Review Brimstone (1998)

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Brimstone is a Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission (assigned by the Devil) is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth.

The series ran for only one partial season, from 1998–99.

Main cast

• Peter Horton as Ezekiel Stone
• John Glover as The Devil

Regular guests

• María Costa as Teresita/Waitress
• Stacy Haiduk as Rosalyn Stone
• Albert Hall as Father Cletus Horn
• Scott Lawrence as Lt. Fraker
• Lori Petty as Maxine
• Teri Polo as Det. Ash/Ashur Badaktu

 

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Another of the series that Fox mismanaged, Brimstone only lasted 13 episodes, but should have had a very long run. You can see it as being kind of a precursor to Supernatural.

 

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1 "Altar Boys" Félix Enríquez Alcalá Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris October 23, 1998

2 "Heat" Jesús Salvador Treviño Janis Diamond October 30, 1998

3 "Encore" Félix Enríquez Alcalá Scott A. Williams November 3, 1998

4 "Repentance" Terrence O'Hara Fred Golan November 13, 1998

5 "Poem" Félix Enríquez Alcalá Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris November 20, 1998

6 "Executioner" Dan Lerner Story by : Fred Golan
Teleplay by : Scott A. Williams December 4, 1998

7 "Slayer" Vern Gillum Story by : Ethan Reiff & Cyrus Voris
Teleplay by : Angel Dean Lopez December 11, 1998

8 "Ashes" Larry Carroll Angel Dean Lopez December 18, 1998

9 "Lovers" John Kretchmer Chris Bertolet January 8, 1999

10 "Carrier" Jesús Salvador Treviño Janis Diamond January 15, 1999

11 "Faces" Larry Carroll Fred Golan January 25, 1999

12 "It's a Helluva Life" Félix Enríquez Alcalá Janis Diamond & Scott A. Williams February 5, 1999

13 "Mourning After" Dan Lerner Story by : Angel Dean Lopez
Teleplay by : Cyrus Voris & Ethan Reiff February 12, 1999