Suspecting her mysterious husband has staged his own death and kidnapped her young son, a widow goes head-to-head with the government and an organised crime boss to uncover the truth in this riveting drama., After a woman’s husband and son are lost at sea, she comes to believe that their deaths were faked. Sydney: Vanessa Marcil. Jim: James Wilder. Matthew: Thomas Gibson. Lassiter: Leland Orser. Bennett: William R. Moses. Adam: Christian Durango., Sydney Carpenter (Vanessa Marcil) has just learned that her husband is a low-down crook. Not long afterward, both Sydney’s husband and her son are lost at sea. Though she grieves for her son, there is clearly an air of relief about Sydney whenever she discusses her hubby. Even so, when evidence surfaces that the deaths have been faked and that at least one of the two “victims” may still be alive, Sydney engages the services of a police detective, Jim Sanders (James Wilder), to uncover the truth–this despite the fact that the FBI has ordered Sanders and his department to steer clear of the case. To Love, Honor and Deceive first aired December 15, 1996 on ABC., Drama in which a woman suspects that her husband has staged his own death and kidnapped their young son. As she begins to uncover more facts about her husband, she realises that he was living a double life and comes to believe that he is still alive. In her quest to uncover the truth, she goes head-to-head with government agencies.