History Series / Sisters

* AmbiguousDisorder: Probably not intentional at the time, but Teddy's high-risk behavior and compulsive self-destruction sure looks a lot like bipolar disorder or PMDD, but is written off as simply part of being a [[BlackSheep free-spirited artist and chronic screw-up]].

* Beatrice in the pilot.

* BlackSheep: Teddy (literally, as the only black-haired sibling) The pilot episode finds her returning to town for her father's funeral, having abandoned her husband and daughter because of her alcoholism.

* AdultFear: Evan's leukemia, Trevor's downward spiral, Cat's rape, Reed's joining a cult, Truman developing Alzheimer's and later being a victim of nursing home abuse, etc.

* DrowningMySorrows[=/=]OffTheWagon: Teddy, after her husband's death.

** Teddy is taken hostage by a disgruntled ex-employee. After boyfriend Simon Bolt manages to convince him to let her go, he's escorting her out when they hear a gunshot and realize what he's done.

** Teddy ran out on her husband and daughter as her alcoholism worsened.

[[caption-width-right:250:Top to bottom / youngest to oldest sister: Frankie, Georgie, Teddy, Alex.]]

[[caption-width-right:250:Left to right / youngest to oldest sister: Frankie, Georgie, Teddy, Alex.]]

* SecretOtherFamily: The women learn that their father had this when they learn that he had a child with his long-time mistress. When they tell their mother, she isn't surprised, given that his affair was almost as long as their marriage.I

* DivorceIsTemporary: Subverted with Alex and her ex-husband, who try to reconcile several times before calling it quits for good. Mitch and Teddy also attempt this before realizing that it won't work. Played straight with Georgie and John--despite having been divorced for over a year, they take steps to reconciling during the series finale.

* RunningGag: The family's history of disastrous weddings. Teddy recounts them to Falconer as they're planning their own --and theirs is just as bizarre--in a crashing plane, performed by a rabbi. Even the one that came closest to normal--Teddy and Gabe's--was disrupted by Big Al's beeper going off, informing him that a donor heart was available.

* DivorceIsTemporary: Subverted with Alex and her ex-husband, who try to reconcile several times before calling it quits for good. Played straight with Georgie and John--despite having been divorced for over a year, they take steps to reconciling during the series finale.

* WhereTheWhiteWomenAt: Subverted. Charlie's friend and colleague Wes is actually very reluctant to act on their mutual attraction because he doesn't want to be viewed as a sellout. He gets over this eventually and they embark on a relationship, marrying shortly before the GrandFinale.

** The ghost of second-oldest sister Teddy's husband comes to converse with her and warn her that his killer is now after ''her''.

* EveryonesBabySister: Frankie, literally, seeing as she's the youngest. When they learn of their fifth sister's existence and that she's a year younger, she's most rattled by the fact that this title now belongs to ''her''..

* OffTheWagon: Teddy was struggled with her sobriety at key points during the show—Mitch and Frankie's wedding, her miscarriage, Cat's rape. But the straw that broke the camel's back was when Falconer was killed only months after their wedding. Not until she almost kills Evan (Georgie's son) while driving drunk does she get her act together and she never drinks again in the series run.

'''''Sisters''''' is an Creator/{{NBC}} series that ran from 1991-96. The plot revolves around four very different sisters from Illinois, named Alex, Teddy, Georgie and Frankie, along with their aging mother Beatrice, and the issues they faced day to day. It was notable for being the first primetime network drama to focus specifically on women and issues relating to them. The show was also notable for its multitude of flashbacks where the characters interact with or observe their younger selves, and for being a soap opera-styled drama that was also offbeat and quirky, a la ''Series/NorthernExposure''.

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* DivorceIsOnlyTemporary: Subverted with Alex and her ex-husband, who try to reconcile several times before calling it quits for good. Played straight with Georgie and John--despite having been divorced for over a year, they take steps to reconciling during the series finale.

* {{Bookends}}: For the first few seasons, episodes opened with the women sitting in a sauna and chatting about their lives. This was eventually dropped for a more typical introduction, but the first episode of the final season featured the women back in the sauna. Also, the pilot episode concluded with Beatrice decorating her house for Christmas once last time before selling it. The series finale concluded with Alex, the new family matriarch, doing the exact same thing before selling the now deceased Beatrice's second home.

** He has also been this to Charlie.I
* DivorceIsOnlyTemporary: Despite having been divorced for over a year, Georgie and John take steps to reconciling during the series finale.

** Georgie cheats on husband John with her therapist.

* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: A teenage boy is killed in a car accident, providing Big Al with the heart he needs. At the hospital while they wait, a woman gives birth.

** He has also been this to Charlie.

* SecretOtherFamily: The women learn that their father had this when they learn that he had a child with his long-time mistress. When they tell their mother, she isn't surprised, given that his affair was almost as long as their marriage.

** The Film/{{Ghost}} of second-oldest sister Teddy's husband comes to converse with her and warn her that his killer is now after ''her''.

* ShotgunWedding: A literal version when a drunken Teddy shows up at Mitch and Frankie's wedding with one of these to try and stop it.