Al & Val grapple with some deeper themes and ideas in Shia LeBouf's Tru Confessions

Tru Confessions (April 5th, 2002)

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Directed by Paul Hoen (Luck of the Irish, You Wish!, Eddie’s Million Dollar Cookoff, Jump In, Cheetah Girls, Dadnapped, Camp Rock 2, How to Build a Better Boy, ZOMBIES 1-3)

Written by Janet Tashjian (only credit - wrote novel) & Stu Krieger (also wrote Zenon & all Zequals, Smart House, Phantom of the Megaplex, Poof Point, Gotta Kick it Up, Going to the Mat, Cow Belles - AND wrote The Land Before Time)

Starring: 

Clara Bryant as Trudy Elizabeth "Tru" Walker (Under Wraps, Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Shia LaBeouf as Eddie Walker (Hounded, Even Stevens, Lawless, Transformers, Fury)

Mare Winningham as Ginny Walker (St. Elmo’s Fire, Turner & Hooch, ER, Grey’s Anatomy, American Horror Story, The Affair, The Outsider, Dopesick)

William Francis McGuire as Dr. Bob Walker (character actor)

Nicole Dicker as Denise Palumbo (nothing past 2009)

Kevin Duhaney as Jake (Angela Anaconda, Total Drama, 

Yani Gellman as Billy Meyer (Lizzie McGuire Movie, Young & the Restless, Pretty Little Liars)

Craig Eldridge as Mr. Taylor (Queer as Folk, Covert Affairs, Murdoch Mysteries)

Jennifer Foster as Judy "Deedee" Walker (Murdoch Mysteries, Schitt’s Creek)

Rahnuma Panthaky as Ms. Hinchey (Modern Family, Murdoch Mysteries)

Colm Magner as Coach Rice

Arnold Pinnock as Dr. Dean Cutler

Synopsis: When a local TV station launches a filmmaking contest, teenager Tru Walker (Clara Bryant) enters in a heartbeat. Her life seems full of drama to document -- including a surgeon father who's never there and a mother, Ginny (Mare Winningham), who seems as if she isn't there even when she is. In the end, Tru chooses to make a film about her mentally impaired twin brother, Eddie (Shia LaBeouf). But as airtime nears, Tru fears how others will react to her rather personal story.

CORRECTION: In the episode it was said a few times that Mare Winningham won an Oscar, when she was actually just nominated. We apologize for the error.

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