SPOILERS I haven't thought about this in awhile and although it's not about sci-fi (my passion), it's genre is toward the fantasy/religio-paranormal/horror direction from center - as speculative fiction goes. Definitely not as popular, maybe as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", or as fanciful as "The Dresden Files", although I don't know why. The show isn't at all preachy, either. This is another one of those shows that was canceled after the first season like "FireFly" and "Tru Calling".
The premise of the show was a cop drama, but with a hellish backstory. Ezekiel Stone was a decorated New York detective whose wife was sexually attacked. He found the person who did it and took the law into his own hands. Zeke himself died shortly afterwards, and went to Hell. Hell had a security breach and 113 of the "really bad" damned souls escaped to the living world, where many want to continue sinning as they had in their lifetimes. The Devil assigned newly arrived Detective Stone to go up into the world and catch these souls and bring them all back one at a time. If he succeeds, he'll be returned to life for a second chance at life and redemption. The Prince of Lies continually watches Zeke's progress and refreshes his motivation with threats of replacement and eternal damnation. Zeke's still in Hell, after all - just on a sort of "work release" program.
The show is dark, many scenes are at night, and it is light on special effects. The strength is the story and the acting of the three major characters.
Devil - (John Glover). Now here's an actor we love to hate. A more smarmy, and wisecracking Lord of the Damned you'll never find, but with an air of superiority and palpable menace behind the grinning eyes.
Detective Ezekiel Stone - (Peter Horton). A basically good person who was pushed over the edge and will forever suffer for it. This man is dogged, thorough and a little rough around the edges, but resigned to what his only job is in the world. Not overly intelligent and he has no special powers to do his task, but he is diligent and believes in what he's doing. He was tattooed with archaic runes and symbols - one for each of the souls he hunts. Each time he dispatches one, a tattoo goes away. Another part of his personal hell is that his wife is still alive and he sees her often, though she doesn't recognize him and he still, uh, "burns" for her. There is great chemistry on screen between this character and the Devil.
Detective Ash (Teri Polo) Smart, streetwise and sexy, this LAPD detective is seemingly forever in Zeke's face and always wanting to know what he's up to and why he always seems to be involved in strange murder cases around L.A. After a many episodes and a lot of great lines (and some sexy sparks between her and Zeke), we find out that SHE is one of the souls he hunts and has been watching and learning about Zeke for a long time, determining a way to beat him and cheat the Devil.
The premise of the show was a cop drama, but with a hellish backstory. Ezekiel Stone was a decorated New York detective whose wife was sexually attacked. He found the person who did it and took the law into his own hands. Zeke himself died shortly afterwards, and went to Hell. Hell had a security breach and 113 of the "really bad" damned souls escaped to the living world, where many want to continue sinning as they had in their lifetimes. The Devil assigned newly arrived Detective Stone to go up into the world and catch these souls and bring them all back one at a time. If he succeeds, he'll be returned to life for a second chance at life and redemption. The Prince of Lies continually watches Zeke's progress and refreshes his motivation with threats of replacement and eternal damnation. Zeke's still in Hell, after all - just on a sort of "work release" program.
The show is dark, many scenes are at night, and it is light on special effects. The strength is the story and the acting of the three major characters.
Devil - (John Glover). Now here's an actor we love to hate. A more smarmy, and wisecracking Lord of the Damned you'll never find, but with an air of superiority and palpable menace behind the grinning eyes.
Detective Ezekiel Stone - (Peter Horton). A basically good person who was pushed over the edge and will forever suffer for it. This man is dogged, thorough and a little rough around the edges, but resigned to what his only job is in the world. Not overly intelligent and he has no special powers to do his task, but he is diligent and believes in what he's doing. He was tattooed with archaic runes and symbols - one for each of the souls he hunts. Each time he dispatches one, a tattoo goes away. Another part of his personal hell is that his wife is still alive and he sees her often, though she doesn't recognize him and he still, uh, "burns" for her. There is great chemistry on screen between this character and the Devil.
Detective Ash (Teri Polo) Smart, streetwise and sexy, this LAPD detective is seemingly forever in Zeke's face and always wanting to know what he's up to and why he always seems to be involved in strange murder cases around L.A. After a many episodes and a lot of great lines (and some sexy sparks between her and Zeke), we find out that SHE is one of the souls he hunts and has been watching and learning about Zeke for a long time, determining a way to beat him and cheat the Devil.
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