Series Premiere
Satan is cast out of Heaven in
what is seemingly a meter to earth. The impact and force of his landing emits divine
power that kills a group of human beings who are reborn as angels or messengers
armed with powers to fight in the coming Apocalypse against the four horseman. One
messenger was on earth for seven years, while 5 others were chosen at the
arrival of Satan with another messenger yet to be determined. So far the 6 messengers
have the power of future visions, understanding in any language, telepathy,
healing, and strength with some powers still remaining to be seen. Each
messengers has dramatic struggles present in their personal life in addition to coming
to terms with their new found power.
Wikipedia
A mysterious object plummets to Earth, sending out a shock wave that causes
five strangers to die, only to miraculously come back to life moments later.
The members of the group are Vera (Shantel VanSanten), a struggling
radio-astronomer living in New Mexico who is searching for her missing son;
Erin (Sofia Black-D'Elia), a young mother in Tucson, Arizona who is desperate
to protect her seven-year-old daughter Amy from her abusive policeman
ex-husband; Peter (Joel Courtney), a troubled high school student and orphan in
Little Rock, Arkansas; Raul (J.D. Pardo), a federal agent in Mexico who is
looking to escape his dangerous and violent undercover assignment; and Joshua
(Jon Fletcher), a charismatic second-generation televangelist in Houston,
Texas. Most mysterious of all is the figure known only as The Man (Diogo
Morgado), who offers Vera the location of her abducted son if she will help him
with one morally complicated task which puts her on a collision course with
Rose (Anna Diop), a nurse in Houston who has been in a coma for seven years
after being shot by an unknown hitman. Drawn together by fate and biblical
prophecy, the "Messengers" soon learn they now have supernatural
gifts that might be the only hope for preventing the impending Rapture.
IMBD
A mysterious object
crashes on earth and a group of unconnected strangers die from an energy pulse
it emits, but then re-awaken to find out that they have been deemed responsible
for preventing the impending Apocalypse
Mack’s Thoughts
The CW has another show with
caters to super natural appetites but the Friday night time slot is often a
series killer. I thoroughly enjoy this show and the cast of characters, which
means it will probably be cancelled. The CW loves starting a story and then
ending in once fans become involved but fails to produce big numbers. This show
has a lot of potential but it requires a strong viewership to survive. Oh how I
loved The Tomorrow People and The Secret Circle, Star Crossed and The Birds of
Prey but The CW often produces great shows that they fail to let flourish. No
disrespect to Super Natural or Vampire Diaries fans but if you are going to
keep producing season after season of the same shows then why waste time
producing new ones and then cancelling them. Why just maintain the entire prime
time line up with the same type of show to appease viewership and ratings. In
any event, this show might fair greater with another vehicle like Netflix
especially with the success of Dare Devil. I love a good live action superheroes/comic
series but I think there is also room for original shows with heroic content.
Comments from other Messengers
are welcomed below.
-Mack Nichols
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