Eli Stone - Season 1 Details

[Highly rated reviewer]

superb..............................................

This series on dvd is a comedy drama. Eli Stone stars Jonny Lee Miller in the title role of attorney Eli Stone.

In the first episode, Eli is discovered to have an inoperable brain aneurysm which is causing hallucinations.

His acupuncturist, Dr. Chen, suggests that his hallucinations are actually divinely inspired visions of the future. He also keeps seeing Pop Star George Michael.

These visions often predict future cases and events, including an impending earthquake.

The series also stars: Natasha Henstridge - Taylor Wethersby, Loretta Devine - Patti Dellacroix, Matt Letscher - Nathan Stone, Sam Jaeger - Matt Dowd, James Saito - Dr. Chen, Julie Gonzalo - Maggie Dekker and Victor Garber - Jordan Wethersby.

George Michael has figured prominently throughout the series, and each episode has been named after a song of his.

The first episode was controversial due to its plot line, which depicts the hypothesis that autism is caused by a mercury-based preservative formerly used in common childhood vaccines, and treats the hypothesis as being credible and legally compelling.

This hypothesis is not supported by scientific evidence, but has contributed to decreased vaccination rates that endanger children.

ABC the channel that broadcast the series present a written notice and voice-over after the episode saying 'The preceding story is fictional and does not portray any actual persons, companies, products or events', with a second card directing viewers to the autism web site of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

This series does cover some controversial subject matters, so if this is not to your taste, then viewing should be limited. however it is still a good series.