Corner of the Eye

The aliens are among us and offer us unlimited healing power. But what are they planning to take in return? In every aspect, this is an above average episode, but I think that in 45 minutes it could have been done much better.

7/10

Len Cariou + Chris Sarandon SHOULD = a really good drama-based experience, and while this one isn't at all bad (possibly even being the best episode so far), it's not quite as great as it should be.

The premise is good, the cast is solid, including a young and almost unrecognisable Callum Keith Rennie, and it's well-paced even if it could have benefited from even just another 5 minutes in the climax, which was actually pretty well handled all things considered.

That's the only real problem though, the ending feels kinda rushed, like they misjudged everything by just a few minutes and panicked to get to the finish line...

Cynical Father Anton Jonascu (Len Cariou) while giving food to the homeless with fellow more optimistic Father John Royce is attacked when the police ambush the community homeless shantytown. While he's on the ground reeling from the pummeling, he looks up at the police officer and sees a demon. Now losing his faith in God, diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, and seeing hell-spawn, he's on the road to find answers to various questions he has. However not everyone he encounters can or should be trusted in this David Schow written episode. This was an alright episode, if utterly predictable, But for as for as David's written stuff for the visual medium goes, this is among his better efforts. and I cringe when I think of Texas chainsaw massacre 3,TCM: the Beginning, Critters 3 & 4, and the atrocious We all scream for Ice Cream. So the fact that this episode is simply OK is indeed cause to rejoice.

My Grade: C

A priest who ministers to the homeless and disenfranchised, is able to see the faces of tormentors as an alien species. He has become frustrated with his lack of accomplishment and begins to lose faith. Add to that the fact that he has been given a death sentence, about three months to live. He confronts the aliens but is finally able to meet one of them. Not only does this person cure his disease, he give him the power to heal himself. He begins by saving the life of a young woman who is comatose after an accident crossing a street. Of course, he now has celebrity and for a while begins to bask in his fame. He has a colleague, a young priest who sees Jesus as the only one with healing power. He suspects something isn't kosher (oops! I guess they are Catholics). This is ultimately a moral battle, but its foundation, for me, is pretty much a cliché and depends on things that I find pretty restrictive when it comes to belief. It is interesting just as an "us" versus the aliens tale but the filmmakers couldn't resist going the next step. The acting is quite good and the scenes in the street are quite striking.