FILMOGRAPHY
1. Wuthering Heights, CA (2003)
2. Failures (2003) - Sam
3. Hairy Tale (2003) - Michael Dean
4. Kingdom Hearts (2002) - Voive of Pinocchio
5. The Santa Clause 2 (2002) – Voice Of Elf
6. When Andrew Came Home (2000)(TV) .... Andrew ... aka Taming Andrew
7. Geppetto (2000) (TV) .... Pinocchio
8. Karen Black: Actress at Work (1999) .... Himself
9. Promise, The (1999) (TV) .... Del Stoller
10. Pirates of the Plain (1999) .... Bobby
11. Baby Geniuses (1999) (voice)
12. Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) .... Tiny Anthony ... aka Mafia!
13. Stir (1997) (as Seth E.Adkins) .... Matthew Bekins
14. Titanic (1997) .... Slovakian 3 Year Old Boy
15. First Do No Harm (1997)(TV) .... Robbie Reimuller

TELEVISION – appearances
1. CSI: Miami (2002) playing "Connor" in
episode: "Losing Face" (episode # 1.2) 9/30/2002
2. Paranormal Girl (2002) - TV Pilot
3. Real Kid Heroes (2002) - Co-host
4. Honda TV Commercial
5. "Little Monsters" series regular
6. "Small Talk" guest star
7. "Family Business" series regular
8. "Being Dunbar" guest star
9. "Batman & Beyond" guest star
10. "Mark of Greatness" as "Keith"
11. "Drew Carey Show, The" (1995) playing "Pinnochio" in
episode: "What's Wrong with This Episode III" (episode #
5.19) 3/1/2000
12. "Touched by an Angel" (1994) playing "Nick Beringer" in
episode: "Perfect Little Angel" (episode # 4.23) 4/26/1998
13. "Pretender, The" (1996) playing "Nicky Parks"(as Seth E.
Adkins) in episode: "Silence" (episode # 2.16) 4/4/1998
14. "C-16: FBI" (1997) playing "Daniel" in episode:
"Eight Pounds of Pressure" (episode # 1.6) 11/8/1997
15. "ER" (1994) playing "Benny Miles" in episode:
"Fortune's Fools" (episode # 3.13) 1/30/1997
16. "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" (1996) playing "Rex" in
episode: "Girl and her Cat, A" (episode # 1.11) 12/13/1996

THEATRE
1. "Best Christmas Pagent"

Episode #916: "A Time For Every Purpose"
Original Air Date:  February 1, 2003

Teleplay by:  John Wierick
Story by:  E.F.Wallengren & John Wierick
Directed by:  John Behring
Produced by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.

Cast:
Rob: Timothy Carhart
Pepper: William Moses
Courtney: Dierdre Lovejoy
Sam: Seth Adkins


The Kellermans are the perfect American family: they're business
owners, proud parents, and they have a strong marriage.  But life is
about to turn less than ideal for Rob and Courtney and their son,
Sam (Seth Adkins).

While working on pieces of their custom furniture and skipping
stones with his son, Rob begins to notice a loss of strength in his
hand.  He can't get a solid grip without his hand quivering.  At
first he thinks it's nothing, but when the symptoms persist, he and
Courtney decide to consult a specialist.  It seems that their fears
are not unfounded; Rob has ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's
Disease.

As Rob and Courtney struggle to adjust to the changes in their life,
Monica, who was hired to set up their computers, takes a more active
role in their life.  She helps out where she can, and tries to get
them used to the fact that Rob won't be around for ever.  She
encourages him to cherish the time he has left and to involve
himself in his son's life while he still can.  Rob though not
thrilled, tries his best to carry on, but there is yet more tragedy
to come for the Kellerman family.

Later on, with Rob's conditioning deteriorating, the couple talk to
their doctor, Andrew, about ways for Rob to communicate when he can
no longer speak.  This really hits home for Rob, and on the car ride
back to the house, he and Courtney despair for the future.  It is
during this drive, that another car runs a red light and plows into
them.  Rob wakes up in the hospital, but Courtney died on the
operating table.

Now Rob is given the responsibility of a single parent, when he is
unable to take care of himself.  During the funeral, Rob plans to
kill himself.  He intends to overdose on his medication.  He thinks
he's no good to anyone, especially Sam, and no one will stop him
from lightening the burden of the only family he has left.

Except that Sam isn't his only family.  Rob has a brother, Pepper, a
trucker, who was also in love with Courtney and left when she got
married.  They haven't spoken since that day, and Rob has written
him off, all but disowning him.  But he is on his way now.  Gloria
told him what has happened, and what Rob intends to do, and Pepper
is going to do his best to save his brother.  When he does arrive,
Rob locks himself into his room, and tries to carry out his plans,
but Pepper is persistent, and with the help of Monica, he gets
through to his brother.  They make Rob realize that with Pepper's
help, there is still time for Rob to see his son grow, that he isn't
a burden, but a valued member of the family: a father, a brother,
and a child of God.

Seth Adkins Awards And Nominations.

1997. Youth In Film Awards. Jointly won BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV
COMEDY: Guest Starring Young Performer in Sabrina A Teenage witch.

1998. Youth In Film Awards. Won BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV
MOVIE/PILOT/MINI-SERIES for Young Actor Age 10 or Under in First To
Do Harm.

1999 Youth In Film Awards. Won BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV DRAMA SERIES
GUEST STARRING YOUNG ACTOR for The Prentender.

2000. Youth In Film Awards. Nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV
MOVIE or PILOT for Young Actor Age Ten or Under in The Promise.

2000. Won YoungStar Award Best Young Actor/Performance in a
Miniseries/Made-For-TV Film for: Geppetto (2000) (TV)

2001. Youth In Film Awards. Nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV
MOVIE (Drama) Leading Young Actor in When Andrew Came Home.

2003. Nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV DRAMA SERIES - GUEST
STARRING for CSI: MIAMI playing Connor in the episode LOSING FACE.

