The Prophecy

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(A NOTE FROM DEREK: Hi, everybody. I've decided to shorten these descriptions because, really, the whole point is to listen to the show itself, isn't it? At any rate, I'm going to do it like this for a while and see if it works for me. -- Derek)

Thomas Dagget (Elias Koteas) is an LAPD detective who wanted to be a Catholic priest, but he left the church when he had visions of what Heaven really is, and it's not like he imagined at all.

An angel, sure. But still looks like he probably sell heroin.

An angel named Simon (Eric Stoltz) has come to Earth to find the soul of the most evil man humanity had ever known, and hide it from Gabriel (Christopher Walken), who wants it to start a war in Heaven that will turn it into another Hell, but worse. Simon gets to it first and puts it inside a young girl, Mary (Monah "Shining Dove" Snyder). Mary's teacher, Katherine (Virginia Madsen), discovers Simon hiding in the school she teaches at, and threatens to call the police on him.

Gimme your lunch money, punk!

Meanwhile, Dagget is called to handle a case of a dead body that was found. It is the body of another angel, Usiel (Jeff Cadiente), and the case leads Dagget to the small town of Chimney Rock, where Mary and Katherine live. Gabriel, along with his not-quite-dead assistant, Jerry (Adam Goldberg), also make their way to Chimney Rock to confront Simon and get the soul. When Simon tells Gabriel he doesn't have it, Gabriel kills him and goes looking for it, leading to a confrontation with both Dagget and Katherine that leaves Dagget injured and Gabriel angry because Dagget killed Jerry.

I said recess is over.

Mary, now occasionally offering bits of tactical information, as well as stories of killing the Chinese during the Korean war, is taken to the nearby Indian reservation, where her grandmother (Emma Shenah) is having her treated by a healer. At the same time, Gabriel has found himself a replacement for Jerry in the form of Rachael (Amanda Plummer), a woman he snatches from the hands of Death at the last possible second, and she is not happy about it at all. They make their way back to Chimney Rock and prepare to confront Dagget and Katherine, and take the soul from Mary.

Yes, I am happy to see you...

As Katherine and Dagget prepare for the confrontation they know is coming, they are each visited by Lucifer (Viggo Mortensen), who wants them to win because he sees what Gabriel is doing and considers it an invasion of his turf, which he is not going to put up with. But will his support for them be enough? Or will Gabriel tear Mary to pieces, as he promised? And how could we forget about the box of faces? And why did Jerry have to die so soon?

And how do you like your angel cooked?

You'll have to tune in to find out!

Derek really likes this flick, and a big part of that is Christopher Walken's performance. The creepiness of Eric Stoltz, however, should not be overlooked. The dude comes across as a disturbed pedophile, even though it is made clear he is an angel. It's...upsetting, to say the least.

Jake wants everyone to know that he has loved this movie since it first came out. Walken and Stoltz are great, Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen are solid, Adam Goldberg is the same guy he is in most things he appears in (and that's not necessarily a bad thing), and Viggo Mortensen is straight-up terrifying.

So...uh...do...Bible-y stuff, we guess, remove all the punctuation from this, and check out this week's episode!