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10 THE BABY DANCE (Showtime) Weepy, female-skewing movies almost never get respect, but this one deserves a lot on account of its craft and emotional truth. Stockard Channing's character contracts to adopt the baby Laura Dern is carrying. They seesaw between distrust and affection, and of course it all ends in tears. In this case, they are fully earned.
AND THE WORST (NBC) Not even those most repelled by the hype surrounding Seinfeld's finale could have expected that it would be so bad. Unfunny and childishly defensive, it suggested that the show's creators didn't understand what was best about it.