Mystery Woman: At First Sight (2006)

After dating hot doctor Ben, cued by Cassie, mystery woman sets out to discover in a tiny town her birth mother trough Victor Short, the diner-managing adopted son the the doc who arranged ... See full summary »

Director:

Kellie Martin

Writers:

Michael Sloan (creator), Mark Saraceni

Stars:

Kellie Martin, Clarence Williams III, Nina Siemaszko

Cast

Cast overview:
Kellie Martin	...	Samantha Kinsey
Clarence Williams III	...	Philby
Nina Siemaszko	...	Cassie
Casey Sander	...	Chief Connors
Eyal Podell	...	Ben
Kathryn Harrold	...	Hanna Branson McPhillips
Christine Lakin	...	Francie McPhillips
John Aprea	...	Mark McPhillips
Michael Cole	...	Desmond
Sean Moran	...	Sergeant Kellner
Charlie Schlatter	...	Victor Short
Scott Michael Campbell	...	Sheriff Powell
Mark Lacy	...	Deputy Skylar
Gerald Brodin	...	George Rebeta

Storyline

After dating hot doctor Ben, cued by Cassie, mystery woman sets out to discover in a tiny town her birth mother trough Victor Short, the diner-managing adopted son the the doc who arranged many more adoptions. She finds her and her husband, Mark McPhillips, murder suspects. Back home, the arrival of an undercover secret agent requires unorthodox help from his retired colleague Philby.

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Plot Keywords:

adoption | baseball bat | store window | broken window | false identity | 

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 January 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Foniko vlemma

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hallmark Entertainment, Alpine Medien Productions, Larry Levinson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Follows Mystery Woman: Vision of a Murder (2005)

User Reviews

Surprisingly disappointing.

This production had an attractive protagonist, a cozy middle class middle American setting, a small cast of journeymen actors, and two prime time television hours (minus commercials) to work with. Yet, in the end, I felt completely let down.

First of all, a significant portion of production resources were diverted into a totally meaningless sub-plot involving Clarence Williams III and Michael Cole, who starred together in "The Mod Squad", back in 1968. I kept expecting Peggy Lipton to show up, but I gather she has been able to find work on her own.

In this episode, Samantha Kinsey ventures out to explore her own roots. Of course, the "Mystery Woman" lives up to her moniker by the end of the two-hour drama, at which point we expect her to explain it all to us. But there is no revelation of "family ties", no exploration of "family values", no knitting together of loose ends, and no answers to pertinent questions. In fact, the most obvious questions about Samantha's roots are not even asked. She simply walks away.

Even if the writers had devoted 100% of their budget to the main plot line, it is not clear that they would have known what to do with these characters. It seems they had not started out with the first requirement, a good story that would involve an audience in the lives of well-drawn characters.

I was left with the feeling that this entire production crew had frittered away a great deal of time, money, and effort, and I had just wasted two hours of a Tuesday night.