Saving Grace

Pilot

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired 7/23/07

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Grace Hanadarko is an Oklahoma City police detective with an alcohol problem and a self-destructive lifestyle. After she hits a man with her car while driving drunk, she asks God for help and an angel named Earl appears. Earl wants to help her find the right path of life again, but it is going to be a hard piece of work for both of them.moreless

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Holly Hunter

Grace Hanadarko
Leon Rippy

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Laura San Giacomo

Rhetta Rodriguez

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Detective gets a last chance with the help of a tobacco chewing angel. *sigh*

4.3

"Poor"

By Tatarize, Oct 30, 2007 Report Abuse

Finally a show depicting atheists as smoking, drinking, drunk-driving, cow-stealing, adulterers who park in handicapped places, flash old people, engage in promiscuous sex, scoff at ethics, and spill booze on bibles. And that's the good one! The other one is a suicidal teenage pedophile kidnapping child-molester on drugs!

While drunk driving, she manages to runs over a guy and says "Dear God, please help me." -- Whooshed off to the grand canyon by an angel.

She later finds Grand Canyon sand in her shoe and talks to Earl (the angel) some more.

Problem of evil: "doesn't work that way."

That was the angel's odd response. Babies are drowned and children molested because... it doesn't work that way. The Holocaust, the Boxer Day Tsunami, Fraggle Rock... it just doesn't work that way. An all powerful, all good God wouldn't prevent evil? That doesn't work that way. I would prevent those things if I could! So either, I'm not good for wanting to do that, or God is not powerful enough to do that, or God is not as good as me.

All in all, despite the bigotry... I could see this show becoming the next Touched by An Angel and being successful. I won't be watching it though.moreless

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The beginning of what may turn out to be a very interesting series

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By Slayergirlkal, Aug 21, 2007 Report Abuse

This was definitely not the best pilot I've ever seen but it was a decent one. I liked the idea behind the show a sinful detective drunk driving and hitting someone only to ask for God's help. It was interesting and seemed different!

The cattle auction was brilliant I loved how Grace just lifted her coat so everyone saw her badge before she went to sit down. It was so amusing to watch Alvin Green hitting on Grace I think I would have sucker punched him too if I had been in Grace's position. It sucked that she wasn't allowed to work the case until she apologized too. I loved the chase through the cattle yard after Grace sucker punched Alvin Green. It was great to see her cheering from above as they caught the kid.

It was so cute to see Grace when she came to pick Clay up from school. I loved how she just took him and his crush for an insane drive in her car. It was cool to see someone that wasn't wound way too tight seeking a little crazy fun with her nephew and his crush.

Earl was really awesome I loved how he took her to the Grand Canyon. It was interesting to watch the effects too. I loved Earl's wings.

This was a really interesting start to a seemingly interesting show. I liked that it started off and you weren't really sure what you were going to get and that the case was with a missing ten year old girl. The depressed teenage boy was very creepy. I think this was a pretty good pilot and all but the show might just be a little too mature for my tastes. I will continue to watch and see where it goes though.moreless

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This is a new show starring Holly Hunter as a strong-willed, beer swilling, promiscuous cop.

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By JeanMary56, Aug 03, 2007 Report Abuse

Oh my God,I cannot believe how great this pilot episode of Saving Grace was. After I watched it, I felt like I had
just watched not an Emmy award winning show, but an
Oscar award winning show. It felt more theatrical than
TV. I was actually stunned on how well the show was written and produced. The characters were phenomenal.
I absolutely loved Earl, the angel. And I especially enjoyed the special effects and how well they showed his wings. That was really special - awesome. And I also have to mention how mind-boggling beautiful the transport scene to the Grand Canyon was - WOW!
All I can say is: Look out Kyra Sedgwick and The Closer,
there's a new kid in town! :)moreless

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By xblvr, Jul 25, 2007 Report Abuse

Wow so this show got my attention from the very first moment. That would be the hard core sex scene that belonged more on HBO you could tell the fast camera movements were to cover up the fact that certain things were blurred out. I loved the fact that she is a Jack Daniel's girl she drinks like I do. And I loved her car really want one. Laura San Giacomo was cool. I have only ever seen her on movies (missed out on Just Shoot Me) so it was cool to see her on TV. In the future might get to Touched by an Angel for me, but I am going to give it a shot.moreless

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This show has potential.

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By Femvamp, Jul 24, 2007 Report Abuse

Honestly I wasn't sure about this show. It could have been realy bad really early but I kida liked it. I liked watching Grace commit just about every sin in the book. My favorite scene had to be when she was driving her nephew and his friend around. I like Earl and I can see why he's a last chance angel. The concept is good. There would be no way someone like grace or the death row guy would have anything to do with Highway to Heaven Angel or Touched by an Angel angel. Grace is working on her one last last chance and finding salvation is gonna be one hell of a ride.moreless

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Trivia
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- Grace's license plate reads XZ8 2R7. Edit
- The Police Station phone number on Grace's caller ID is 405-555-0162. Edit
- (the scene with Clay and Grace at the end of the episode standing near the OKC National Memorial) The Oklahoma City National Memorial was built and dedicated to educating visitors to the impact of violence, and honor the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing. There are several sections to the memorial. The Gates of Time shows a permanent 9:01, the time the bomb was set off, the Reflecting Pool, Children's Area, Survivor's Wall, Rescuer's Orchard, and Survivor Tree. However, arguably, the most poignant sections of the memorial are the empty chairs and the fence. The 168 empty chairs stand in 9 rows. Each row represents one floor of the Alfred P. Murrah Bldg. The 168 empty chairs represent 168 lives that were lost. The fence started as a safety barrier for the site, but soon became a symbol of support as people started to leave letters, photos and other mementos tucked into the chain link fence. People to this day, still leave mementos behind on a daily basis. The memorial was designed by Butzer Design Partnership, and dedicated on April 19, 2000 by President Bill Clinton. Edit
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- International Episode Titles: Czech Republic: Policistka (Policewoman) Edit
- International Show Titles: Latin America: El Angel De Grace (Grace's Angel) Czech Republic: Božská mrcha (Divine Bitch) Edit
- This episode was nominated for the 2008 Prism Award for "Drama Episode". Edit
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- Grace: Angels don't chew tobacco. Earl: Well, I love a good chaw. Edit
- (Referring to the suspect) Grace: I say we drag his ass out and scare the snot out of him. Edit
- Ham: Great. He went off his meds. Grace: Yeah. The poor, depressed, pissed-off, pedophile, murdering asshole. Edit
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