The Young Artist Awards Foundation on Saturday, February 22, 2003 in
Studio City, California announced nominees at it's annual
Nominations Party. Seth was nominated for BEST PERFORMANCE IN A TV
DRAMA SERIES - GUEST STARRING for CSI: MIAMI playing Connor in the
episode LOSING FACE. The awards ceremony will be held on 29th March
2003.

The release date for Hairy Tale in theaters are:

USA - 16th May 2003
Netherlands - 17th July 2003
France - 13th August 2003

I will keep you posted if this changes.

Seth plays Sam in Failures.

This movie is about a family in which the mother kills herself and
the father, sister and boy have to deal with the pain. The sister
goes wild and the father has a hard time undwerstanding her. Seth
plays Sam, her brother and trys to help them understand each other.

The movie was filmed mid 2002.

Seth Adkins is the voice of Pinocchio in Kingdom Hearts.

Sora's world is shattered when a violent storm hits his home, and is
seperated from his two closest friends. The storm scatters the three
to unknown worlds. At the same time, there is turmoil in the Disney
Castle. King Mickey is missing, and Court Wizard Donald and Captain
Goofy are out to find him.

On their travels they meet Sora, on his own search for his lost
friends. The three are told of ominous creatures called Heartless,
being without hearts derived from an unknown dimension and are the
ones responsible for the devastating storm. The Disney villians,
enticed by the power of darkness, manipulate the Darkness to help
them gather the princesses of heart, who are needed to open a
mysterious final door. Upon discovering the link between the
Heartless, the storm, and the disappearance of King Mickey, Sora,
Donald, and Goofy join forces and help familiar Disney heroes to
save their worlds from the Heartless.

Seth guest stars as "Conner" in "CSI: Miami" in the episode: "Losing
Face". A necklace bomb explodes, killing a Colombian businessman and
a bomb technician who was Horatio's former mentor. CSI: Miami
(Drama) Studio: CBS, Alliance Atlantis and Bruckheimer
Films.

Premise: CSI MIAMI is a fast-paced drama inspired by the top-rated
series CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION that follows a South Florida
team of forensic investigators who use both cutting-edge scientific
methods and old-fashioned police work to solve crimes. Horatio
Caine, a former homicide detective, heads a group of investigators
who work crimes amid the steamy tropical surroundings and cultural
crossroads of Miami. His team includes Calleigh Duquesne, a
bilingual Southern beauty with a specialty in ballistics; Tim
Speedle, a cocky but disarming investigator who is well connected on
the street; and Eric Delko, an underwater recovery expert who knows
all the twists and turns of the Florida waterways. Rounding out the
team is Alexx Woods, the no-nonsense know-it-all coroner. Kim
Delaney joins the cast as a DNA specialist whose trust in science
creates conflict with Caine, who relies more on gut instinct.
Together, these investigators collect and analyze the evidence to
solve the crimes and to vindicate those who often cannot speak for
themselves, the victims.

In this sequel Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) has been Santa Claus for the
past eight years, and his loyal elves consider him the best Santa
ever. But Santa's got problems !! He's mysteriously losing weight and
things quickly go south when he finds out that his son, Charlie, has
landed on this year's "naughty" list.

Desperate to help his son, Scott heads back home, leaving a
substitute Claus to watch over things at the Pole. However, when the
substitute institutes some strange redefinitions of naughty and nice,
putting Christmas at risk, it's up to Scott to return with a new bag
of magic to try to save Christmas.

Seth Adkins does not appear in the movie but helped with voice overs
for the Elves. He did the voice overs the end of July 2002.

What's it like working in France and being so far away from home?  Do
you feel like an alien? (AAE)

It's very exciting to be working in France and getting to see so many
exciting things.  The people are very nice in France and the crew and
actors on the set are from all over the world so they speak many
different languages. (Seth)

Have you had a chance to check out any area attractions?  What French
things have you done? Are french fries better in the USA or in
France? (AAE)

I've been to a whole lot of places, like Monaco, San Remo, Cannes,
and Rome.  I saw everything there was to see when I went to Rome and
even got blessed by the Pope.  The fries are good in both places, but
I like the ones in France best of all. (Seth)

What is the best part about filming a movie in France? (AAE)

Getting to learn about all the different people and how things are
done in their country. (Seth)

What's the first thing you're going to do when you get back to the
USA? (AAE)

On my way back I'm going to stop at Normandy to see where my Grandpa
Henry fought.  I'm very excited about going there and I think that'll
be the best part of the trip.  When I get back I'm going to catch up
with my family and friends. (Seth)

Courtesy Of AMERICAN ALIEN ENTERTAINMENT.

Seth's newest project is located in Nice, France. The feature
film, "Hairy Tale", is a story about a young boy and his adventures
with a chimp and Jack McCall, a man who is caring for the chimp and
befriends the boy. Seth is playing the lead role of Michael Dean
along with Matthew Modine as Jack McCall and Roma Downey as Megan
Dean, Michael's mother.

Paranormal Girl (2002) (TV Pilot - Drama).

Studio: Touchstone Production Team: Pam Brady and Andrew Fleming.

Premise: A 15-year-old girl with psychic abilities is recruited by
the FBI to help solve crimes.

Stars: Sasha Barrese, Angela Sarafyan, Kevin Kilner, Stacey Travis,
Terry Chen, Tyler Andrews, Seth Adkins and Eddie Jemison.

The pilot will be shown sometime in 2002, probably in the fall.

Real Kid Hereos is a television show spotlighting young people in
their finest moments. Whether it's rescuing animals from certain
peril, saving lives through quick thinking and brave deeds, or
impacting their communities by giving of themselves above and beyond
the call of duty, Real Kid Heroes will show how Today's Youth can
make a difference in peoples' lives.

Seth Adkins is the host for Real Kid Heroes. The co-host is Angela
Grace, a newcomer to the business. Angela and Seth worked very well
together on the Real Kid Hero soundstage.

