'Eli Stone': A supernatural comedic legal drama? Updated
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lawyer sees strange visions, is diagnosed with an inoperable
brain aneurysm and suddenly changes his ways, helping his
little-guy clients.  Is it because of his illness, or is Eli
Stone (premiering Thursday, 10 ET/PT) a modern-day prophet used
by God to effect social change?  That's one mystery for ABC's
newest comedic legal drama, starring Jonny Lee Miller as the
attorney with those strange hallucinations — including a
crooning '80s pop star, George Michael.  No matter to those
clients, including a soldier home from Iraq fighting a custody
battle; a farm-worker couple complaining that pesticides caused
sterility; and a woman claiming vaccine preservatives caused her
son's autism.  Eli's spiritual bent is unusual in prime-time TV,
an aspect that attracted ABC's interest.  "Spirituality felt
like a cultural phenomenon right now; people are talking about
transformation," says co-creator Greg B