearce as Sam Daniels / Geoff Stults as Eddie
Latekka / Odette Yustman as Aubrey
CAST
PROFILES
Bryan
Greenberg
| Laura
Prepon
| Tom
Berenger
| Warren
Christie
| Brad
William Henke
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