Trent

A strict patriarch exercises almost absolute control over his family and uses it to impose his vision of order and conservative family values. However, the budding sexuality of some of his children causes the union to unravel.

"A many-faceted portrait of those individuals who sought radical solutions to social problems in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. It cuts back and forth between six major story lines and more than fifty characters, and across a vast landscape, to explore the lifestyles and attitudes of the American left who faced both personal and hhistorical transitions in the period following the Vietnam War."

Growing up in a house with six women was more than a learning experience for Robert Player, it ultimately proved to be a gift and a curse. Robert, was the youngest and only male-child in the family. Not having an older male figure around, Robert, had to rely on the women within his family to teach him morals, values, and ironically how to become a man! As a result of life experiences, Robert, eventually veers onto the wrong path. Totally disregarding his upbringing and the vow in which he made, to his beloved grandmother, Momma Dot. Robert, decides to utilize his wisdom regarding everything from sex to religion in his endeavors to capitalize from countless women! Not only does Robert Player become Rich & Famous and known as "The Player", unfortunately, he ultimately learns that for every negative action and decision there are also consequences. Throughout his many relationships with various women there was one constant- Shantell- a woman who held his heart and his body in sort of an invisible choke hold. They were "On again off again" since high-school and she knew how to shake Robert to the core. This would end up being the catalyst to a series of events that would change his life forever. Ironically she would also lead him to a unexpected meeting with his absentee father Donti, who he had only heard stories of, and vowed to never be the kind of man his father was. At the end of the day- they are more alike then he could ever imagine.... They both got played by the game called life.

It showcases the stories of how children are rebuilding their relationships with parents who were absent.

After getting kicked out of college and returning to his hometown, Val finds his life upheaved when his widowed father takes in Charlie, a recently orphaned twelve-year-old.