Annie Potts - Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien Sims
Lorraine Toussaint - Rene Jackson
Shari Dyon Perry - Young Rene Jackson
Mae Middleton - Young Mary Elizabeth 'M.E.' O'Brien
William Converse-Roberts - Matthew O'Brien

Mary Elizabeth, an outgoing white girl, and Rene, a shy black girl, become close fiends as they grow up in 1960's Alabama.

As "Stacy Trenton" in:
"Boys Will Be Boys" (# 4.19)
17 February 2002
"It's Not Karma, It's Life" (# 4.14)
9 December 2001

Directed by
Jeff Bleckner, Arvin Brown (and others)

Written by
Nicole Mirante, Alexandra Bleckner (and others)