Sex and the Single Mom

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Summary: Is turnabout fair play?
Review: Usually, in stories like this, a teenage girl gets careless, becomes pregnant, and has to hide it from her mother. But here, it's the mother who gets careless, becomes pregnant, and has to hide it from her daughter!The aforementioned (single) mother has been discouraging her teenage daughter from becoming sexually active, while carrying on a wild, secret affair with a married man. When she becomes pregnant and her lover abandons her, she has to face her own hypocrisy.This film is a cut above most made-for-Lifetime-TV movies, thanks largely to Gail O'Grady's performance as the errant mother - she's always luminous and likable, even when her behavior is questionable. Credit must also go to Danielle Panabaker as the daughter.As I write this, Lifetime is about to air a sequel, "More Sex & the Single Mom," in which Gail's character still has to deal with the consequences of her behavior. Watch this space.