Main Cast: Reba McEntire, Tim Matheson, Bess Armstrong, Heather Stephens, Scott Foley
Release Year: 1998
Country: US
Run Time: 120 minutes
MPAA Rating: NR
Plot
In this TV movie "suggested by" a real-life incident, wife and mother Lizzie Brooks (Reba McEntire) is comatose in a hospital as McEntire's tune Forever Love provides an accompaniment to the flashback: After Lizzie meets Alex (Tim Matheson), a romance develops. They marry, have a daughter (Heather Stephens), and become close friends with Gail (Bess Armstrong) and Jerry (Andy Buckley). After a stroke puts Lizzie into a coma, Alex takes her home, providing love, care, and devotion through the years. Two decades pass, and one day Lizzie emerges from the coma and attempts to rebuild her life. Filmed in L.A., this TV movie aired September 27, 1998 on CBS. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Lizzie (Reba McEntire) and Alex Brooks (Tim Matheson) are a fairy tale young couple, wildly in love and the parents of a little girl named Emma. Without warning, Lizzie suffers a stroke at the age of twenty-four. Alex is informed by the hospital doctors that Lizzie has slipped into a deep coma and there is nothing to do but wait to see if she comes out of it. Determined to keep his vow to love Lizzie in sickness and in health, Alex decides to bring her home to care for her. Gail, Lizzie's best friend, helps and consoles Alex. However, Gail's help extends further when she aids in raising Emma as well. When Gail's husband is killed in a car crash, Alex, Gail and Emma form a practical family unit of their own.
Twenty years after her stroke, Lizzie wakes up. Miraculously, she is pronounced perfectly healthy and begins to try to assimilate back into a world that has radically changed. Emma, who is about to be married, is thrilled to have her mother back, as are Alex and Gail. But, Lizzie's presence is also confusing for all of them as she attempts to move back into the place she rightfully occupies in their lives.