EPISODE ONE:
On May 11, 2001 the crew from REAL KID HEROES traveled to the tiny
town of House, New Mexico to shoot the first segment of the pilot
episode. The segment tells the story of how a father and son (Terry
and Terrill Stowe) were augering milo from a bin to feed to their
pigs. The motor in the grain auger shorted out, causing the auger to
electrocute Terry when he touched it. Sixteen-year-old Terrill ran to
the barn and disconnected the power, dragged his father out of the
bin and did CPR to save his life.

EPISODE TWO:
The second segment of our pilot show features an 8-year-old girl from
Leadville, Colorado who felt sorry for the families of the fallen
firefighters, so she wanted to do something to help. She did. She
mounted a fundraising campaign and collected TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND
DOLLARS! The Stryker-Short Fund in Golden, Colorado has pledged to
match her collections. Alicia Porter is a Real Kid Hero.

Checkout the Real Kid Hero's web site:
http://realkidheroes.com/index.htm

Seth Adkins recently talked at KidActors.com on 8th Decemeber 2001.
Seth explains he has been busy working:
"I just finished a pilot called Real Kid Heros last week and have
been working on some voice over projects for Disney."

In addition Seth said:
"Just a couple of Saturdays ago I got to attend an event for National
Adoption Day. It was really a wonderful day because 639 children were
adopted at the court house in Los Angeles. I have worked on a lot of
different events. One of my favorites was with the blind children,
also in L.A. I have really enjoyed being a member of 'Kids With a
Cause'."

Checkout the full transcript of Seth's chat on 8th December 2001
at:
http://www.sethadkins.net/chat/transcripts/120801.htm

"Mark Of Greatness, a single-camera comedy pilot. The sitcom follows
an aspiring stuntman who teaches fifth grade and performs daredevil
feats in his spare time. Seth plays Keith.

Mark Swann is a full-time adventurer, stuntman and dreamer who
becomes a fifth grade teacher for the health insurance. Mark craves
fame as a means to inspire others to their own individual greatness.
He approaches every aspect of his life with a daredevil intensity
that is often disproportionate to the task at hand.

Todd Malherb is Mark's best friend since childhood and is behind
the scenes for all of Mark's adventures. He works by day at a
bagel shop.

Miss Gray teachers the other fifth grade homeroom class. Unlike other
teachers at this school, she hasn't become cynical about her
mission to teach. She sees Mark as a kindred spirit and is inspired
by his passion.

Warren is the Napoleonic janitor at the school and Mark's
nemesis. He is known to steal school supp lies and impersonate high-
ranking school board officials for his own nefarious purposes. He is
loved and cherished by Mrs. Drudge (the Principal) who turns a blind
eye to all of his schemes.

Keith played by Seth Adkins is the most popular kid in class. Great
at sports, great in school. Mark sees a lot of himself in Keith.

Leo is Keith's best friend. He claims to have zero fear instinct.
Keith and Leo are the kids Mark is most likely to take on his
adventures.

Executive Producer/ Writer: Pam Brady
L.A. Casting Director: Allison Jones
N.Y. Casting Directors: Marci Phillips / Janet Murphy
Filming: April/May 2001
Location: Los Angeles

When Andrew Came Home (2000) – Also K/A Taming Andrew

A kidnapped child... A Mother's desperate five-year search... a
reunion that neither one expected. Seth Adkins plays 10-year-old
Andrew, a thoughtful boy whose world is turned upside down when his
father abducts him. His mother (Park Overall) searches for five years
to find her kidnapped son in this fact-based drama. Unexpectedly the
boy is found, but the reunion is not as she hoped. She now has to
deal with five years of abuse that the boy suffered at the hands of
his kidnapper. He is distant, confused, won't talk & will not allow
his true emotions to be seen! What has his Father done to him? Why is
he so withdrawn?

Seth portrays an array of emotions skilfully. His acting ability is
far beyond what I expected in this movie!!! His performance is
outstanding!!

TEAR JERKING!!!

Quote from Seth Adkins:
"Making 'When Andrew Came Home' was hard because I had to be so sad.
When I had to do the crying scenes, after a while I just ran out of
tears. I had to think of sad things, like when I'm gone working and
my dad's in Albuquerque and I miss him and stuff."

The Disney Company has rediscovered the magic of the live action
musical in "Geppetto." In simple terms, this depicts the tale
of "Pinocchio" from the eyes of his "father" Geppetto.

Starting with his "son's" creation, Geppetto quickly learns that
children are not perfect; what he fails to understand is that such
imperfections may be derived from the parent. Subsequently, when
Pinocchio runs away with the evil gold-loving Stromboli and then to
Pleasure Island, Geppetto requires lessons in parenthood and of the
heart and inner soul. In hilarious fashion, the Blue Fairy assists
Geppetto on his journey to eventually find both understanding and
Pinocchio.

Seth Adkins is the penultimate Pinocchio, reminiscent of the 1940s
animated version. His extensive makeup leads one to believe that this
talented boy is genuinely made of wood. Seth won a Youngstar Best
Actor 2000 Award for his role.

The rest of the cast play their roles with abundant energy and warm-
hearted feeling that transmits beyond the screen and directly
into the hearts and minds of the audience. "Satisfaction Guaranteed"
sung by Rene Auberjonois and a chorus of golden-voiced youngsters
adds exuberant, vibrant energy to an active and complex choreographed
sequence; the townspeople and their "perfect" children create a
visual delight with their routine.

Finally, the live action musical extravaganza has come back to the
screen, albeit a smaller screen than for major musicals of the past.

"The Drew Carey Show" (1995) playing "Pinnochio" in
episode: "What's Wrong with This Episode III" (episode # 5.19)
3/1/2000.

