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'Smart Cookies' is as gooey sweet as those Samoas

OK, yes, "Smart Cookies" (9 tonight, Hallmark Channel) is an ad for the Girl Scouts timed to celebrate the organization's 100th birthday. But it's such a sweet little film, and so not afraid to have a little fun at the group's expense that you can't hold the sell against it.

Jessalyn Gilsig plays Julie, a high-maintenance, controlling, uptight and successful real estate agent who is pushing to make agent of the year at any cost. Naturally, she has no personal life which means she has no man. Her boss Lola (Patricia Richardson) is eyeing a merger with another firm and wants to shore up the company's social work bonafides. So she assigns Julie to lead a Girl Scout troop for 90 days. Julie doesn't like kids and doesn't want to do it. But she does want to make partner one day.

"Bringing Ashley Home" explores the plight of the 'missing missing'

Despite its prevalence, most of us still have a lot to learn about mental illness. Our ignorance makes it easy to laugh when we should be alarmed -- call me a troll, but I see much tragic in the Charlie Sheen show.

"Bringing Ashley Home" (Lifetime Movie Network, 8 tonight) takes on the ravages of drug abuse, bipolar disorder and the gaps in the legal system through the story of Libba Phillips, who founded an organization called "Outpost for Hope."

Libba (A.J. Cook) is the responsible, together sister who takes care of, and eventually, takes in her younger, troubled sister Ashley (Jennifer Morrison). Ashley just can't seem to get focused. She parties all night, drinks and does other drugs, and finally ends up dancing in a strip club. When she starts stealing, Libba gets fed up and puts her out. And then, one day, Ashley just disappears.

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