It stars Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea, and Emily Perkins.

On 19 May 1983, at approximately 10:48 p.m, Diane Downs drives to McKenzie-Willamette Hospital in Springfield, Oregon with a gunshot wound to her arm.

Diane Downs is sentenced to life in prison, and her two surviving children are adopted by the prosecutor Frank Joziak and his wife, Lola.

At the heart of the chilling tale of a mother’s mental illness and unthinking cruelty is the performance of Farrah Fawcett.

Ably assisted by Ryan O'Neal, with exceptional writing by Joyce Eliason and direction by David Greene, Ms. Fawcett brings a sense of realism rarely seen in television miniseries.