Mr. Soulard is impressed by Buzz Beer, and offers to buy the company
for $40,000. Drew accepts the deal, but his friends refuse to back
him. Soulard threatens to fire Drew unless the sale proceeds. Drew
offers Lewis and Oswald jobs at the store so that they will not need
the money from Buzz Beer. Lewis agrees to take some vacation time
from Drug Co. and try out the arrangement, but Oswald rejects an
offer to work in the lingerie department. Lewis and Drew work on a
plan to win over Oswald and Kate, but it goes awry. Oswald gives them
his support in exchange for a larger percentage of the sale and a
bunny rabbit. After accepting the checks, the gang discovers a sign
in the garage that says "4 Friends, 4 Ever, 4 Beer." They are all
saddened to see their dream come to an end. Drew tells Soulard that
they want the company back. Soulard demands much more than he paid,
meaning that the gang will go into debt and never be able to sell
Buzz Beer again.

Guest Stars: Seth Adkins (Pinocchio) Gene Kirkland (Darrell) Norm
Macdonald (Himself (uncredited)) Mark Curry (Mr. Soulard)

Writers: Linda Teverbaugh , Mike Teverbaugh
Director: John Fuller

This engaging and provocative portrait of the actress who broke the
movie-star mold shows on-camera behind-the-scenes interviews of Ms.
Black currently at work. These are interspersed with clips from her
many film roles. The star of such classic films as "Five Easy Pieces"
and "The Day of the Locust" among many others, talks about her
career, her life, her family, and all about acting. Seth Adkins
appears as himself.

A documentary by Kerry Feltham
Director: Kerry Feltham
Writer: Kerry Feltham
Producer: Kerry Feltham

1. "...what's ultimately moving about this raw, choppy and lovingly
made film is the sense that Black brings to each of her first-time,
no-budget directors the same respect and devotion she gave to
Altman.  It's clear she still believes not in fame or glory, but in
the seriousness of acting and the discoveries still to be made in the
work.  That doesn't make her naive, it makes her a working artist."
-- Chuck Wilson - LA Weekly

2. "An amusing cult documentary with a refreshing sense of humor."
-- Cleveland Plain Dealer

3. "Best known for roles in Come Back To The Five and Dime, Jimmy
Dean, Jimmy Dean, Nashville, The Day Of The Locust, Five Easy Pieces,
Airport 1975, and of course Trilogy of Terror, Ms. Black has
continued to work, both in critically acclaimed roles and the 'cult'
movies that the industry continues to turn out for film, television
and foreign markets.  This revealing and provocative documentary
allows us to see Karen Black as a grounded actress.  Ms. Black has
her own Zen way of dealing with crazy shoots, various and sundry
motel and hotel rooms, endless airplane rides and directors and
lighting people who do not understand her eyes.  Those eyes!  ACTRESS
AT WORK intersperses clips from her many film roles as well as
interviews with directors and family members."
-- Andrew Crane, The American Cinematheque

Bobby Jennings (Seth Adkins) lives in two worlds. First, as an only
child on an isolated farm in Nebraska. Second, in a vivid fantasy
world where Gunslingers and Space Aliens rule the day. Abandoned by
his father, Bobby lives with his mother and grandfather (Charles
Napier). Trying to cope with a floundering financial situation and
keeping the untrustworthy banker, Skinner (Jeffrey (Buck) Ford), at
bay, Mom and Grandpa do their best to be patient with Bobby's
wild imagination. When a blood red storm fills the prairie sky,
Grandpa is injured as the family prepares for the worst. As his
mother rushes Grandpa to the hospital, the red clouds fill the sky
and Bobby is left home alone. Or so we think...

Meanwhile, in the 17th Century, Captain Jezebel Jack (Tim Curry), the
most ruthless pirate on the high seas, finds himself on the sharp,
pointy end of a mutiny. As the vicious crew forces Jack to walk the
plank, red clouds swirl in an angry vortex above the good ship
Delilah. Despite the warnings from the ship's resident Witch
Doctor, Jack is shoved overboard into the swirling waters below. At
least that's what his crew thinks...

While the red storm rages in Nebraska, Bobby does his best to look
over the house. When the front door crashes in and a stranger falls
limp to the floor, Bobby's life changes forever.

A young boy's hyper-active imagination, a storm, a ship, an audacious
pirate, a fight, a treasure, and they save the family farm too! Who
can beat that?! Good family fun.

Lisa's husband, Bill, abuses her. She then takes their three kids and
leaves her husband, with her sister's encouragement. Bill keeps
interfering with Lisa's attempts at a new life. She gets an order of
protection against him, but the police can't do anything else to help
her.

One night Bill breaks into Lisa's apartment and shoots her. Later
dieing in hospital, Lisa asks her sister to promise to take care of
her three children. The sister takes the children into her home, but
Bill is still an ever present threat.

Seth Adkins plays Del Stoller well.

Dr. Elena Kinder and Dr. Heap work for BABY CO, the world's leading
manufacturer in baby products. What the public doesn't know, however,
is that Dr. Kinder and Dr. Heap are secretly working on cracking the
code to "baby talk" which is actually a highly sophisticated language
which allows babies to communicate the knowledge of the secrets of
the universe with which they are born.

Problems arise when Sly, the smartest of the babies, escapes from the
lab and unites the babies of the outside world to help free the
babies trapped in the lab. Kinder and Heap must find Sly before it is
too late.

Seth Adkins provides voice only in this great movie.

