Doing Time on Maple Drive

Doing Time on Maple Drive

Every family has its secrets.

199292 min5.1 / 10

A tense family drama about hidden identities and the lies we tell to protect ourselves, centered on a closeted gay man navigating his family's intolerance and his own deception.

Yale scholar Matt Carter introduces his wealthy fiancée, Allison, to his family, and initially everything goes smoothly. However, it isn't long before Allison learns that Matt has lied to her about his relatives to mask their failures and dysfunctions. His brother, Tim, flunked out of school and developed a drinking problem, and Matt struggles to keep his own troubling secret from his less than tolerant parents.

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