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Praying for Time

Episode Number: 8    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Thursday March 20, 2008    Prod Code: n/a
Eli has a vision of an earthquake in San Francisco. Dr.Chen helps Eli realise that the quake is in the region where his client is planning on building a shopping mall by evicting the residents from their home. Eli understands that the only way to protect the people is by his client evicting the people by any means necessary even bribing the judge.

Cast and Crew

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Writer: Courtney Kemp Agboh, Brett Mahoney
Director: David Petrarca
Star: Loretta Devine (Patti),  Victor Garber (Jordan Wethersby),  Julie Gonzalo (Maggie Dekker),  Sam Jaeger (Matt Dowd),  Natasha Henstridge (Taylor Wethersby),  Jonny Lee Miller (Eli Stone),  James Saito (Dr. Chen)
Recurring Role: Jason Winston George (Keith Bennett),  Jodi Long (Judge Marcia Phelps)
Guest Star: Greta Sesheta (Association Member #1),  Robert A. Johnson (Jury Foreman),  Mel Fair (Anchor),  Steve Harris (Jayson Turk),  Patrick Breen (Paul Sweren),  Meta Golding (Carly Turk),  Rob Nagle (Jeffrey Powell),  Matt DeCaro (Judge Salese),  Andy Mackenzie (Tatooed Guy),  James Remar (Arvin Solinsky)

Notes

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Injoke: The baseball player's full name, Jayson Christopher Turk, is mentioned in court. In the previous episode, there were two allusions to the sitcom, Scrubs, which has, as one of its co-stars, Chris Turk, played by Donald Faison. (edit)
Injoke: The name of Jayson Turk's wife is another nod to characters in Scrubs as the name of the wife of Donald Faison's character, Chris Turk, is Carla, portrayed by Judy Reyes. (edit)
Featured Music:

"How Will You Love Me" by Nina Natasia
"Life in Faith" by Shawn Hlookoff
"Cranky" by Winterpills
"I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King (edit)

Quotes

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Judge Marcia Phelps: I hate granting mistrials, Mr. Weathersby. (Jordon prepares to object) Almost as much I hate unfair trials.
Matt: If you declare a mistrial, your honor, Jayson can't be tried again. It's double jeopardy.
Sweren: It doesn't apply in the case of a mistrial.
Keith: It does when the mistrial arises out of prosecutorial misconduct. (Gestures toward Sweren) He's been dead-set on winning this any way he can.
Sweren: Court may grant you qualified immunity against a slander suit but that doesn't mean I won't file one.
Judge Marcia Phelps: You boys want to take a ruler to the men's room and measure yourselves, fine, but keep it out of my court room. I want to talk to Carly Turk. Then I'll make my decision. (edit)
(After confronting Jayson Turk about plotting with his wife to have his trial declared a mistrial)
Keith: Rules are for other people, right? (edit)
Eli: Is this about Solinsky?
Patti: It's about your representing that scum-sucking lizard.
Eli: Well, if it bothers you so much, why didn't you say something?
Patti: Like what? That you're lower than Dick Cheney's bunion to be his lawyer? (edit)
Patti: Objection! Condescending.
Eli: It was not!
Patti: I have been a legal secretary ever since you were an itch in your daddy's pants. I know an objectionable question when I hear one. (edit)
Dr. Chen: Lie down.
Eli: Is it needle time? I love needle time.
Dr. Chen: You're never allowed to call it needle time again. (edit)

Trivia

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It is revealed in this episode that Patti's last name is Delacroix. Patti is Eli's legal secretary. (edit)
During the first earthquake vision while Eli is shaving, he gets some shaving cream on his shirt, but when he gets out to the hallway the shaving cream is gone. (edit)

Allusions

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San Francisco Earthquake
The earthquake that Eli sees in his visions reference two of the most devastating natural disasters in California and U.S. history - the 'Great' quake of 1906 and the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake that both caused major destruction in the San Francisco Bay Area. (edit)
Episode's Title: "Praying For Time"
This is a song performed by George Michael. (edit)
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8.8
Great
Praying for Time
"Nerve-wracking"
Relying heavily on his vision of an earthquake in Patti's neighborhood, Eli takes a case to represent a man who wants to destroy the neighborhood to redevelop it, thinking that by forcing everyone out and letting the developer in, he'll be saving lives.
Continue » Posted Mar 31, 2008 10:37 am PST

mccar29
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9.9
Superb
Praying for Time
"Exactly why I watch this series"
To quake or not to quake....
Continue » Posted Mar 22, 2008 9:19 pm PST

68Special
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9.6
Superb
Praying for Time
"Fine example"
Already well described.
Continue » Posted Mar 22, 2008 3:27 pm PST

vendbien
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9.6
Superb
Praying for Time
"Series classic"
Drama, comedy, action - this episode has it all. With a major earthquake hanging over the proceedings, it's hard to choose a classification for this one. We can't use the word 'c!assic' in the review, so I chose the above. (See what we did there ! )?
Continue » Posted Mar 21, 2008 10:24 am PST
8.1
Great
Praying for Time
"Above average"
Eli's new client poses another ethical dilemna for him on top of that winning the case for his client might result in the death of a lot of people.
Continue » Posted Mar 21, 2008 12:27 am PST
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