"Touched by an Angel" (1994) playing "Nick Beringer" in
episode: "Perfect Little Angel" (episode # 4.23) 4/26/1998

Monica and Tess meet their next assignment, Tracy Beringer as she
achieves some very bad news via a letter in her mailbox. The nature
of the news in unclear, however Tracy needs money very badly, telling
her boss at the auto repair shop where she works that she needs money
for college tuition. When she sees an ad in the paper for the Miss
Colorado pageant, she tries to sign up, but one the many stipulations
in that the young ladies must have a sponsor. Tracy, who desperately
needs the pageant prize money, is upset until Monica, Tess, Rafael,
and Andrew agree to be her sponsors, crowning her Miss Unincorporated
Area #579. As they begin to prep Tracy for the pageant the angles
discover a few strange things about her, she never lets anyone inside
her apartment, she tells people that her parents died in a boating
accident (then later says its a train wreck), and she plays the piano
very well, but lacks the passion required of a truly great pianist.
On the night of the pageant all is going well for Tracy, until Monica
receives a phone call from Tracy's landlord, and she goes to her
apartment revealing a little boy named nick babysitting himself.
Monica takes Nick to the pageant, Tracy, upset, that they know she's
a single mom, tells them that she wants to win the pageant so that
she'll have enough money for Nick to have a surgery to repair a hole
in his heart. It's also revealed that Tracy's parents are not dead,
she actually ran away from home when she found she was pregnant.
Realizing that Tracy doesn't think god loves her, Monica and Tess
reveal themselves, reminding her of God's love an encouraging her to
trust God with her son's life. When it comes time to be interviewed
for the pageant Tracy, realizing that nothing good can come from a
lie, tells the audience that she is a single mom and embraces Nick on
the stage, thereby solidifying her journey into truth. The audience,
including Andrew and Rafael, applauds. Later Tracy receives a load of
mail from people who have hear her story offering to help with Nick's
surgery. One of the letters is from Tracy's parents who want her to
come home. Tracy calls her parents and the angels, their task
complete, depart.

Guest Stars: Ele Keats (Tracy Beringer) Alexis Cruz (Rafael) Seth
Adkins (Nick Beringer) Duane Stephens (Don) Micaela Nelligan (Mrs.
Lipton) Jacque Gray (Chloe) Victoria Mallory (Gayle)

Writer: Ann Elder & Jeannie Tree
Director: Terrence O'Hara

"The Pretender" (1996) playing "Nicky Parks"(as Seth E. Adkins)
in episode: "Silence" (episode # 2.16) 4/4/1998

IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY , Miss Parker, Sydney and Broots arrive at Jumbo
Jim's Carnival Equipment company, and find the place overseen by an
adult dwarf. He shows them Jarod's last lair: a carnival side-show
tent set up inside the building, that's filled with all different
kinds of mirrors... including a mirror made up of fragments which,
when put together properly, form a face. The proprietor tells them
that Jarod made it so he could get "another look into his soul."
Sydney suggests the mirrored face may also represent Jarod's "attempt
to reconstruct a shattered personality."

IN EL PASO, TEXAS , in a DEA safe house, Jarod -- as Jarod Leary --
walks through the home to make sure it's secure. When he enters the
living room, he sees a woman named Carla and her young son, Nickie.
Jarod says "hi" to Nickie but before the boy can respond in any way,
the house is attacked by outside gunmen. Bullets come flying through
the windows and rip apart the living room area. Carla screams and
drops to the floor. Jarod grabs Nickie, drags him into the kitchen,
and then covers Nickie with his body until the shooting is over and
the assailant's speed away in a car. Nickie is shaken, but makes
no
sound. Jarod tries to comfort him by telling him he's all right; it's
all over....

The next morning, Nickie and his mother, Carla, are put into a DEA
transport van, protected by agents with rifles and shotguns, and
driven away to a secondary location, while other agents look over the
safe house grounds for evidence of the shooters. By his car, Jarod is
packing up his things. He opens one of his red notebooks, and inside
it we see newspaper clippings with headlines that read: "FIVE-YEAR-
OLD WITNESSES DEA MURDER" and "CHILD WITNESS REMAINS TRAUMATIZED.
SILENCE ENTERS THIRD WEEK." There is also another headline which
reads: "CORRUPT DEA AGENT KILLED IN DRUG DEAL GONE BAD" and a picture
of an agent named Antonio Cruz. It was Cruz's killing that Nickie
witnessed, and everyone believes the shooting was done by a drug
dealer named Vasquez, but without Nickie's testimony the Feds can't
arrest Vasquez on that charge. Nickie can't testify yet, however,
because he was so traumatized by the events that took place on the
day Cruz was killed that he's become hysterically mute.

Putting various toys into a box that he's going to take with him to
the new location, Jarod is met and confronted by two other DEA
agents: Andrew Stess, and Roger Bingham. They both chastise Jarod for
trying to steal their glory, and for doing their jobs for them by
protecting Nickie from the shooters the night before. Jarod tries to
explain that he was only doing his job, but Stess confronts him
with: "You wanna be a hero? Do it on somebody else's watch." Stess
and Bingham then walk away, and Jarod is met by another DEA agent,
Commander Davis. Davis is no more supportive than Stess and Bingham
were.

Looking over the toys Jarod is gathering up, Davis picks up a Slinky
and asks Jarod what all the toys are for. Jarod tells him he uses
them in child therapy, and hopes they'll get Nickie to relax and to
trust him. Davis mocks him with, "You think a damn slinky is gonna
help him talk..." Jarod explains that the therapy isn't that
simplistic, but Davis isn't interested. He tells Jarod he has two
days to get Nickie to talk, or Davis will employ his own methods to
get the traumatized boy to speak.

AT THE CENTRE , Angelo is suddenly removed from his space and put
into a holding cell by the Triumvirate, and Mr. Raines is shocked to
find himself under Tower review. He makes his way to Miss Parker and
confronts her with accusations: he believes she is the cause of this
upset and he demands to know what she's up to. Miss Parker simply
blows him off, and refuses to respond to him.

AT AN UNDISCLOSED MOTEL , the DEA's second safe house location, Jarod
is let into a sealed room where Carla and Nickie are already waiting.
It's night, Nickie is ready for bed, and is playing with some toys on
the mattress of one of the two full-size beds in the room. Jarod
brings Nickie his box of toys and starts unpacking them: a Mr. Potato
Head, a Slinky, a Magic 8-Ball, and a Wheel-O. Nickie rejects all of
them, and Jarod steps away from him to give him some space.

Carla says she doesn't understand why, if Jarod is a "shrink", he's
wearing a gun like the other DEA agents. Jarod explains to her that
he's an agent who is also a "psychological reconstructionist" . He
uses various techniques -- including play therapy -- to help people
who are suffering from Post Traumatic Stress syndrome to remember
events that cause their trauma and then deal with their fears. In
order for him to help Nickie, he explains to Carla, he needs to know
what she remembers about the day Nickie witnessed the murder.

