Brimstone (TV series)

Did You Know?

• Brimstone was 13th-ranked on TVShowsOnDVD.com's list of unreleased shows until the website closed on May 25, 2018.
• Warner Home Video representatives stated in a 2008 Home Theater Forum chat that there were no plans to release Brimstone on DVD.

Plot

In 1983, Ezekiel "Zeke" Stone, a New York City Police Robbery-Homicide detective, arrested Gilbert Jax for raping Stone's wife Rosalyn. Two months later, Stone died in an unrelated incident and went to Hell because he had taken pleasure in the killing. In 1998, a mass breakout from Hell occurred, led by a 4000-year-old Canaanite priestess named Ashur Badaktu. The Devil, largely powerless on Earth, made a deal with Stone: return to Earth, track down all 113 escapees, and if he succeeded before one of them killed him, he would earn a second chance at life on Earth. The Devil often hindered Stone's work by withholding information or giving cryptic clues. An angel suggested that Stone had served God's purpose as well as the Devil's when he killed his wife's rapist. Both Stone and the escapees possess superhuman powers tied to their time in Hell. As immortal souls, they are unharmed by fire or falls, do not bleed, and have no heartbeat. They cannot be killed, and injuries can only be inflicted to their eyes, or by another escaped damned soul.

Cast

Peter Horton portrayed Ezekiel Stone. John Glover played the Devil. Lori Petty played Maxine, the front desk clerk of the motel Stone moves into after relocating to Los Angeles. Teri Polo portrayed Detective Sergeant Delilah Ash, later revealed to be the ancient Canaanite priestess Ashur Badaktu, who can control minds, teleport, shapeshift, and summon snakes. María Costa played Teresita, a waitress at a diner Stone frequents. Albert Hall played Father Cletus Horn, a blind Roman Catholic priest who later transfers to Los Angeles. Scott Lawrence played Detective Fraker, Ash's partner unaware of her true nature. Stacy Haiduk played Rosalyn Stone, Stone's wife who moved to Los Angeles after his death. Peter Woodward played Father Edward Salinas, a psychotic priest hanged in 1906 for murdering sixteen boys in Italy and eight in New York, who can melt objects by touching them. William McNamara played Gilbert Jax, a serial rapist whose eyes Stone cannot destroy without feeling the same rage as when he first killed him; birds fall dead from the sky in Jax's presence. Roger Yuan played Da Ming Po, a poet who can telekinetically control fabrics. Chad Morgan played Gwendolyn DuBare, a French maiden who can produce extreme heat and flames. Richard Brooks played Hasdrabul Skaras, a Carthaginian warrior who can blend in with his surroundings. Norbert Weisser played Martin Benedict, a repentant Dutchman who allied with the Nazis.

Broadcast

Since its cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward, usually in marathons during seasonal events such as "Creatureland", "Inhumanland", and "The 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns on July 28, 2007, in sporadic weekday marathons with no set schedule. In Peninsular Malaysia, delayed telecasts aired in 2012 with English dubbing and Malay subtitles on Fridays at 11:00 until 12:00 MST. Hong Kong also had delayed telecasts in 2012 with English dubbing and Chinese subtitles. A rerun for Ramadhan aired weekdays from July 23, 2012, to August 16, 2012. The final episode aired every afternoon, with a special airing on August 17, 2012, from 12:30 to 14:25 WIB due to the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence Day.