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Eli Stone

TV·2008–2009·2 seasons, 26 episodes·ABC·Drama, Fantasy, Legal·1h·7.7·Created by Marc Guggenheim, Greg Berlanti

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Follow Eli Stone on his quirky quest for answers in this exciting and upbeat comedic drama. When Eli awakens to an unending George Michael soundtrack that only he can hear, gets dive-bombed by a WWI biplane on a busy San Francisco street, and faces a fire-breathing dragon outside his office window, there are two possible explanations: delusions caused by a potentially fatal brain aneurysm or the chance that something greater is at work. He might just be a prophet sent to change the world.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01GraceS02E02 · 7.2Eli's latest vision comes to him in the form of a gorgeous, confident, brunette singing to him. He discovers to his surprise that the girl -- Grace -- is real after he meets her at a baseball game, and he and Grace embark on a whirlwind romance. That same week he and Maggie represent a father who's trying to prevent his son, who died in Iraq, from receiving a military burial.
  2. 02Eli Stone S01E01PilotS01E01 · 7.0Eli Stone, a successful corporate lawyer, begins experiencing visions that compel him to redefine his life and work, despite opposition from his family, friends and colleagues.
  3. 03Eli Stone S01E06Something to SaveS01E06 · 7.0Eli must make a hard choice at his disbarment hearing, Taylor and Patti clear some air, and Keith gets his first taste of life in a big law firm when he and Matt are assigned a star athlete's case who the district attorney wants to make an example of.

Castfull cast & details

Jonny Lee MillerJonny Lee MillerEli StoneNatasha HenstridgeNatasha HenstridgeTaylor WethersbyVictor GarberVictor GarberJordan WethersbyLoretta DevineLoretta DevinePatti DellacoixSam JaegerSam JaegerMatt DowdJames SaitoJames SaitoDr. Frank ChenJulie GonzaloJulie GonzaloMaggie DekkerMatt LetscherMatt LetscherDr. Nathan Stone

Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2008Aired 6.5Season avg
  1. S01E01Eli Stone S01E01Season's bestPilotJanuary 31, 2008 7.0Eli Stone, a successful corporate lawyer, begins experiencing visions that compel him to redefine his life and work, despite opposition from
  2. S01E02Eli Stone S01E02FreedomFebruary 7, 2008 6.6After two weeks without the visions, Eli hesitates to take the case of a Mexican couple suing a produce conglomerate for their use of pestic
  3. S01E03Eli Stone S01E03Father FigureFebruary 14, 2008 6.7Eli's vision of a war lands him in court against his fiancée during the same week as their engagement party, and the firm begins punitive me
  4. S01E04Eli Stone S01E04Wake Me Up Before You Go-GoFebruary 21, 2008 6.1A man awakes from a five year coma and learns that his wife has left him and he has lost his business, so Eli tries to help him get his life
  5. S01E05Eli Stone S01E05One More TryFebruary 28, 2008 5.5Eli gets a chance to amend a case that he won through questionable tactics; Taylor, Eli's ex-fiancée, joins W.P.K; untimely visions send Eli
  6. S01E06Eli Stone S01E06Something to SaveMarch 6, 2008 7.0Eli must make a hard choice at his disbarment hearing, Taylor and Patti clear some air, and Keith gets his first taste of life in a big law
  7. S01E07Eli Stone S01E07Heal the PainMarch 13, 2008 6.8Dowd and Bennett continue to butt heads over the handling of the Jayson Turk case, and Eli is forced to second chair his malpractice case as
  8. S01E08Eli Stone S01E08Praying for TimeMarch 20, 2008 6.3Eli's defense of a real estate mogul takes an interesting turn when his client's desire to evict residents from their homes may be the only
  9. S01E09Eli Stone S01E09I Want Your SexMarch 27, 2008 6.3When a teenaged girl is expelled for playing George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" during an abstinence education assembly at school, the pop s
  10. S01E10Eli Stone S01E10HeartbeatApril 3, 2008 6.7Eli takes on Nate's case when he's accused of malpractice, but Nate's secrets jeopardize the case and cause Eli to have visions of the day h
  11. S01E11Eli Stone S01E11PatienceApril 10, 2008 6.5Eli's practical joke against Dowd results in Taylor taking on a gay chimpanzee case, and Eli enlists Bennett's help when his vision leads hi
  12. S01E12Eli Stone S01E12Waiting for That DayApril 13, 2008 6.3Eli has a vision of himself sitting in the back of a taxicab traveling on the Golden Gate Bridge when suddenly the earthquake hits. Unfortun
  13. S01E13Eli Stone S01E13Soul FreeApril 17, 2008 6.3The case of a man's right to die coincides with Eli's surgery to remove his brain aneurysm -- a procedure that develops complications which

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode13Episodes2008–09Aired 5.4Season avg
  1. S02E01The PathOctober 14, 2008 5.3After undergoing a life-threatening operation to have his brain aneurysm removed, Eli has been free of visions for six months. However, when
  2. S02E02Season's bestGraceOctober 21, 2008 7.2Eli's latest vision comes to him in the form of a gorgeous, confident, brunette singing to him. He discovers to his surprise that the girl -
  3. S02E03UnwrittenOctober 28, 2008 5.3
  4. S02E04Should I Stay or Should I Go?November 11, 2008 5.3
  5. S02E05The HumanitarianNovember 18, 2008 5.3
  6. S02E06Happy Birthday NateDecember 2, 2008 5.3
  7. S02E07HelpDecember 9, 2008 5.3
  8. S02E08Owner of a Lonely HeartDecember 16, 2008 5.3
  9. S02E09Two MinistersDecember 30, 2008 5.3
  10. S02E10SonomaJune 20, 2009 5.3
  11. S02E11Mortal CombatJune 27, 2009 5.3
  12. S02E12TailspinJuly 4, 2009 5.3
  13. S02E13Flight PathJuly 11, 2009 5.2

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