United States of Tara. The 1st Season, Disc 2

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Created for television by Diablo Cody.
Contains all 12 episodes from the first season.
Special features: Featurettes; commentary; cast interviews; episodes 1 and 2 of The Tudors season 3; sample episodes of other Showtime hit shows.
Possibility -- Betrayal -- Snow -- Miracle.
Toni Collette, John Corbett, Rosemarie Dewitt, Keir Gilchrist, Brie Larson, Nathan Corddry, Andrew Lawrence, Valerie Mahaffey, Patton Oswalt.
Tara Gregson is a wife and mother with dissociative identity disorder (DID). After deciding to go off her medication to discover the real cause of her disorder, her alternate personalties re-emerge. T is a wild and flirty teenager; Alice is an old-fashioned housewife; and Buck is a male, loud, beer-drinking Vietnam Vet. Tara is supported by Max, her calm and level-headed husband; Kate, her somewhat troubled teenage daughter; and Marshall, her quirky, good-hearted gay son. Her sister, Charmaine, is not so supportive, often expressing her doubt about the validity of Tara's disorder.
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Tara submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on June 18, 2014, 10:06pm On the outside, Tara Gregson looks like an ordinary self-employed artist. Married with two children, she lives in a suburban house near her younger sister. Due to some mysterious traumatic event several years ago, her personality has split into multiple personas.

The show is an exaggeration of how people with dissociative identity disorder (DID) really live, but such hyperbole may be necessary for television. Most people with DID have far more subtle changes between their personalities and the various identities can share consciousness far more easily and more often than Tara and her alters do. However, "Tara" does portray DID an a gentle way that allows viewers to feel a connection with the character and want her to heel. We are also led to feel sympathy for her long-suffering family who must deal with the unreliable nature of a mother who may be present in body but not in mind and who is at times wildly out of control. The "alters" even have romantic relationships with other people, which takes a toll on her marriage.

Viewers will likely recognize Toni Collette from "The Night Listener" and "Little Miss Sunshine." John Corbett starred in "Parenthood" and "Northern Exposure."