After the first few episodes of this TV series, it seemed like every episode was mostly about how much Detective Stone missed his wife, and how much he wanted to see her again. The last few episodes were incredibly syrupy, sappy, and boring. About 40% had anything to do with supernatural adventure.
In every episode, Stone hesitates to shoot the eyes of the demon, and in every episode, the demon gets away free at least once. Stone does not look like a tough detective, or anyone that has a burning interest to get a second chance at life. Stone (Peter Horton) is mostly boring to watch. Horton looks like someone that would play a social worker or probation officer.
As a detective, Stone is not much. Everyone seems to get ahead of him, and some of his wins are by accident or freak luck. That is OK sometimes, but not when the lead character looks overmatched mostly because he is dumb and because he is not sure if he should be killing demons or letting them go. Horton should have been a very motivated guy, but he is mostly a big jerk when talking to John Glover (the devil).
John Glover acts rings around Peter Horton. When this show originally aired, I only watched for the few minutes where Glover would show up to engage Horton in some verbal sparring. Glover always had the best lines and delivered them with zest. Horton always acts like he is coming out of a coma.
I have the DVD set, and I fast forward through all of Horton's whiny miserable memories of his wife/widow, and all his boring investigations where he asks people random questions and nobody really gives him any good answers. It is just sad to watch him play detective. Besides John Glover, the few action scenes in every episode are usually fun to watch.
I liked Albert Hall as the priest (4 episodes), but he was never used effectively. Stone usually blew off the priest and treated him like crap. Teri Polo as the detective who liked Stone should have been a great recurring character, but they turned her into an evil demon, after building her up as Stone's friend. Lori Petty, who was in the last half of the series, playing her trademark role as the crazy pal. This show could have been great, but it made a lot of bad choices.
In every episode, Stone hesitates to shoot the eyes of the demon, and in every episode, the demon gets away free at least once. Stone does not look like a tough detective, or anyone that has a burning interest to get a second chance at life. Stone (Peter Horton) is mostly boring to watch. Horton looks like someone that would play a social worker or probation officer.
As a detective, Stone is not much. Everyone seems to get ahead of him, and some of his wins are by accident or freak luck. That is OK sometimes, but not when the lead character looks overmatched mostly because he is dumb and because he is not sure if he should be killing demons or letting them go. Horton should have been a very motivated guy, but he is mostly a big jerk when talking to John Glover (the devil).
John Glover acts rings around Peter Horton. When this show originally aired, I only watched for the few minutes where Glover would show up to engage Horton in some verbal sparring. Glover always had the best lines and delivered them with zest. Horton always acts like he is coming out of a coma.
I have the DVD set, and I fast forward through all of Horton's whiny miserable memories of his wife/widow, and all his boring investigations where he asks people random questions and nobody really gives him any good answers. It is just sad to watch him play detective. Besides John Glover, the few action scenes in every episode are usually fun to watch.
I liked Albert Hall as the priest (4 episodes), but he was never used effectively. Stone usually blew off the priest and treated him like crap. Teri Polo as the detective who liked Stone should have been a great recurring character, but they turned her into an evil demon, after building her up as Stone's friend. Lori Petty, who was in the last half of the series, playing her trademark role as the crazy pal. This show could have been great, but it made a lot of bad choices.