In a modern world where magic supplanted science, the unaired pilot featured two non-intersecting stories: the death of a city executive at the hands of a wrongful convict, and the introduction of terrorists who are devoted to the destruction of magic.
Acting
Battlestar alums Helfer, Callis, Bamber reunited.
Production
Magic-as-technology worldbuilding in 44 minutes.
Writing
Two non-intersecting plots = ambitious misfire.
Director
Michael Rymer
Tricia Helfer
Morgana Kurlansky
Stockard Channing
Detective Sergeant Mira Barkley
James Callis
John Bosson
Jamie Bamber
Caolán Longstreet
Esai Morales
Liam Butterfield
Eamonn Walker
Wilder Blanks
Matt Long
Jimmy Travers
Quinn Lord
Leo Shetland
Brandon Jay McLaren
Andres Lopez
Heather Doerksen
Samantha Shetland
Luc Roderique
Frank Daltry
Eric Keenleyside
Delmore Keaton
Robert Moloney
Deputy Mayor Ben Cole
Lanette Ware
Judge Leslie Harowan
Valin Shinyei
Boyle Longstreet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Ron Moore's follow-up to Battlestar Galactica's finale, reuniting half his cast in one go.
NBC passed after this pilot, making it a fascinating graveyard of 2011's 'heightened reality' trend.
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