Curious TV

The past few weeks Kerri and I have been watching, when we have time, the new ABC show "Eli Stone". We both think the show was a concept shelved a while back, pulled out while the writer's strike waged on. However, it is interesting that the prophetic, even though it is distorted rather liberally, has risen to the level of national attention, or at least consciousness. Sure, there are some seriously frightening implications people might draw about the prophetic from watching this show. Nonetheless, the fact that a major broadcasting network put a show whose main subject matter is how a prophetic person would operate in today's society seems like a remarkably strong move. Perhaps the whole strike was run just so this show could air. I sincerely doubt it, but, He has been known to do stranger things.

When all's said and done, I think it will be phased out at the end of the season. If it lasts two, I'd be shocked. One big question we have is whether the show's writers will dabble in those ever-dangerous waters of underlining the good versus evil theme. A few years ago a show we both watched with increasing interest, "Joan of Arcadia", began get progressively closer to making a thematic statement in line with the Christian message. When they introduced the character of satan, the show abruptly ended a few weeks later. It's seems things were getting a little too real and people starting barking. Were Eli to start tapping into this type of theme, it would definitely get yanked. We're hoping, as intentionally non-religious yet spiritual as the show is, it won't get canned just yet so God can do whatever it is he needs to do with this one.

Watching with eager curiosity to see what happens...