Brimstone
Ezekial Stone, a former cop, planted evidence on his wife's rapist whom was subsequently convicted. While incarcerated the rapist was killed, thus rendering Stone a murder. Later, Stone was himself killed by a criminal. He is sent to Hell for his crime. However, 113 evil souls have escaped, and the Devil sends him back to Earth to recover them. Both Stone and the escaped souls can only be harmed or killed by each other, and they can be sent back to Hell if their eyes (the "windows to the soul") are destroyed. If Stone can recover all 113, then he'll be given a second chance at life...or so the Devil says.
- 1998-1999
- 1 season
- Fox Network
- Suspense, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- TV-14
Ezekial Stone, a former cop, planted evidence on his wife's rapist whom was subsequently convicted. While incarcerated the rapist was killed, thus rendering Stone a murder. Later, Stone was himself killed by a criminal. He is sent to Hell for his crime. However, 113 evil souls have escaped, and the Devil sends him back to Earth to recover them. Both Stone and the escaped souls can only be harmed or killed by each other, and they can be sent back to Hell if their eyes (the "windows to the soul") are destroyed. If Stone can recover all 113, then he'll be given a second chance at life...or so the Devil says.
Season 1 Episode Guide
13 Episodes 1998 - 1999
Episode 1
Pilot
Fri, Oct 23, 1998 45 mins
A dead cop condemned to Hell makes a deal with the Devil to recover 113 escaped souls, now loose on Earth, and earn a second chance at life on Earth. His first bounty is a deranged priest who sacrifices altar boys in a perverted attempt to prevent the Apocalypse.
Episode 2
Heat
Fri, Oct 30, 1998
600 years ago Gwendolyn set fire to those who raped her along with their families. Having escaped Hell, she causes terror at an L.A. college as Ezekiel finds himself conflicted over returning her to Hell.
Episode 3
Encore
Fri, Nov 6, 1998 60 mins
Stone hunts an escapee who has a personal connection to him. The Devil changes the rules in this one case.
Episode 4
Repentance
Fri, Nov 13, 1998 46 mins
Preying upon the homeless, a Nazi escapee is stealing eyes but insists he is repenting, being an 'Angel of Mercy'.
Episode 5
Poem
Fri, Nov 20, 1998 46 mins
In Chinatown, Stone hunts for a damned soul of a Tang Dynasty poet, who is killing young women "for love".
Episode 6
Executioner
Fri, Dec 4, 1998
Stone hunts an escaped damned soul who is electrocuting those he thinks have gotten away with their crimes.
Episode 7
Slayer
Fri, Dec 11, 1998
Stone is enjoying his lunch in the diner when a man called Hasdrabul Skaras approaches him and offers him a partnership. When Stone refuses, Skaras attacks him with his special blade with two spikes, one for each eye. After a gunfight, Stone barely escapes, and Skaras uses his cloaking power to vanish. Stone visits a museum to ask the curator about Skaras' name. He learns that the man is probably a Carthage warrior from the time of Ancient Rome who preys on women and children of vanquished warriors. Later, at the hotel, Stone meets Father Horn and the new receptions, Max. Stone eventually learns from a TV news report that Skaras is after the widows of a group of police officers and friends killed in the line of duty. Stone locates one of them, florist Gina Brayker, who helps him find a second widow, Madeline Fuller. However, she is under the protection of Detectives Ash and Clemens, who mistakenly believe that Stone is the one killing the widows.
Episode 8
Ashes
Fri, Dec 18, 1998
Ezekiel is hunting a serial arsonist with an interesting MO for a damned soul. Detective sergeant Delilah Ash joins him on the case and the two start falling for each other.
Episode 9
Lovers
Fri, Jan 8, 1999
A violent punk who died in 1967 is back and first shakes down an old man who he was owed money by. Stone finds he is romancing a beautiful young socialite. The devil withholds a piece of information.
Episode 10
Carrier
Fri, Jan 15, 1999
Good time gal 'Sally Ann' has an unique way of getting 'her man' and Stone may not be able to send her back to hell so easily.
Episode 11
Faces
Fri, Jan 29, 1999
Stone meets a teen-aged boy who was abused by his step-father and now wants revenge.
Episode 12
It's a Helluva Life
Fri, Feb 5, 1999 60 mins
The devil shows Stone how his actions condemned him to hell and how his beloved wife will also soon die because of him, but a surprisingly familiar new ally explains to Ezekiel that the future can be different.
Episode 13
Mourning After
Fri, Feb 12, 1999 60 mins
As Valentine's Day approaches, Zeke wrestles with the idea of revealing himself to his wife but, each time he comes close, he is interrupted. Snakes, or visions of snakes, lead to an investigation that reveals several attacks in the same neighborhood and involves the real estate agent who has been dating Rosalyn.
