For those of you who don’t know, Eli Stone is a show on ABC that has been canceled. The finale, aired on July 12, was also one of the most tear-inducing shows I’ve watched since “Touched by an Angel”.
Eli Stone is an attorney who has visions due to a brain aneurysm. He believes that God wants him to have the aneurysms and serve as a sort of prophet. Most of the first season featured George Michael songs and flashes of George Michael. The second season deals largely with the law firm’s decision to be more philanthropic.
Each show has been very good, and that’s why the cancellation is so sad. Some shows need to go away. This one does not.
The final show centers around two themes. One theme is Eli having a vision about a plane crash that involves someone he knows; identified by a briefcase found in the wreckage given by his legal partner. He has no idea who it is, but through a process of elimination, he is trying to keep that person safe.
This particular episode also deals with an atheist who is in need of a heart transplant and the parents of a girl on life support who will not relinquish the heart of their daughter because they don’t want their daughter’s heart spending eternity in hell. The show raises some very interesting questions with this issue and comes to some very interesting conclusions surrounding the parent’s idea of their daughter’s wishes and how we, as Christians, need to address the “unfaithful”.
What I like about this series is that it covered many ideas surrounding faith in a manner that while not necessarily pleasing to the conservative Christian crowd, still handles faith issues with integrity.
This show was a breath of fresh air among all the CSI/Sociopath/Shoot-em-up/reality shows and I will miss it.
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