| | Everwood (2002)Returning for its third season on The WB, this engrossing series has proven itself to be much more than the average family drama. Unafraid to tackle any subject, the first two seasons of Everwood confronted topics such as teens with sexually transmitted diseases, medical marijuana, a husband who was living a lie by hiding his homosexuality from his wife and a frightened 18-year-old girl who decided to have an abortion. Set in a breathtaking small town in the Rocky Mountains, the series' emotional center is the visceral and often heartbreaking relationship between a father and son. Dr. Andrew Brown's (Treat Williams, Hollywood Ending, The Late Shift) own life changed forever the day his loving wife died. Up until then, he was a world-renown neurosurgeon whose career always overshadowed his obligations as a parent. When he was faced with the daunting task of raising his two kids, pre-teen Delia (Vivien Cardone, A Beautiful Mind) and teenage Ephram (Gregory Smith, The Patriot) by himself, Andy traded in the New York skyline for the breathtaking vistas of the Rockies to settle in Everwood, Colorado, a charming and picturesque little town tucked in among majestic snowy peaks. When Andy opened up a free clinic for the citizens of Everwood, popular opinion was that he had lost his mind, but that didn't stop one local character, Edna (Debra Mooney, Tootsie), from applying for a job as his nurse and office manager. Andy's welcome wagon consisted of just three people: Edna, her husband, school bus driver Mr. Irv (John Beasley, The Apostle), and Andy's new neighbor, Nina Feeney (Stephanie Niznik, Guardian Angel, Vanishing Son). The person most disturbed by the new clinic was Edna's son and the only other doctor in town, Dr. Harold Abbott (Tom Amandes, television's The Untouchables). Dr. Abbott quickly forbade his wife Rose (Merrilyn Gann, Best in Show) and teenage children, Amy (Emily VanCamp, The Ring 2) and Bright (Chris Pratt, the upcoming feature film Strangers With Candy) to have anything to do with the Brown family. Despite Dr. Abbott's attempts to keep the families apart, Ephram Brown fell for Amy Abbott the first time he saw her. He soon learned that she was obsessed with her boyfriend, Colin Hart (Mike Erwin), who remained in a coma after a traffic accident left him with a serious brain injury. For Amy, the arrival of Ephram's father - the country's most respected brain surgeon - seemed like a gift from heaven. Andy reluctantly agreed to use his skill to try and repair Colin's brain damage and bring him out of the coma, and the results seemed to be a true miracle. It wasn't long, however, until Colin was suffering from seizures, and Andy knew that another surgery was needed. This second operation was even more dangerous than the first, and Andy was not able to save Colin's life a second time. Lost in grief and depression, Amy was unable to forgive Andy. She acted out her feelings by experimenting with drugs and dating bad boy Tommy (guest star Paul Wasilewski).
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