Thy Kingdom Come

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Artist Peter Rickman is jogging and run down by a stoned, two-time loser driving a minivan. He is admitted comatose to Kingdom Hospital, but not before encountering a frightening, ghostly figure whose mission is to use him to rid the hospital of malevolence, both human and inhuman, and to free its nine-year old mistress, Mary, from the hospital's haunted halls. When he awakens in an altered state with newfound but not necessarily welcome telepathic powers, Rickman finds he can communicate with the spirits, good and evil, man and beast, inhabiting the hospital. Mrs. Druse, an elderly patient with psychic gifts, is the first to hear the cries of the trapped ghost and attempts to persuade brilliant, eccentric surgeon Dr. Hook to join her quest to identify it. She is opposed in this effort by the hopelessly arrogant and mean-spirited chief neurologist Dr. Stegman, and the ebullient but vacuous hospital administrator, Dr. Jesse James, who is concerned only with the hospital's image.moreless
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  • The first in the series of Kingdom Hospital.

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    By farscapefanuk, Jul 11, 2007 Report Abuse
    This was the first episode of the short lived mini series of Kingdom Hospital. I remember how much i loved this show when it aired on TV. I is probably one of my favourite mini-series of all time. So in the first episode we are introduced to the Kingdom Hospital staff, a Dr Hook, and Dr, Stegman a patient named Sally and of course Peter Rickman who suffers a terrible accident and is rushed to the hostpital. Before long Peter begins to see some of the horrors which go on inside the walls of the hospitals. He sees the Ghost girl Mary and the evil man named Paul. We also learn that the hospital was built upon a mill which burned to the ground. So overall i think this is great episode which is definatly not to be missed.moreless

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  • Welcome to Kingdom Hospital - a place you never want to go if you're ill. Another place you never want to go is into Stephen King's mind - it's brilliant, but the chances of gettin out alive are slim!moreless

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    By qstevie, May 27, 2007 Report Abuse
    I really didn't know what to make of this at all. On the one hand, it's a straightforward story about a hospital with aspects of the supernatural. On the other, there are so many weird characters, scenes and surrealist aspects that it's like Twin Peaks with surgery.

    I liked it in the end, almost despite myself. It's a little over the top (and down the other side sometimes) and I'm not fond of the anteater,but I do find myself wanting to know what happens.

    The hit and run scene is really visceral, the comedy works well, but so far the horror/ghostly aspect isn't quite so developed. I expected to be much more creeped out than I was. I do hope future episodes (yes I'm watching the series on DVD) develop the creepiness more. I think so far the weirdness is getting in the way of taking anything too seriously.

    I'll keep watching though.moreless

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  • Welcome to Kingdom Hospital. Are you ready? Sit back and enjoy the anesthesia.

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    By walrus_8463, Mar 29, 2006 Report Abuse
    This is the first episode in one of Stephen King's best miniseries to date. This is the episode that introduces us to the weird and unique characters who inhabit the hospital. We find out, before the opening credits, that before the hospital stood, the spot was occupied by a textile mill that made uniforms for the Union army during the Civil War. The mill, which depended greatly on child labor, burned to the ground. Many of the children did not survive. It appears obvious that at least one child's ghost haunts Kingdom Hospital. We are brought into the hospital by Peter Rickman, America's most famous artist, who is hit by a van while running on the side of a road. Rickman is a representation of Stephen King. King, "America's most famous writer, was hit by a motor vehicle when he was jogging near his home in Maine. This episode admits us into Kingdom Hospital, where we encounter the neat and wonderful characters that Peter encounters.moreless

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    • Kingdom Hospital is a slightly altered world and from the mind of Stephen King, but it is supposed to be a real, functioning hospital. Given the potential litigation, no hospital would put a sick woman on a stretcher into an elevator on her own. An orderly would have to accompany her in case of a malfunction, or if she became sicker. Edit
    • When the paramedic is examining Peter on the side of the road, he states to the hospital on his radio the Peter's right eye is "fixed and dilated", however, on several close-up shots that follow, you can clearly see his pupil is not dilated. Edit
    • Trivia: The reason Johnny B. Goode is not present in this episode is because of a burst water pipe in the new underground parking garage that is under construction. Edit

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    • Filming Location: Workers' Compensation Board building, Richmond, British Columbia Edit
    • Fryeburg is the name of the the hometown of the guy who hit Stephen King himself when he was out jogging. This is confirmed by King himself on the DVD commentary to the episode. Edit
    • Ed Begley Jr. is listed as "Special Appearance By." Edit

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    • James: Dr. Hook to ICU stat. Extension 99. Otto: What's 99? Blondi: (thinking) How the hell should I know? I'm just the dog. Edit
    • Peter: (thinking) Antubis. Antubis. Guardian of the Gate. Am I going to die? Edit
    • Peter: (thinking) I'm not actually talking, am I? This is bad. Edit

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    • Title: As well as using the word 'Kingdom' from the episode's title, the title itself is a direct quotation from The Lord's Prayer, known to Christians and others the world over. It is taken from the Bible, which includes two versions, one in Matthew 6: 9-13 and one in Luke 11: 2-4. It is taken from the beginning of the prayer (though translations differ slightly). The prayer goes 'Our Father which art in heaven/hallowed be thy name/thy kingdom come/thy will be done/in earth as it is in heaven.' Edit
    • Dr. Hook: (singing) Come listen to a story about a man named Jed, Poor mountaineer barely kept his family fed.
      Part of the theme song of the TV series The Beverly Hillbillies. Edit

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