Revelations (2005 TV series)
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Revelations is a six episode television miniseries that began airing on April 13, 2005 on NBC. Taking place in the modern day, the show explores the End of Days as well as prophecies relating to them.
Synopsis
Dr. Richard Massey, a noted astrophysicist from Harvard, returns home after having hunted down the Satanist that brutally murdered his daughter Lucy in a satanic ritual. The Satanist, a man named Isaiah Haden, is put into prison awaiting trial. Richard Massey is a man of science and does not believe in religion at all. He is bitter at his loss and the general poor state of his life, and only wants to see Isaiah Haden face his punishment.
Meanwhile, a nun named Josepha Montafiore who is working for the Eklind Foundation, a wealthy fundamentalist Christian organization, visits the bedside of a comatose girl. The child was struck twice by lightning in a field, and is in a vegetative state. However, the girl mumbles bible verses in latin, and draws cryptic drawings. Josepha believes that this is an act of God, and decides to pursue it.
She crosses paths with Richard and together they start to unravel to prophecy of the End of Days.
Controversy
Some aspects of the miniseries have caused controversy among many, such as the scene in the first episode in which a girl, after being screamed at by her father, exclaims "Jesus Christ!" which is known as "taking the Lord's name in vain" among some Christian denominations. She walks into a golf course and is struck by lightning twice, forcing her into a persistent vegetative state. Many have criticized this scene, saying it is the action of a malevolent God. Some have also argued that the doctors' haste to declare the girl brain dead and harvest her organs is a deliberate misinterpretation of medical policy in cases like this. The show appears, to some, to indicate that the decision to pull a patient off life-support rests with the attending physician rather than the girl's parents who are not shown as having any part in the decision. Some claim that this is a deliberate exploitation of the Terry Schiavo controversy which was occurring around the time the miniseries aired.
Cast
- Bill Pullman as Dr. Richard Massey
- Natascha McElhone as Sister Josepha Montafiore
- Michael Massee as Isaiah Haden
- Tobin Bell as Nathan Volk
- Mark Rendall as Henry "Hawk" Webber
- John Rhys-Davies as Prof. Jonah Lampley
- Martin Starr as Rubio
- Fred Durst as Odgen
- Chelsey & Brittney Coyle as Olivia Beaudrey
- Fionnula Flanagan as Mother Francine
- Alexa Nikolas as Lucinda "Lucy" Massey
- Orla Brady as Nora
- Caryn Green as Tulia