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Any Day Now: Season 1

22 episodes Premiered Aug 18, 1998 Updated Jul 21, 2026
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Episodes

S1·E1

Unfinished Symphony

Aug 18, 1998 · 60 min

Present: Mary Elizabeth Sims, a Birmingham wife, mother, and aspiring writer, reaches out to her estranged childhood friend Rene Jackson, a prominent Washington attorney, when she

S1·E2

Huh?

Aug 25, 1998 · 60 min

Present: Rene represents a woman whose rapist is suing her for shared custody and visitation rights to the child conceived during the rape; M.E. confronts Kelly about her failing

S1·E3

Eve of Destruction

Sep 1, 1998 · 60 min

Present: Rene falls for the reporter assigned to do a story on her for the ""Birmingham Daily"" while turning down both Garrett and Graham; Colliar gets a job as a car salesman af

S1·E4

It's Called Depression

Sep 8, 1998 · 60 min

Present: Approaching their 26th wedding anniversary, M.E. and Colliar are at odds and they each seek out Rene for answers about the other; Rene struggles to interject a note of fr

S1·E5

Making Music with the Wrong Man

Sep 15, 1998 · 60 min

Rene helps plan a ceremony honoring her father. She asks M.E. to write a biography of her father to present at the event. In doing her research, M.E. discovers information about Re

S1·E6

No Comment

Sep 29, 1998 · 60 min

Present: When an old family friend who is now a city councilman asks Rene to defend him against corruption charges, Rene agrees after being convinced by some members of the black

S1·E7

Please Don't Tell My Mother

Oct 6, 1998 · 60 min

Present: After M.E. finds an empty beer bottle in the living room the morning after Kelly's party, she grounds her daughter for three weeks, even though Kelly tells her she didn't

S1·E8

Courage ... It Means Heart

Oct 13, 1998 · 60 min

Mary Elizabeth solicits the help of her family and Rene in caring for her aging Grandma Otis. Meanwhile, Rene is asked to represent a boy whose family refuses to give him his inher

S1·E9

You Shoulda Seen My Daddy

Oct 20, 1998 · 60 min

Rene is representing the parents of a child who has died of AIDS. M.E. tries bringing her friends and Rene's friends together. Past: Rene decides she wants to be a lawyer after wa

S1·E10

Call Him Johnny

Oct 27, 1998 · 60 min

Present: Rene represents a white couple prevented from adopting their black foster daughter; M.E. has an ectopic pregnancy which leaves her feeling a mixture of sadness, guilt, an

S1·E11

It's Who You Sleep With

Nov 3, 1998 · 60 min

Rene represents a lesbian couple who are forbidden to marry on public property. M.E. suspects that Colliar is having an affair. Past: Rene and M.E. learn about sex.

S1·E12

Salamanders

Dec 1, 1998 · 60 min

When Rene defends a black family that has been kicked off their property, she must confront the Alabama law that states that interracial marriages are illegal. M.E. rediscovers her

S1·E13

I Feel Awful

Dec 8, 1998 · 60 min

Present: Rene gets fixed up with a man who turns out to be a stalker; Teresa visits Mary Elizabeth and Colliar, and things go awry. Past: M.E. bosses Colliar and Rene around; M.

S1·E14

Quit Bein' Such a Scaredy Cat

Dec 15, 1998 · 60 min

Rene's stalker is still around and she has to get a restraining order. M.E. and Colliar are beginning their own construction business. Past: Rene and M.E. sneak out to a carnival

S1·E15

Blue

Jan 5, 1999 · 60 min

Rene is reunited with her cousin who has spent the past 20 years passing for a white man. M.E. and Colliar bid on a construction company. Past: Rene worships her aunt who encourag

S1·E16

It's Your Problem, Not Mine

Jan 12, 1999 · 60 min

Rene represents a white man who was beaten by the police. When Kelly brings home her black boyfriend, M.E. and Colliar react. Past: Rene has her first boyfriend.

S1·E17

Trust Me

Jan 19, 1999 · 60 min

After Rene agrees to hire a youth whom her boyfriend Bill mentors, she discovers that Bill is not divorced - only separated. M.E. feels guilty when she develops a crush on another

S1·E18

I Wish You Could Understand

Jan 26, 1999 · 60 min

Tully, a childhood friend of Rene and M.E.'s, offends Rene when he takes part in a bigoted, tasteless prank during a parade. M.E. and Colliar try to keep Tully from being fired fro

S1·E19

Chapter One

Feb 9, 1999 · 60 min

Rene sends some of M.E.'s stories to a publisher friend in New York. When the publisher visits M.E. on a trip to a Southern women's writing conference, M.E.'s writing career gets a

S1·E20

I'm Not Emotional

Feb 16, 1999 · 60 min

Mary Elizabeth and Colliar deal with Davis's suspension from school for ""sexual misconduct,"" and try to raise a son and a daughter in the '90s without gender-typing them. Meanwhi

S1·E21

Music from My Life

Mar 2, 1999 · 60 min

Mary Elizabeth and Rene go to Los Angeles to visit Mary Elizabeth's sister Teresa, whom they must help come to terms with her fiancé's less-than-honorable motives. When lovesick T

S1·E22

It's About the Heart

Mar 9, 1999 · 60 min

Mary Elizabeth helps Rene prepare to meet Bill's kids. Each year Mary Elizabeth debates whether or not to plan a birthday party for Colliar. She always does, despite his protests a