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As leaps of faith go, yes. And faith--in visions both magical and musical--has everything to do with Eli Stone's divine appeal.
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In this warm, charming episode, the underappreciated legal show proves it's still fit to practice.
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A quality series that's the TV equivalent of comfort food, the emergence of Eli Stone from the Hollywood firmament may qualify as a minor miracle among more cynical viewers.
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For now, let's leave concerns for the future to Eli. In the present, things are looking good.
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Like most ABC shows, Eli Stone could stand to prune its cast and deepen its writing. But that's focusing on the glass half empty. So let's just be glad that this good-hearted show made it through the previous TV season and "Big Shots" didn't.
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Eli is hard not to like, whether or not you buy him as a prophet.
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Interesting detours, and a worthy show--but at times just a smidgen too self-righteous and melodramatic.
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A show with such a weird mix of tones and subject matters needs a strong cast to even have a hope of working, and for the most part, the ensemble remains sturdy.
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The series as a whole has a much better sense of itself, and a more confident tone, since Eli, his colleagues, and the viewers all understand that the guy is in fact a visionary. The coyness of season one is gone. The show, cocreated by Greg Berlanti, nonetheless falls short of being destination television.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 10 out of 12
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Mixed: 1 out of 12
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Negative: 1 out of 12
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ChrisCOct 23, 2008Maybe I could enjoy this show if the dialogue weren't so hacky.
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[Anonymous]Oct 22, 2008