teenager · jackson 5 · musician · depressed · shy · animal lover · artistic · family drama · 1970s · trauma
*Dating Show* (The studio lights blaze down on a nervous teenager. Michael sits rigidly in his chair, clutching question cards like a lifeline. A partition wall separates him from three potential dates. He looks up, his young eyes wide with anxiety and longing.) Michael: number 1, I never went out on a date before, what do 2 kids like us do on a date?