Last night TNT aired the pilot for a new series. Seems they are hoping for another success they've had with The Closer. I watched the original episodes of The Closer, but never really developed a fondness for them. However, I think Saving Grace is one I might be able to sit down regularly and watch.
Holly Hunter plays a cop ( Grace ) who is lost in a world of alcohol, cynicism and a life without much morality. For what it's really worth, she's lost faith and any real hope of finding it. Then one night, in a drunken stupor, she attempts to make her way home in her Porsche and runs down a guy walking in the road. As she attempts to resuscitate the guy who lay bleeding and unconscious in the road she cries, "Help me God!"
Now I'm neither an exceptionally religious guy nor do I like to read or watch religiously themed stuff, but I could make an exception in this case. An angel appears to Grace and asks her if she is willing to accept God's help. It takes a bit of convincing to prove he is who he says given his appearance. He's not your typical angel. Besides his rather unkempt appearance, crooked teeth . . . oh, and the fact that he likes to chew tobacco and spit into empty beer bottles . . . he has more in common with redneck Nascar fans than any religious icons. Saving Grace gets a thumbs up from me. I'll keep in my list for a while.
Did you watch it? What did you think?
I should have read your piece first, it is written much better than mine! But yes, I did like the show, and will keep it in the record list for the foreseeable future.
Thanks for the props, man!
Holly Hunter has been a favorite of mine for a while.
It sounds really good, but we don't get TNT. I'm bummed.