Thirtysomething

No Promises

E5    Jan 10, 1989    60m
Ellyn tries to deal with the shock of her parents' divorce and her growing estrangement from Woodman.

Ellyn is shocked to receive a call from her father asking her to lunch. With Hope and Nancy, she wonders why he's doing this for the first time in nineteen years. At work she has a disagreement with Woodman during a meeting. Ellyn meets her father, James. His conversation with her makes it obvious that he doesn't really pay attention to what she says. As they are leaving, he drops a bombshell: he and her mother Marjorie are getting divorced, and Ellyn should talk to her.

At home, Woodman wonders what's upsetting Ellyn. She just wants to be alone and doesn't know how to act. Later when Ellyn meets with her mother, she wanders through her old house reminiscing about her emotionally distant father. Talking with Michael, Ellyn muses that she should have fallen for a guy like him.
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Cast of No Promises
  • Ken OlinMichael Steadman
  • Mel HarrisHope Steadman
  • Timothy BusfieldElliot Weston
  • Patricia WettigNancy Weston
  • Peter HortonGary Shepherd
  • Melanie MayronMelissa Steadman
  • Polly DraperEllyn Warren
  • Patricia Kalember
  • Norma Donaldson
  • Betsy Blair
  • Terry Kinney
  • Charles Cioffi

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