A pre-operative male-to-female transsexual takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Southern Californian Bree Osbourne, who was formerly Stanley Chupak, has finally received the news for which she has been waiting: she has been approved for male-to-female sexual reassignment surgery. But before Margaret, her therapist, will allow her to go through with the surgery scheduled in a week's time, Bree has to deal with an unresolved issue from her past. Bree got a telephone call from a seventeen year old man named Toby Wilkins, who was looking for Stanley, his biological father. Toby is in a New York jail, he who supports himself by petty crime and hustling. Stanley/Bree knew nothing about Toby before the telephone call. Toby apparently is all alone in the world, with his mother having committed suicide and being estranged from his stepfather in Tennessee. Masquerading as a Christian social worker, Bree, not telling him either of her true identity or her transgendered status...
Written by Huggo
Felicity Huffman had to stay in character all day, while shooting. This included having to keep Bree's voice on so that she wouldn't lose it. If she turned it "off" she would lose the voice.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Toby shows up at Bree's apartment and is smoking, the plate Bree gives him to use as an ashtray moves around between shots.
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Quotes
Bree:
I got a phone call last night from a juvenile inmate of the New York prison system. He claimed to be Stanley's son. Margaret:
No third-person.
[brief pause]
Bree:
My son. See more »
Crazy Credits
For all people of trans experience,
For all people of any experience,
and
For my family.
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"Soy Infeliz"
Written by Ventura Romero Performed by Lola Beltrán Used by Permission of Peer International Corp. (BMI) Courtesy of BMG Mexico Under License from BMG Film & TV Music
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