Eli Stone

Eli has a vision of a man who is in prison. The prisoner and others are being mistreated by the warden so Eli takes the case and forces the warden to resign. Meanwhile Taylor and Dowd take another case together and find themselves talking about going on a date. Overall this was another good installment of a great show. I am disappointed in the fact that the show is trying to make Taylor and Dowd a couple. Those 2 together does nothing for me. It seems this episode may have been meant as a filler but turned out to be rather good. I hope this show keeps it coming.

This, I feel, is where the show "Eli Stone" starts. Before now, Eli's visions have almost always been revealed, pondered, and resolved all in one episode. But the vision at the end of this episode is the beginning of the direction that the show will take for the rest of the season, if not beyond. Eli has envisioned two pivotal events in his life; getting married to Maggie and having a child, and becoming a household name, equivalent with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The final few seconds of the episode show Eli being hailed a moral hero to thousands. This is probably my favorite episode yet. I cannot wait to see the direction this "Live Brave" theme will take us.

Most regulars here at the Eli Stone page know that I love this series. I thought this episode took two moderately interesting court cases and intertwined them (as usual), but they weren't my personal cup of tea.



The homo sapien angle is interesting and gave us a chance to see the new, nicer Taylor softening her image (for the most part). She still taunted Eli about her affair with Dowd, but, hey, a woman-scorned, etc.



Prison reform is an important topic, but it's been done so many times (we should still be reminded of it) that I don't think the average Eli viewer is moved that much by it any more. It is a series standard to take two (or sometimes, three) legal strings and go back and forth between them, while adding office politics and romance into the mix (along with Eli's continuing medical condition). I was thinking that they kind of threw two off-the-wall legal plots together on this one.



More importantly is the introduction of Marci Klein (the K in WPK played, by Katey Sagal of Married With Children and Futurama - what a switch), who will have a bigger role this Sunday in what I think will be the 'breakthrough' episode for this show - with maybe 50% more viewers than this one. I'm hoping for 8 or 9 million vs. the 5.9 mil for Thursday's show (edit: it came in at 9.19 million viewers on Sunday) that went up against new ER and 'Trace' eps as it gets a brand new Desperate Housewives as a lead-in.



I'm hoping maybe it's best to get this episode out of the way and save the SF Earthquake installment for Sunday. Smart programming by ABC, which really seems determined to give Eli its best chance to come back next year. That's the most important consideration right now - isn't it?



Almost put this down as 'filler episode', but there's a little too much character development going on in this one for that. We are getting more and more background and a sense of where these characters are going and that sets up well for a series that we hope has a nice, long run.



I really like this series, its characters and actors... but you can't hit a home run everytime at bat.

So it is 2018 and Eli is running for something in Times Square, what is a mystery, but we come to see that he has Maggie and Keith and Maggie is holding a kid, and the crowd is cheering and donning banners reading "Live Brave", so what exactly is this all about?



Ten years earlier Eli takes on the case of a prisoner denied his civil rights which he is still entitled to, leading Eli and Keith to take on a class action law suit against the prison on behalf of the prisoners, while their case is successful in getting their client a parole hearing he is unsuccessful in being granted parole.



A partner in WPK returns from the London office, K herself Klein, played by Katey Sagal, who returns to question the firms changes towards the high and mighty, away from the fortune 500 companies that have been the firms bread and butter, towards more pro bono work and suing their own clients on behalf of the little man.



Then there was Taylor and Matt suing to reunite two gay chimps who were separated because of a right wing agenda, I liked this case it was very light hearted and funny, and touching.



So is this the new direction for the show, for Eli, will he one day run for office on the coattails of another man's mantra? It seems that he and Maggie will end up together and that Keith will be by his side whenever he makes this historic and monumental speech. The questions is will he need his visions for this?

