The Doctor blurts out the results of Jeannette’s DNA test  soon after she hears Vili's declaration of unconditional love - regardless of the results.

Fine Dancing - Episode 6 of The Curse and the Gift from Walter, Russia

Thinking her relationship with her Mother ended once she was dead and buried, Jeannette encounters her Earth Mother who signals there’s still another step to take.

Earth Mother - Episode 5 of The Curse and the Gift from Walter, Russia

When a young professional colleague from Fiji challenges Jeannette to rethink her perceptions about race, age and love, he changes her life forever.

When Strangers Meet - Episode 4 of The Curse and the Gift from Walter, Russia

For more than a decade Jeannette’s friend Sean, aka the CNN news, kept her informed and from feeling like she was alone – until one day in 1995 when Sean betrayed her by revealing the painful truth.

Removing My Glorious Wallpaper On - Episode 3 of The Curse and the Gift from Walter, Russia

By rejecting her sister Sheilah’s invitation to scrutinize family secrets, Jeannette misses a once in a life-time opportunity to become close to her.

Face The Ghosts - Episode 2 of The Curse and the Gift from Walter, Russia

Scrolling through Facebook posts, Jeannette learns that her 53 year old niece died, continuing a family curse that’s haunted her family for four generations.

Trauma Via Facebook - Episode 1 of The Curse and the Gift from Walter, Russia

America is experiencing a civil rights and sexual revolution in the 1960’s, Jeannette is ironing handkerchiefs and pillowcases in Medford Oregon. Repressing her true dreams and desires, she is mentored on how to be a perfect housewife by a perfect woman, her sister-in-law, Norma.  All goes well until the Paulson’s annual Thanksgiving dinner in 1969 when Jeannette dares to share her opinion about the Vietnam War.

Thanksgiving in 1969

1960s - "Dim Your Lights: Thanksgiving 1969" (Jeannette's story)

Pandemic, Politics and Payment: American Fears and Hopes

Kathryn's Story

2020s - "Kathryn’s story - September 2020"

Expecting her 80th birthday to be the highlight of the year, an email exchange reveals a crisis in America with personal consequences.

Jeannette's Story

2020s - "Jeannette’s story - September, 2020"

While Quentin Tarantino traverses Asia conducting Filmmaker Labs for
Sundance Institute, Hawaii Film Festival director Jeannette Paulson is
invited to Ulaanbaatar Mongolia over the Christmas and New Year’s holiday to advise Mongolian film industry leaders on how their state subsidized film industry can switch to capitalism in one week. After a near death experience during a chaotic stampede inside a freezing cold dark Ulaanbaatar movie theatre, Jeannette realizes that not having a date on New Year’s Eve is probably not the worse problem in the world.

Saved by a Song in Ulaanbaatar

1990s - "Travel: Saved by a Song in Ulaanbaatar" (Jeannette's Story)

Jeannette is shocked to learn that in a few minutes she is expected to give a lecture on live TV to Gifu women about what it’s like to be an independent American woman. She decides to shock the Organizers back by telling the audience the truth. By evening’s end, she and the Gifu women discover their lives are not so different, even though they would like to think so.

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