Bright Alex grows up in Michigan proud of his mother, Romanian immigrant Ileana, who became a professor, vowing to make her dream come true by graduating from Harvard. But when mother becomes manic-depressive and repeatedly dumps her medication, Alex each time lands in foster care. At age 16, he gets legal emancipation and vows to take charge of their lives himself

• Kim Delaney
• Sarah-Jane Redmond
• Paul McGillion
• Jared Abrahamson
• MacKenzie Porter
• Genevieve Buechner
• Dee Jay Jackson
• Collin MacKechnie