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Enter Alva Keel (Angus Macfadyen, who played Robert the Bruce in Braveheart), a paranormal researcher convinced that scattered miracles recently occurring around the world point to a "large event" coming. Paul warily joins Alva's team, which includes a former cop named Evelyn Santos (Marisa Ramirez). Together they investigate such supernatural oddities as the momentary disappearance of a commercial jet (the passengers subsequently live out their dreams), the possession of a paralysis victim by an entity, the spectral appearance of a dead girl prior to several disasters, and the co-existence of a Civil War-era past and present in a small town. The final episode, "Paul Is Dead," is a particularly spooky tale (with an unexpected twist) in which our hero reaches into the afterlife to help, and be helped, by Tommy after Evelyn's son goes missing. The series' storylines are fairly comparable to the adventures of Mulder and Scully, with a lot of recognizable human pain and anguish dovetailing with the fantastic. Some of the elements of Miracles hadn't quite come together by the 13th program--Alva, Paul and Evelyn never really feel like a cohesive unit--but the potential was certainly there and the writing was unusually strong. If Miracles is finally yet another lost opportunity on network television, at least there remains the strong showing represented in this set. --Tom Keogh
| ACTORS: | Skeet Ulrich |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 2003 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Sony Music (Video) |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Box set |
| TYPE: | Television |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 826663253498 |
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Customer Reviews of Miracles - The Complete Series
Possibly among the best shows ever aired A higher reccomendation can't possibly be given. The show is simply astonishing in it's unusually high grade of quality, as the pilot episode alone almost has the same "look" as perhaps something you would see in a theater. <
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>The acting of the core cast from Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfayden and Marisa Ramirez (particularly Ulrich), along with the supporting players from each seperate episode, is among the best you'll find on television. Add in breathtaking photography, music and brilliant writing and you pull together a program that's very well near flawless. <
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>Take note, however, that what you get is pretty intense. Not for the faint of heart, as "Miracles" is one of the most gripping rides you'll take stretched on your sofa. Scary? You bet (perhaps even terrifying). Emotionally moving? Keep the hankies close by. And for the big cliche (sigh), one could even say truly inspiring. <
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>The extras availble (deleted scenes, commentaries and creator interview) prove to be thoughtful touches, and give some needed insight as the series met a painfully early demise. <
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>If you've ever doubted television can have true artistic merit and relevance, "Miracles" will make you a staunch believer of the opposite. A knockout.
Not as good as hoped
Wondering if the other reviewers watched the DVD's or are basing their reviews on the few episodes which were actually aired? Loved the show when it was on TV a few years ago and was very unhappy to see it cancelled so quickly. However, having just watched the DVD's I must say that the unaired episodes generally don't match up to the ones we did see.
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>The series has an enticing plot line of ultimate good vs. ultimate evil with the character Paul somehow being the lynchpin. The episods that do focus more on this element are genreally fantastic. However, most of the unaired episodes have little to nothing to do with this plot line and are generally slow and unexciting. This series could have been something special if it had been more fast paced and had focused more on the previously mentioned plot line.
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>What you basically have here is the X-File syndrome - episodes which unravel the main mystery are great while the other episodes are B grade horror movies. Why did the creators not stick to the main storyline?
Excellent Series
Miracles-The Complete Series is now available on DVD. There is a chance that you might not remember this show. Only a handful of episodes aired before the show was canceled by ABC. It is hard to believe that such an intriguing show that is so well written met the fate of early cancellation. Skeet Ulrich stars as Paul Callan in this series as a young man whose job is to discover potential miracles. In the pilot episode his faith is seriously waning. At times he even questions whether God exists, of course he didn't utter such a phrase on network television, his exact words were , "I wonder sometimes if we are on our own down here." It is learned that Paul was a foster child and this explains his ties to the church. When he is assigned to visit a family with a young boy, he assumes it will be another false miracle. When he meets this young boy named Tommy, he is intrigued to find that the boy has healing powers. He also realizes that everything Tommy heals someone, he gets sicker himself. Tommy's father feels the boys should continue to heal others despite his own sickness, Tommy's mother wants her son to stop healing and to save his straight for himself. Paul promises to stay by Tommy's side.
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>Not wanting to be a spoiler, but Paul eventually leaves Tommy's family. The incident with the young boy renews Paul's faith and inspires him to continue on with his pursuit of miracles. When he returns to his job and tells the church his findings, he is shocked when the dispel the miracles that he has just witnessed. He quits his job, hooks up with a mysterious man (Angus Macfayden), and a former police officer (Maria Ramirez), they form their own operation in the pursuit of explorer strange occurrences that have a dark underside.
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>This is a very interesting show and if you like shows like X-Files and CSI, you will love this show and be hooked. You will want to watch the entire series. By the way, the DVD box set includes 7 episodes that never aired in the United States. This isn't a real religious show as some might think it is based on the title. It is more of a supernatural thriller type of show. Watch one episode and you will be hooked. Thanks to Shout Factory you can enjoy this show on DVD. The DVD set also includes interviews, commentaries, series promo and deleted scenes.