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Season 1 – Brimstone

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Ezekiel Stone is a detective who kills in cold blood the man who raped his wife. After Stone gets killed in the line of duty, the devil judges him and sends him to hell. When a mass Hades jailbreak unleashes a host of hell's prisoners, the dead cop makes a deal with the devil to capture these escaped souls in exchange for heavenly redemption.
Brimstone — Season 1

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Critics Consensus

Unrelentingly glum, Brimstone sinfully squanders the pulpy potential of its devilishly clever premise with a dour tone and rote procedural formula.

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John Carman San Francisco Chronicle 06/18/2019
Oh, brother, is it ever not a comedy. Brimstone is dark, and earnest, and a bit too smitten with its own ornate premise. Go to Full Review Tom Shales Washington Post 06/18/2019
Beautifully shot and directed by the inventive Felix Enriquez Alcala, the premiere episode is nevertheless excessively gloom-and-doomy. Go to Full Review Ray Richmond Variety 06/18/2019
If the premise sounds a tad lame, Horton flashes enough hangdog expressions and dispenses sufficient soulful wisdom to make viewers care about his bizarre predicament. Go to Full Review Pat Stacey Irish Independent 06/18/2019
Brimstone had a solid-gold premise, brilliantly executed, and huge potential to move in any number of interesting directions. It was simply too good to fail. But, somehow, it failed anyway. Go to Full Review Rob Owen Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 06/18/2019
No matter how layered the producers try to make Brimstone, it's still a chase show about catching the bad guy of the week. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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11/26/2021 This badly needs a dvd/blu-ray release. See more 03/09/2021 I watched it back in the 90's and John Glovers portrayal of the Devil is so good, dark and charismatic I picked up the DVD's of the show to lend to friends. Like so many fox tv shows in the 90's and 00's they cancelled so many of the good ones. See more 04/16/2020 This show was great. Overreached a little in the last few episodes... See more Read all reviews
Brimstone — Season 1

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Peter Horton

Actor

John Glover

Actor

Teri Polo

Guest Star

Albert Hall

Guest Star

William McNamara

Guest Star

Taffy Wallace

Guest Star

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Oct 6, 1998 Pilot When a police officer dies and goes to hell, he has a chance to earn ascension into heaven by recapturing 113 escaped souls, among them a pedophilic priest. Details Episode 2 Aired Oct 30, 1998 Heat Stone (Peter Horton) hunts a college student (guest star Chad Morgan) whose embrace sets lovers on fire. With John Glover and guest star Teri Polo. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 6, 1998 Encore Stone (Peter Horton) investigates a series of rapes and discovers that the accused man is his wife's assailant. Guest stars: William McNamara and Louise Fletcher. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 13, 1998 Repentance A demon known as The Angel becomes Stone's target, as he travels to skid row to track down a killer of homeless people. Details Episode 5 Aired Nov 20, 1998 Poem Zeke Stone (Peter Horton) must capture an escaped soul from hell who is killing female immigrants. With John Glover and guest stars Rosalind Chao, Roger Yuan. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 4, 1998 Executioner Stone hunts down an escapee who is taking justice into his own hands by executing people who have slipped through the criminal justice system. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 11, 1998 Slayer Stone is placed in a difficult situation when a warrior who kills good Samaritans will only stop if Stone joins him against the Devil. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 18, 1998 Ashes Stone suspects an arsonist responsible for a recent spree is his next target and discovers it is someone he knows very well. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 8, 1999 Lovers Stone invokes a woman's wrath after he sends her lover back to hell, both souls having been sent there for the murder of her parents. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 15, 1999 Carrier Stone must send a damned soul infected with typhoid back to hell before she unleashes an ungodly plague. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 29, 1999 Faces When Ezekiel befriends a young soul with multiple personalities, he must stop the boy before he wreaks vengeance on his foster father. Details Episode 12 Aired Feb 5, 1999 It's a Helluva Life When Stone grows weary of chasing damned souls, the devil catalogs his sins and an angel charts his future as a protector of innocent people. Details Episode 13 Aired Feb 12, 1999 Mourning After When Stone follows his wife home, he discovers that her neighborhood is populated with refugees from hell and she is dating one of them. Details

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Season Info

Network
Fox
Rating
TV-PG (L|V|S)
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date
Oct 6, 1998