A domineering father forces a teenager to play tennis beyond her desire, and she suffers emotional problems.A domineering father forces a teenager to play tennis beyond her desire, and she suffers emotional problems.A domineering father forces a teenager to play tennis beyond her desire, and she suffers emotional problems.
J.C. Brandy
- Louise Henderson
- (as J. C. Brandy)
Philip Abbott
- Dr. Trebaro
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe story is loosely based on that of Jennifer Capriati, an American tennis phenom who entered the professional tour in 1990 several weeks shy of her 14th birthday. By 1995, she had retired due to injury and burnout, admitting in interviews that she had contemplated suicide the year before. Capriati's father was widely considered to be the main reason for the shortness of her career. Capriati later staged a comeback and won three Grand Slam tournaments before retiring permanently in 2004. The Women's Tennis Association amended its rules in 1994 to limit the amount of tournaments players under the age of 18 could enter.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Dr. Trebaro: What woke you? What woke you, Louise?
Louise Henderson: The wind, I think... A shutter was banging... I remember being frightened.
- SoundtracksMurder She Wrote Theme
Written by John Addison
Featured review
A cracking end to series eleven.
Tennis starlet Louise Henderson is all set to play at the open, but her mental health has taken a hit, and her domineering father is applying huge amounts of pressure on her, she turns to Jessica for help.
I think this is a cracking episode, and a really strong series finale, one of the better episodes from this eleventh run. Very well paced, intriguing, and several threads running, it wasn't a flat, straight up murder, lots going on.
The summing up at the end was so Agatha Christie, all of the suspects gathered together, lovely.
I'm my opinion, it's a plot that would work very well as a film even now, it's so fresh, it works very well, and unlike some of the later episodes, it feels quite fresh.
I know it's not her, but at least they've got someone who can hit a tennis ball, it's frustrating when they cast a potential champion, who can't hit a ball properly.
8/10.
I think this is a cracking episode, and a really strong series finale, one of the better episodes from this eleventh run. Very well paced, intriguing, and several threads running, it wasn't a flat, straight up murder, lots going on.
The summing up at the end was so Agatha Christie, all of the suspects gathered together, lovely.
I'm my opinion, it's a plot that would work very well as a film even now, it's so fresh, it works very well, and unlike some of the later episodes, it feels quite fresh.
I know it's not her, but at least they've got someone who can hit a tennis ball, it's frustrating when they cast a potential champion, who can't hit a ball properly.
8/10.
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- Sleepin_Dragon
- May 15, 2024
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