Revelations (miniseries)
| Revelations | |
|---|---|
| Created by | David Seltzer |
| Written by |
David Seltzer Mark Kruger |
| Directed by | Lili Fini Zanuck |
| Starring |
Bill Pullman Natascha McElhone Michael Massee Mark Rendall Martin Starr |
| Theme music composer | Joseph Vitarelli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
David Seltzer Gavin Polone |
| Running time | 43 min. (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Stillking Films Pariah Television NBC Universal Television Studio |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Original release | April 13 – May 18, 2005 |
Revelations is a six-episode television "event series" that began airing on NBC from April 13 to May 18, 2005. Taking place in the modern day, the show explores the End of Days as well as prophecies relating to them.
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 traditionalist Catholic organization, visits the bedside of a comatose girl. The child was struck twice by lightning while crossing a golf course, 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.
The girl's visions lead Josepha to Richard, who joins her on her quest to document and unravel signs of the End of Days. Their journey eventually becomes a race against time to thwart Massey's followers as they try to bring about the Apocalypse, all the while hot on the trail of a child who may be able to save them all.
The first episode received 15.6 million viewers.
Some aspects of the series have caused controversy. Some have 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 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.
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