Aftershocks Production Number: #F-015 First Transmission: February 16, 1985 Written by: Chris Manheim Directed by: Don Chaffey

Cary helps Donna Sinclair, who was adopted, find her biological mother. Her mother turns out to be councilwoman Alice Taylor-Hancock, a very well-known black politician who decides to put her voters first over the daughter she gave up and who was raised by white parents.

===Donna Sinclair ..... Stacy Nelkin
===Alice Taylor-Hancock ..... Paula Kelly
===Phillip Lawton ..... Shea Farrell
===Derrick, Alice's Secretary ..... Terry F. Cook
===Minister ..... Ron Ray

Daisy helps retired Army hero Matthew Vail find the woman he was forced to leave behind when he was suddenly sent off to war. Daisy discovers the woman recently died, but finds her granddaughter, Molly, who agrees to meet Matthew.

===Molly Thatcher ..... Kate McGeehan
===Colonel Matthew Vail ..... Leslie Nielson
===Tom Harris ..... Philip Levien

During the show ...

Lyman picks the horse he's going to bet on by pinning the racing sheet on Cary's door and throwing the letter opener at it ... just before Cary walks through it.

Rita tracks down the details about Alice Taylor-Hancock using the computer.

Quotes

Daisy: (Sadly.) Forty years he's waited to see her. And now because he's four weeks too late ... it just isn't fair.
Cary: Death rarely is. But memories help. And someone to share them with.

Alice: Why are you doing this for us?
Cary: Because I like your daughter ... and your politics.
Alice: But you don't like me.
Cary: I would ... if you'd let me.
Alice: I'm going to try and do something about that.
(They shake hands and Cary smiles.)
Cary: Okay.