Richard Elster, seventy-three, was a scholar
- an outsider
- when he was called to a meeting with government war planners.

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Richard Elster, a retired secret war adviser, has retreated to a forlorn house in a desert, 'somewhere south of nowhere'. But his planned isolation is interrupted when he is joined by a young filmmaker intent on documenting his experience in a one-take film. ...

All 13 episodes from the popular US drama series. The peaceful existence of a small seaside community changes forever when Christina Nickson (Elisabeth Harnois) is rescued from the ocean by local lifeguard Jesse Parker (Sam Page) & brought to the home of local doctor Ben Kramer (Richard Burgi). The Kramers, including Ben's wife Meg (Susan Walters) & daughter Judy (Aubrey Dollar), take an instant liking to Christina & invite her to stay with them as she searches for clues to her past & attempts to find her mother
- a Point Pleasant native whom Christina never knew. Episodes comprise: ' Pilot', ' Human Nature', ' Who's Your Daddy?', ' The Lonely Hunter', ' Last Dance', ' Secrets & Lies', ' Unravelling', ' Swimming With Boyd', ' Waking The Dead', ' Hell Hath No Fury Like A Woman Choked', ' Missing (aka When The Cat's Away)', ' Mother's Day' & ' Let The War Commence'.
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