Faces (29 Jan. 1999)

Director:

Larry Carroll

Stars:

Peter Horton, John Glover, John Apicella

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Peter Horton	...	Ezekiel Stone
John Glover	...	The Devil
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Apicella	...	Donny
Joanna Canton	...	Tammy
Greg Ellis	...	Vic
Stefan Gierasch	...	Charles Reed (as Steven Gierasch)
Jerry Hardin	...	Thurston Driscoll
Heidi Kling	...	Maggie
Rawnie Leigh	...	Discoll's Granddaughter
Michael C. Mahon	...	Carl Traynor
Billy O'Sullivan	...	Brian Reed
Lori Petty	...	Max
Timilee Romolini	...	Shannon
Octavia Spencer	...	Duty Nurse (as Octavia L. Spencer)
Taffy Wallace	...	Taffy

Storyline

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Release Date:

29 January 1999 (USA)

Company Credits

User Reviews

Wacky Weird

This was one of the last episodes of this series, and Billy O'Sullivan plays the role of a kid who died at 15 in a shootout with police. Billy had been abused by his father, and his therapist had used Bill's life as the foundation for a best-selling book. So Billy comes back from the dead, and he has split demonic personalities and is also angry at the people that hurt him.

At this point, Detective Stone spent every episode trying to pass philosophical judgment on the demons that he was hunting down. The dumb thing about it is that Stone would be having a discussion with the Devil (played by John Glover) about whether or not the kid belonged in hell. Meanwhile, the kid was killing people all over town, and Stone did not seem to think that was worth factoring into the discussion.

Stone tries to befriend Billy, and on numerous occasions, Billy takes on one of his alter-egos (Vic or Jenny/Tammy) and puts a beatdown on Stone, who then creeps back to his apartment to wonder if Billy is a bad kid.

I think this episode was a good example of why this show got canceled. In order to create more screen time for John Glover (who provided the best lines and the best acting), the writers took the easy way, and turned Detective Stone into an emotional cripple that needed constant motivation from the Devil.

Too bad. The Devil character could have been used better, and Stone could have been more active and less whiny. John Glover could have been used more to help Stone find the demons, instead of just popping up to tell Stone that he deserved to go to hell. That gets old after about six episodes!

The chemistry of the show was kind of depressing and whiny towards the last 3-4 episodes. The last few episodes are hard to watch without fast- forward.