Carla tells Jarod that she had taken Nickie and his cat, Charlie (in
a cat-carrier) to the Laundromat with her. Nickie was playing with
Charlie, and Carla was having a conversation with another woman in
the Laundromat. Carla lost track of time, ad didn't realize that
Nickie was gone until she heard the "popping" sound of gunfire out in
the alley behind the Laundromat. She looked around to find Nickie
gone, and rushed out into the alley to find him. She saw the dead
body of a man draped over some cardboard cartons and other trash in
the alley, but couldn't find Nickie or his cat anywhere. The police
were summoned, and it wasn't until hours later, when the body was
finally going to be moved, that Nickie was found. He had been hiding
in the boxes when the shooting started, and the dead man had fallen
on top of him. Nickie was so terrified that he had been unable to
move... and was now unable to speak. "Can you imagine that kind of
fear?" Carla asks Jarod.

In a flashback, Jarod remembers a time when, as a child in The
Centre, he had become so fearful and disassociated from himself that
he had been unable to speak for 36 hours, and had simply sat on the
floor amid a scattering of ripped-apart photographs with his arms
wrapped around himself, and rocked himself back and forth. Back in
the present, he relates to Nickie's fear and admits, "It must have
been terrible."

AT THE CENTRE , Mr. Raines walks across the parking lot at night to
his sedan, and finds his Sweeper, Willie, lying on the ground barely
conscious. Suddenly, a man comes screaming out of the shadows and
attacks Raines with a straight razor. The man slices through the
hoses on Raines' oxygen tank so Raines can't breathe, and then
continues to slice and dig at Raines' arms and body until Miss Parker
arrives on the scene and scares the attacker off with a gun.

AT THE MOTEL , Stess and Bingham come into the room to check on Carla
and Nickie. Bingham is busily playing the lottery, using a coin on a
scratcher to see if he's won an instant jackpot. Stess, meanwhile,
berates Jarod for "playing with [his] little toys" instead of doing
his job and getting Nickie to speak again. Both men then leave the
room. Jarod is sitting by the beds in Carla and Nickie's room,
watching Nickie continue to play with his toys. One toy, especially,
seems to keep Nickie's attention: a small doll shaped like a woman,
with its head broken off of its body. Nickie tries and tries to put
the toy back together, but can't make the pieces fit.

As a bedtime treat, Carla brings Nickie over a tray with a glass, a
spoon, a carton of milk, and a container of chocolate powder. She
pours some milk into the glass, and lets Nickie add the chocolate to
it with a spoon. Nickie stirs the chocolate into the milk, and Jarod
is intrigued. He's never had chocolate milk before, and asks Nickie
if he can try some. Nickie hands the glass over to him, as Carla
walks the milk carton back to the refrigerator in the kitchenette.
Just as she enters that part of the room, bullets start raining
through the windows.

Carla drops to the kitchenette floor, and Jarod grabs Nickie, pushes
him down between the beds in the room, and lays on top of him to
protect him from stray bullets and flying shrapnel. As quickly as it
started, the assault stops, and everything is silent again... except
for the sound of Nickie's mother lying on the kitchen floor as she
says, "Jarod... I've been shot."

An ambulance comes to take Carla to the local hospital, and Jarod
promises her he will watch over Nickie until she's able to re-join
them. Commander Davis storms through the motel room, and tells
everyone he wants to find out who's leaking their safe house
locations to the assassins; he even suggests that he'll force all of
his men to take polygraph (lie detector) tests if he has to. Jarod
goes to Nickie and tells him they have to go to another safe house.
Nickie evades him, and instead searches the room from the broken doll
he was playing with before the shooting started that night.

Jarod watches Nickie as he finds the doll and tries again to repair
it. Jarod looks around the room and then takes to Nickie a small
Tupperware container. He tells Nickie if he puts the doll inside the
container it will be safe there. Jarod then shows Nickie a photograph
of his own mother in an attempt, perhaps, to help Nickie appreciate
the fact that Jarod understands and empathizes with Nickie's distress
over Carla's injuries. Nickie drops the head and body of the broken
doll into the Tupperware container... and takes the photograph of
Jarod's mother and slips it into the container, too, so they'll all
be "safe." Jarod seals the lid on the container and gives it to
Nickie saying, "There. Nickie, after a while it won't be so bad, and
you'll feel strong enough to put ' the hurt' in a safe place."

Jarod then takes Nickie to a third safe house: a huge mansion. The
estate was built on top of a maze of underground tunnels that connect
all four corners of the property to the mansion. The tunnel system
could be accessed by various locations around the grounds, including
a large manhole-covered drainage vent in the main driveway. Through
the tunnels, one could get into the house through a "cubby hole" in
the wall under a staircase. Jarod shows Commander Davis the
cubbyhole, and Davis then assigns different men to each of the
tunnels' access points so no one can get into the house via the
tunnel system.

AT THE CENTRE , Raines, still bloodied and shaken from the attack in
the parking lot, is getting a quick patch job from Sydney, until he
demands to be seen by a "real" doctor, and has Willie take him away
in a wheelchair.

With Raines gone, Sydney tells Miss Parker and Broots that while
Raines was under the influence of the anesthesia he was using, Raines
kept repeating an odd name: Einnad . Sydney also tells them that the
attacker had been very methodical in his attack, and had carved the
numbers 1-5-5 into Raines' arm with the straight razor.

Tuc appeared in this, as well as 2 other episodes of C-16:FBI, as
Jimmy Rooney, the aggressively nasty, estranged husband of FBI agent
Annie Rooney (Christine Tucci). In his second episode, Annie breaks
Jimmy's leg. In his third, the FBI bullies Jimmy into agreeing to a
civil divorce proceeding.


