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The A Word
The A Word

The A Word

★ 7.9•2016•3 Seasons•ANIME
Drama

The various generations of the Hughes family, who all love, work and fight like any other clan, find they must learn to communicate all over again when the youngest member is diagnosed with autism.

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Top Cast

Max Vento

Max Vento

Joe Hughes

Molly Wright

Molly Wright

Rebecca Hughes

Morven Christie

Morven Christie

Alison Hughes

Lee Ingleby

Lee Ingleby

Paul Hughes

David Gyasi

David Gyasi

Ben Chambers

Episodes

Diagnosis

1. Diagnosis

60m

At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.

Aired: 3/22/2016
Home School

2. Home School

60m

Following Joe’s diagnosis, Alison wants to protect her son and takes him out of school without telling Paul. He and Rebecca believe that Joe shouldn’t have to change to fit into the world.

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Aired: 3/29/2016
Therapy

3. Therapy

60m

Alison has to deal with a blast from her past after Maggie, a speech and language therapist, shows up to assess Joe.

Aired: 4/5/2016
Sleepover

4. Sleepover

60m

An impromptu attempt to win Joe some friends leads to a breakthrough moment for Alison, but how long can it last? Maurice and Louise come to blows over Joe, while Rebecca turns to Eddie for relationship advice.

Aired: 4/12/2016
Goodbye

5. Goodbye

60m

Alison is hit hard when Joe's helper Maya looks set to be deported. As Paul and Eddie discover their wives both want different things, Maurice is left kicking himself for letting Louise go.

Aired: 4/19/2016
Lost

6. Lost

60m

Alison brokers a peace with Paul in time for the gastropub opening, but Joe goes missing.

Aired: 4/26/2016