Every time I watch an episode of this show I get completely sucked in. I may be living in Season 1 fantasy land but I feel like a new bride on her honeymoon. Every episode is exciting and new. At the start of this episode, Eli has a vision from 10 years in the future. He doesn't question his vision, he just starts digging until he figures out what his mission is. In this case, it's representing a prisoner who he saw in his vision as the leader of the Live Brave movement in 2018. Eli also caused a little mischief when he set Matt and Taylor up on a case, representing gay chimps. It was quite funny. I especially liked the sarcastic wit of the opposing attorney played by Alanna Ubach. I hope they use her again because she was funny. The chimp story brought tears to my eyes. I'm not sure how I feel about the sudden appearance of Marci Klein, one of the partners. I really don't think this show needs an internal antagonist but I'm willing to wait and see.

This episode brought tears to my eyes and it wasn't for Eli and the prisoners he was defending. I thought the side storyline of Taylor and Matt Dowd defending the chimps was adorable! And while Dowd took the case to get Taylor back in the sack, I hope that both of them grew as lawyers because it really is the type of case that Eli has been thriving on since the show started.



As for Eli's case, it wasn't really the case this week that was most revealing. It was Eli vision. For the first time since his diagnosis, Eli saw his future. His reaction to that future vision was one of disbelief and uncertainty. Will Eli be able to change the future? Or is the woman Eli saw really the woman of his dreams?

Awesome eposide, best episode of tv i watched in years.



This series just gets better and better



I nearly stopped watching it after the first two eposides because i thought it was too silly but i thought i'd watch it a few more times just in case ... boy ! am i pleased i carried on watching it.



One of the biggest improvements to the series has been the visions, they used to be a bit daft and over the top, for example the messages being sent to him were being translated through George Michael songs, whereas now he finds himself in a past event or as on this episode he found himself in the future. His visions have gone from bizarre song lyric clues to him having holographic experiences in the past or future ... absolutely kool.



Tonight was epic, the last 5 mins made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end. Well thought out episode with a twist that takes you by surprise. It wouldn't of carried the stature it did without the fabulous acting of Eli Stone ... the moment when he realised the event was because of him, the genuine look of surprise, innocence, how can this be, little old me ! And at that point it starts to dawn on him the significance of what he's causing in other lives.



They also went to the trouble of getting in hundreds of people to make this epic futuristic event feel real and significant coupled with a great speech that had a flavour of Martin Luther Kings famous speech, which is saying something if they are the kind of thoughts it triggers off in you.



made up quote for the episode - "One see's their value by reflection"



I hope lots of other people come to realise how good this show is and it becomes as popular as House, Heroes, Lost ,etc



Mark

I just finished watching this episode and I'm still amazed by the brilliant future Eli will have, I wish he was a real person :$



I honestly have no words to describe how proud I was of Eli when he demanded the warden's resignation, I just couldn't believe how determined he was to help those people, I mean, we've all watched him helping others but this time I saw so much passion and hope and faith, I am just amazed! Jonny Lee Miller is an excellent actor and to make you feel that way, it's incredible how he achieved it... I just felt so proud of Eli!



And about his vision! Ohh my God!! when I saw the previews last week I sort of imagined all those people were there to see Eli, but as the episode progressed I kinda thought the whole thing was about the guy he helped... So when in the end he got up to talk to all of those people and was introduced like that! I mean for helping people to get hope and believe in the value of a person and all of that stuff I was just speechless! As I said before, in that moment I really hoped he was a real person 'cause the world could really use someone like that. :$



And the Maggie thing!! with that gorgeous baby!!! Supporting him like she did the first time he told her about his visions! OMG!! I have to be honest, I used to like Taylor best, but now I see that what Eli really needs is someone who trusts him and encourages him to follow his dreams so he can become that GREAT MAN we saw who helps and guides people... and honestly Maggie is the best one for that job!



I found the story about the chimps really sweet and touching and I'm very happy they got to be together, also I see that Taylor may be moving on with her life which is also good :)



I absolutely loved this episode!! In fact I loved it so much I started writing this review right after this sunday's preview. Ohh and about that, I really have the feeling this time the earthquake is really going to happen!



Anyways I just think that Eli Stone is one of the best shows out there and I really really reaaaaally hope to see it for a lot of seasons to come! Great actors! Great writers!! I LOOOOOOOOOVE IT!!!