Guest Stars: James Russo (Frank Saretti) John Ventimiglia (Nick
Tulli) Tuc Watkins (Jimmy Rooney) Shishir Kurup (Gurdip Sahel) Jordan
Lund (PI) Seth Adkins (Daniel Rooney) Mike Genovese (Willy Mack) Luck
Hari (Meera Sahel)

Broadcast: 08-Nov-97
Writer: Patrick Harbinson
Director: Paul Shapiro

Jane Austen's Mafia! arrives on the scene to send up many a mob film.
An Italian boy comes to America. He grows up. His poor family lapses
into a life of crime. The central figure - the second son, Anthony
(Jay Mohr), wants nothing to do with crime but every time he tries to
break free of the mob, they pull him back in.

Mafia! is directed and co-written by Jim Abrahams and comic vein runs
through this film. There are some adept sight gags, good lines and
great payoffs.

Seth Adkins turn in a great performance as Tiny Anthony and steals
each scene he's in. It was the dumbest, but most hilarious movie I've
seen in a long time. It gets funnier and funnier each time. Great
performances by the whole cast. Comedy at its best!

A thriller with psychological overtones. Kelly Bekins (Traci Lords)
stars as a recent widow whose scientist husband died suddenly while
working on a breakthrough. She takes her son, Matthew Bekins (Seth
Adkins) with her to the hotel room where he died, hoping to find out
something more. Her son is troubled immediately by dreams and visions
of his father's final days.

The writer and director try hard to give us a movie that's original
and atmospheric, but it doesn't quite work. The first hour of the film
moves so slowly that many viewers may not make it to the big
revelations.

All performances are well done.

The unsinkable ship. The unimaginable catastrophe. The untold stories
that lay in mystery two and a half miles beneath the waves of the
North Atlantic. What buried tale of love, bravery, treasure and
treachery, hidden by time and tragedy, waits here to be discovered? A
beautiful socialite. A penniless artist. A priceless diamond. A
romance so passionate that nothing on earth could stop it. A destiny
so incredible that no one could have imagined it. A collision of
lives that could only have happened on Titanic, the ship of dreams.
The secrets are about to unfold...

The film has such good actors, who can change their mood from bright
and happy to terrified and sad. Definetly worth watching. Seth Adkins
grabs attention as the Slovakian 3 Year Old Boy.

When Lori Reimuller (Meryl Streep) learns that her young son Robbie
(Seth Adkins) has epilepsy, she first trusts the judgment of the
hospital staff in how best to bring it under control. As Robbie's
health slides radically downhill, however, she becomes frustrated and
desperate, and so does her own research into the existing literature
on treatments.

When she decides to try an alternative treatment called the Ketogenic
Diet, devised long ago by a doctor from Johns Hopkins, she is met
with narrow-minded resistance from Robbie's doctor, who is prepared
to take legal action to prevent Lori from removing him from the
hospital. This movie is an indictment of those in the medical
profession who discuss only the treatment options they favor. Several
of the minor characters are portrayed by people who have been not
just helped, but cured by the Ketogenic diet.

Perhaps the best combination of writing, acting, directing and
photography I have seen in some time. A tough film to watch as it
embodies truly wrenching emotion presented in a very real way. One of
the best uses of the film medium to inform, entertain, and make a
statement about society. Very worth seeing.

Seth Adkins does an absolutely amazing job of portraying several
different types of seizure, a feat which would be remarkable even for
an adult.

"ER" (1994) playing "Benny Miles" in episode: "Fortune's Fools"
(episode # 3.13) 1/30/1997

Carter and Benton resume their emotional parry from last week
following Dennis Gant's suicide. Now that Carter's guilt has been
neatly dealt with, he's free to concentrate his attentions, and ours,
on Benton, which suits me because he's the character I'm more
interested in anyway. Peter Benton's emotional state this week is an
example of one of the things I really love about this show and how
the evolution of its characters takes on a life of its own. A quick
summation of Benton's current attitude might determine that Benton
was fine until Dennis committed suicide, and it was that single act
that's caused him to veer these last two weeks. A closer examination
will reveal subtler insights; in fact, the course of Peter's
characterization has been carrying him in this direction for sometime
now, at least as far back as his frustrations as Keaton's student,
possibly farther back into last season and Vucelich territory. "ER"'s
characters don't bounce predictably from event to event like a
pinball; they develop gradually, taking on new influences along the
way. Peter's always wrapped himself in a shell, but it's taken on an
extra layer now that the grandeur of his surgical ambition has taken
hits, professionally with Keaton and personally with Gant. He was
practically catatonic this week. As with the calm before the storm in
Doug Ross's life early this season, I have a hunch we're seeing the
prelude to something ahead for Peter, and I hope it's more than
quietly enrolling in therapy off-camera. I'm not sure to what extent
this will involve the revelation of Carla's pregnancy; if Carla's due
date is months away, then there's still much work to be done in the
meantime. Peter's emotional readiness for something like a baby makes
Doug Ross look like a Father of the Year by comparison. His
unfortunate luck involving sex with Carla carried faint, unpleasant
echoes of his relationship with Jeanie, in which the two
were "careful, but not that careful".

As far as Carter is concerned, there's one thing I really like about
his character right now, and that's that he's finally standing up to
Peter and telling him what-for, even when he's guilt-crazed (last
week) or cheekily self-righteous (this week). Both times, in my
estimation, Carter has been wronged, but whenever he gets verbal, he
causes this strange reaction in me that both applauds him and,
eventually, wishes he'd shut up. Part of the intrigue in this week's
story came from its delicious irony. Not only was Carter's
presentation dilemna seen in its reverse condition earlier this year,
with Peter stuck with the short end, but his entire status of holding
the moral high ground seems humorously cribbed, again in reverse,
from the old bumbling-Carter stories. Now it's Peter who's making
Carter look bad; now it's Carter who's having to push and prod Peter,
for his own sake. His invitation, and acceptance, of Dr. Hicks' offer
this week was the symbolic cherry on top. I admired that display of
sensibility, but as far as Peter, who's looking more alone than ever,
is concerned, I'd also caution Carter to keep his eye on him -- and
not repeat the mistakes he made with Dennis.

