Grant Goodeve

An espionage thriller crossed with an intense family drama. After Tommy Sparrow is severely wounded in a covert CIA operation, he finally comes in from the cold to retirement. His estranged daughter is battling both her own destructive nature and the damage done by the disappearance of her father. Tommy carries his scars both inside and out while his cold war operations never seem far behind. (Back Cover)

On her deathbed a woman tells her son that 30 years before she had been a surrogate mother for a millionaire, and that he is that baby's identical twin. He goes to Los Angeles to try and get some of the inheritance, but his brother refuses to even talk to him. So he gets an apartment across from his brother and begins a stakeout as he writes a tabloid story about it, and begins to fall in love from a distance with his brother's wife. (imdb)

This comedy drama focused on a family with eight very independent children. (imdb)