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Miracles: The Friendly Skies

Episode score 9.4 Superb

The Friendly Skies

  • 2.
  • Season: 1
  • Episode: 2
  • First Aired: 2/3/2003
  • Prod Code: 103

EPISODE OVERVIEW

2 Reviews | 38 Votes

A commercial airliner disappears for one minute and 4 seconds and Sodalitas Quaerito including their new recruit, Paul, is called in to investigate. During the course of that minute and 4 seconds, each passenger experienced a different phenomenon and it's up to Paul, Keel & Evelyn to explain the "paranormal ramifications" of this bizarre occurrence. They interview, among others, a child who has seen her own bleak future, a paralyzed woman who has regained her ability to walk and talk, and a flight attendant who is now speaking in tongues and lecturing on the physics of world destruction. They determine that the aircraft somehow entered a higher realm, one where what a person thinks becomes reality. Each passenger experienced with great realism whatever was on their mind at that moment. However, after only a few hours it becomes obvious that these visions and abilities are fading. Paul tries desperately to reunite the crippled woman with her husband while she can still talk to him but the NSA won't allow it. He watches as she returns to a vegetative state but sneaks a tape to her husband so that he can hear what she had wanted to tell him. Read full recap »

Writers:
David GreenwaltRichard HatemChris BrancatoAlbert J. Salke
Director:
Jesus Salvador Trevino
Stars:
Angus MacFadyen (Alva Keel)
Skeet Ulrich (Paul Callan)
Marisa Ramirez (Evelyn Santos)
Hector Elizondo (Father 'Poppi' Calero)
Guest Star:
Ann Cusack (Karen Longview)
Jeff Allin (Mark Longview)
Roy Fegan (Hanger Guard)
Lily Knight (Joyce)
Eamonn Roche (Lionel)
Steven Dennis (Air Traffic Controller)
Carey Scott (Video Tech)
David Alan Graf (Dr. Price)
Christopher Cousins (Charles Jergensen)
William O'Leary (Alan)
Stephanie Erb (Lisa)
Ashley Edner (Deanna Thompson)
Todd Waring (Phil)
Gina St. John (Felicia Phelps)
Gary Carlos Cervantes (Michael Garcia)
J. Karen Thomas (Airline Rep)
  • It is revealed that Alva attended Cambridge University. edit »
  • At the end of the episode, Paul is caught going through the metal detector with a video tape. Evelyn stole the correct tape and this one Paul had was most likely to make the government think they recovered the tape when they realize it was stolen. edit »
  • Nobody does anything about the woman in the bathroom, even though flight attendants are required to clear people out of the bathrooms during a descent. edit »
  • Charlie: What the hell took you so long?
    Alva: Pleasure to see you too, Charlie. edit »
  • Michael Garcia: We're trying to establish what exactly happened when the plane ...
    Paul: Disappeared?
    Michael Garcia: ... Encountered difficulty. edit »
  • Mrs. Longview: I have severe frontal and parietal lobe damage. At least I did when I got on that plane.
    Paul: You have a brain injury?
    Mrs. Longview: Oh, a whopper of a brain injury. Akinetic mutism, do you know what that means? I can't move, walk, stand, or speak. (twirls around) edit »
  • Paul: I am guessing it's not the cure for cancer.
    Alva: No, it's not. It's a methodology and it seems sound to me for disassembling reality as we know it.
    Evelyn: Disassembling reality? What are you saying?
    Alva: I'm saying that that flight attendant knows how to destroy the world. edit »
  • Paul: Why were you following me?
    Alva: You're a good investigator... something which I desperately need in light of the coming darkness. I also believe that your former employer did not fully appreciate your rather unique gifts.
    Paul: Gifts? Like seeing 'God is now here' written in my own blood.
    Alva: Yes. You do play a significant role in all of this, Paul.
    Paul: All of what? The large event you spoke of? I don't believe in
    the end of the world, Keel.
    Alva: t's not exactly a comforting thought. In fact, it's probably better if you don't.
    Paul: What do I have to do with all of this?
    Alva: Isn't that what you came here to find out? Why are you here, Paul? edit »
Show Score 8.7 superb
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