TIES THAT BIND: A Fresh Start

Name: TIES THAT BIND: A Fresh Start
Item: TIES THAT BIND: A Fresh Start
Author: Caitlyn Cantabrana

Season 1 Episode 2

Family Content: -1 Caution advised for older children, including teenagers, and sensitive adults.

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(BBB, C, CapCap, L, V, M) Strong biblical worldview with a family trying to do what’s right, with a sub-plot about ex-convicts that turn their life around through a business; one use of d***, “crap”, “heck” and “idiot” are also muttered; a dead body is found in a freezer, and the victims death is discussed; some passionate kissing between a married couple; a girl is confronted for dressing provocatively at school, though the camera never focuses on this in an inappropriate manner, a woman is only wearing a long shirt when going to bed; no obvious drinking; no drug use, but woman at a rehab facility is visited; some lying, stealing and greed, but nothing condoned and crime is punished.

Episodes: Season Overview

Number	Date	Title	Production	Content
1.1	8/12/2015	Pilot		+2
1.2	8/19/2015	A Fresh Start		-1

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In “A Fresh Start” episode of TIES THAT BIND, the McLean family adjusts to Mariah and Cameron living with them. Rachel and Jeff, Allison’s teenagers are frustrated that their cousins live with them. Soon, the cousins get into trouble at their new school. Meanwhile, Allison must solve a crime involving the murder of a chef who hired ex-convicts in his kitchen. One suspect is a young man Allison believed had changed.

The second episode doesn’t have a plot or mystery that stands out among procedurals, but the positive messages and overall family friendliness is refreshing. Some of the guest actors overact in scenes and have some hokey accents, but the main actors hold the story otherwise. The central theme of two parents trying to do what’s right for the family, and the sub-plot of ex-convicts turning their life around through a business reflects a positive biblical worldview, though there’s no explicit Christian content in this episode other than a reference to a church. A light caution is advised due to the nature of the episode being centered around a murder.