Episode Detail: A Death in the Family - Masterpiece Theatre American Collection
An idyllic family copes with a sudden tragedy in this adaptation of “A Death in the Family,” James Agee's Pulitzer Prize-winning roman à clef set in Knoxville in 1915. The thinly disguised Agee character is 7-year-old Rufus Follet (Austin Wolff), the beloved son of Mary and Jay (Annabeth Gish, John Slattery), who adore each other. This bliss won't last long: Jay is involved in a serious auto accident. Mary, steeling herself for the worst, awaits word.