Carol's ascension above and beyond the petty squabbles between union
and management seems almost matyrlike -- actually, scratch "almost",
since Carol did in fact make a sacrifice. This story is a couple of
shades safe of being a little too over-the-top for my tastes, for
someone who remembers all the "Saint Mark" jokes from last season,
but being a closet supporter of Carol, who often gets some
paradoxically unshowy attention despite her spotlight role, I'm still
enjoying this story quite a bit. At the end of last year, Carol
spontaneously decided to quit her job as the result of some
injustices she witnessed, and at the time, I thought her walking out
seemed contrived and somehow uncharacteristic. This week's conclusion
was an interesting contrast to that defiant walkout; being well and
truly on the side of justice but forced out nonetheless, Carol's
departure from the hospital was a bit sadder, shoulders sagging a
little lower, with none of last season's angry bravado. Instead,
Carol's anger seems to be channeled into self-defense now, when
attacked by Haleh ("I don't know anymore, Carol") or Mary ("I thought
you were my friend"). Carol's predicament has become interesting
because it's demonstrated how her troubles have been fueled by the
energy of self-reliance and assertiveness she's developed since
ditching Shep, traits which have won her quick battles but seem to be
losing her the war. I also like that both sides have been villainized
in the current conflict; just as management was ready to exploit
Carol's accident for their own position, so is Haleh also quick to
complain about its ramifications in the context of her quarrel with
administration. Best of all, Carol sticks to what I think should be
considered the overriding virtune in this mess: truth. When faced
with problems and pursuers on all sides, and seemingly no one to
trust, Robert Redford's character in Three Days Of The Condor did the
one thing he knew was assured and pure -- he went to a newspaper and
told the facts. The writer in me likes that Carol felt likewise.

In the case of Jeanie Boulet and Greg Fischer, the writers threw a
curve at me by casting their situation not in an episode-long series
of dialogue maneuvering, but in a classically "ER"-ish ethics dilemna
that resonates with Jeanie's HIV-positive character in particular.
With brain turned off, I too bought the hook of the Pattersons' case -
- if he's got syphillis, he must have caught it from someone, right?
Perhaps clouded by her personal issues, Jeanie apparently didn't even
stop to consider that the wife, whose "right to know" she ardently
defended, might be responsible and that it just might be the
husband's rights that should be regarded. Obscured by personal
motivations of both doctors, this twist was skillfully pulled off.
Although the Pattersons' situation thematically connected to Jeanie's
own, with its implications of secrets among spouses and the morality
of transmitted disease, there wasn't much actual physical mileage on
Jeanie's actual relationship with Greg, unless you're willing to
count a few backwards miles. Jeanie's always been quick to make up
her mind, especially on emotional matters, and I think she'd do well
to cool down a little and let Greg really try to apologize -- to see
if he's really contrite and can cast his reaction to her revelation
last week in a fitting context. On Greg's side, I was interested to
hear Jeanie accuse him of arrogance, which I think she was dead-on
about. Funny how it came across last week as charm.

Doug's relationship with a young boy who needs a strong father figure
to make him whole seemed like a time warp to the show's first season.
Are we back in a condition where Doug can believably assume such a
role? Maybe I missed it, but Doug's interaction with Benny, while
laudable and heartwarming, hinted little of the baggage that Doug has
acquired since his golden times with Diane and Jake Leeds. I know
that the writers are letting a large part of Doug's healing, such as
his aforementioned therapy, take place off-camera, which I'm of mixed
feelings about, but even with that in mind, this story didn't do much
for me. I think part of that is because there wasn't even a brief
reference made to either Charlie or Doug's deepening relationship
with Carol in it. Instead, it was just Doug being kind and perceptive
with a little boy, and that song wasn't played so long ago that I'm
still not a little weary of hearing it.

The prospective intern tour story was great, not only because it
showed Mark as a master health care practitioner *and* teacher (a
role that, despite his many chats with Carter, we tend to gloss
over), but because it also served as a reminder of how Kerry Weaver,
as great as she is and with as much heart as she's showed this year,
still needs some clue-retrieval work when it comes to instilling
others with her love of medicine. Kerry's paradox is that she's
almost single-mindedly ambitious with an eye towards academia, but
that ambition is so narrowly channeled that I think she forgets why
people actually sign up to be doctors. Like other attendings we've
seen, Kerry maintains a torrid affair, sometimes love and sometimes
lust, with the minutae and trivia of medicine and medical
administration. On his tour, Mark cut through all that to the heart
of the matter. He knows why being a doctor, and specifically being an
ER doctor, is important, and in the most elegant way possible,
distilled and showed it to his charges. Anspaugh's approval at the
end came as another ironic vindication for Mark, and a surprise for
me, actually; I thought Mark's chances for tenure were dead in the
water after his forced treatment of Shelly Risse two weeks ago.

And speaking of two weeks ago, Mark's relationship with Chuny comes
to a graceful end, and I think this was timed just about exactly
perfect. Best of all was Mark's subtle, crinkled-nose reaction to
Chuny's gentle bringdown; he'd practiced this speech to deliver to
her, but he's just a little disappointed that she'd say something
equally as insincere. Well, that's probably a little harsh, but it's
funny because a friend of mine had this exact same thing happen to
him a few weeks ago. Like Mark, he's already seeing someone else, so
all is well. :-) And as far as that someone else goes, I don't know
if Heather Morgan will appear as a recurring character -- or even
whether or not she'll show up next week -- but I liked what we saw of
her. Mark seems to have all the luck since his breakup with Jenn;
remember last year when women were seemingly hitting on him left and
right? Fortunately for him, I don't think Mark has to have someone
figuratively come in and hit him on the head with a hammer anymore
(even though that's more or less what Heather did... sigh, why don't
I meet anyone like that?). The bit with the med students nudging
their reluctant mentor towards romance, ethics be damned, was also
sublimely amusing.