JUNIOR

M-Net Stars (Channel 105) will screen Junior on December 29 at 19h30. The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito and was directed by Ivan Reitman in 1994.

Gynaecologist Doctor Alex Hesse has a nightmare about urinating infants in a library. In the real world, he and fellow gynaecologist, Doctor Larry Arbogast have invented a fertility drug, "Expectane” that is supposed to reduce the chances of a woman's body rejecting an embryo and thus avert a miscarriage. Unfortunately, they are not allowed to test the drug on women and move forward in their research.

It is revealed that the "Junior" ovum is actually Reddin's own body, making her the mother of Hesse's child. Banes wants to take credit for the experiment despite having no role in it. Arbogast disguises Hesse as a woman and hides him in a retreat for expecting mothers outside the city, passing off his masculine appearance as past anabolic steroid use. Eventually, Hesse goes into labour (as does Arbogast's ex-wife) and gives birth via caesarean section. Arbogast delivers his ex-wife's child and the two reconcile to raise their new son as their own.