Often it is something traumatic that leads one into a choice of what you’ll do for the rest of your life. You find yourself frozen in wonder at what is happening and it becomes a raison d’être in your life. For Reena Hale (Alicia Witt) it was the fire that burned down her family’s restaurant when she was 11. After the firemen put it out, she sees John Minger (Scott Bakula), an arson investigator, working the scene, trying to figure out whether the fire was an accident or intentional, and suddenly knows in her soul that this is what she wants to do and be.

Director:  David Carson Writer:  Ronni Kern; Nora Roberts Cast:
Alicia Witt -  Reena Hale Scott Bakula -  John Minger Matthew Settle -  Bo Goodnight Talia Shire -  Bianca Hale Eric Keenleyside -  Gib Hale John Reardon -  Josh Ben Ayres -  Hugh Chris Fassbender -  Joey Pastorelli Jr.		Taylor Dauphinais -  Young Reena David Brown -  Joe Pastorelli Sr. Liam Nelson -  Young Joey Pastorelli Jr. Rod Heatheringston -  Steve Chad Nobert -  Xander Hale Peter Skagen -  FBI Agent Daniela Vlaskalic -  Fran Hale Karen Johnson-Diamond -  Mrs. Pastorelli

Wasn’t it one of the Wolfe boys who said that you can’t go home again? I suppose it is true in an abstract sense since all places and those returning are not the same as time passes. You can go back but you shouldn’t expect things to be the same as when you left. Tory Bodeen (Claire Forlani) is back to stay in her small home town but she’s not expecting much to be different when she left. Via a psychic vision, she knew where to find the body of her best friend Hope who had been murdered, the first of a string that continues every year on the same day. Her father had been the principal suspect when he was paid off to skip town. Folks are not too welcoming when she begins to open up her small shop on main street. But a few are able to move beyond the gossip. Cade Lavelle (Oliver Hudson) is still goofy over her and his sister Faith (Josie Davis) proves to be a fountain of support that Tory (and Faith) finds surprising.

Director:  Stephen Tolkin Writer:  Stephen Tolkin; Nora Roberts Cast:
Claire Forlani -  Victoria ‘Tory’ Bodeen Oliver Hudson -  Cade Lavelle Josie Davis -  Faith Lavelle Jonathan Scarfe -  Dwight Collier Chad Willett -  Wade Mooney Jacqueline Bisset -  Margaret Lavelle Shaun Johnston -  Han Bodeen Greg Lawson -  Police Chief Carl Russ		Maureen Rooney -  Sari Bodeen Kailin See -  Sherry Bellows Shae Keebler -  Young Hope Lavelle / Young Faith Lavelle Gabrielle Casha -  Young Tory Bodeen Brieanna Moench -  Lissy Kade Phillips -  Young Cade Connor Robinson -  Young Wade Taison Gelinas -  Young Dwight

Memory is a tricky thing. I find as I age, the ability to pluck info is different from what it used to be. I joke that my brian is full and missing details have been overwritten by newer material. I hope that isn’t the case since the newer stuff may not be as profound as what was lost And even then, I don’t know that it has been lost. Maybe it is there but disconnected from its primary link. Odd thoughts tend to surface at the most inappropriate times and I wonder why. Maybe someday I’ll figure it out or someone else will find a solution. But I don’t face the memory problems that Reese Gilmore (Heather Locklear) does. Either the past treatment in a psych ward has scrambled something or a murderer is trying to drive her bonkers. Finding your clothing in the fridge, food in the closet, packed baggage when you awake and day-glo wall scribblings will give you pause that your synapses have misfired rather than think that a killer is toying with you.

Director:  Ralph Hemecker Writer:  Janet Brownell; Nora Roberts Cast:
Heather Locklear -  Reese Gilmore Johnathon Schaech -  Brody Gary Hudson -  Rick Marsden Derek Hamilton -  Lo Linda Darlow -  Joanie Lisa Marie Caruk -  Linda Gail Len Crowther -  Doc Pete Seadon -  Mac Drubber		Chezlene Kocian -  Marlie Shannon Tuer -  Denna James Jemma Blackwell -  Debbie Marsden Christy Greene -  Ginny Lori Ravensborg -  Jeweler Aedan Tomney -  Pete Guillermo Ura -  Sege Tamara Werden -  Woman in Orange Hat