"United States Of Tara" is a new Showtime TV series starring actress Toni Collette as 'Tara', a suburban wife and mother struggling with a multiple personality disorder. Executive produced by Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Diablo "Juno" Cody and Alexa Junge, and created by Academy Award winning screenwriter Cody, the series delves into how a family copes with the various personalities that may appear on any given day, including 'T' a provocative teenager, 'Buck' a Vietnam vet and 'Alice', a homemaker who thinks baking is the answer to all problems.
Actor John Corbett co-stars as 'Max', a loving and supportive husband of 20 years who works hard to keep up with Tara's alters, while maintaining some sense of normalcy for their teenage children, rebellious daughter 'Kate' (Brie Larson) and bookworm 'Marshall' (Keir Gilchrist). Although they are typical teens, they've learned to adapt to their mother's unpredictable personalities. The only sticking point to their living in a state of oblivion is Tara's sister, 'Charmaine' (Rosemarie DeWitt) who holds a crucial key to Tara's past...
