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Set in the ancient English city of York, Eternal Law is about angels living amongst us, helping and guiding humans when they are at their most desperate. The series starts with one grumpy, seen-it-all-a-million times angel called Zak arriving to start a fresh tour of duty with his new colleague, the constantly amazed neophyte, Tom, who has never before spent time with humans. They live in a ramshackle house stuffed with books and paintings, where they are looked after by the beautiful, mysterious Mrs. Sheringham.
We discover that in his previous tour of duty Zak did a terrible, completely forbidden thing--he fell in love with a human woman, Hannah. To his horror he realises that Hannah has been put in York to tempt him, to test him. Although he loves her with every fibre of his body he knows he can never be with her. It is a cruel, bruised, aching romance.
There are angels in all walks of life but our angels are lawyers. Which means that, every episode, they have to deal with humans at their lowest and most exposed. It could be a man standing trial for murder; a bitter custody battle; a fight to save an old people's home; a frightened young squaddie accused of cowardice. Our angels strive their best to fight for their clients, to win their cases, to put them back on the straight and narrow. They don't always win but they always fight to the last.
Eternal Law is emotional, funny and fresh. Each episode ends with Zak and Tom high up on York Minster, wings out, sharing a bottle of wine and talking about this week's case. They find human beings complicated, contradictory, vain, baffling, greedy, passionate, illogical... and utterly, compellingly wonderful.
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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful
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Eternal Law is a brand new series produced by the same company that was responsible for Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes. With this sort of pedigree one could reasonably have expected something rather special or at least very different and this series certainly does not disappoint.
The basic premise is that two angels, Zak and Tom, are sent to earth with the mission of working as defence lawyers in York. Now there are many things that they could have been sent to do, but the idea of angelic lawyers could be considered by some as almost a contradiction in terms! However not being angels who shirk a challenge, they are guided towards certain cases where wrongs need to be righted and which are also very varied in terms of both subject and seriousness. For instance, three of the episodes concern murder or attempted murder, whilst another is a child custody case.
Zak is an old hand who has been to earth before and fell in love on the last occasion. His old flame, Hannah, who does not recognise him is working for Richard Pembroke, a fallen angel who is involved as a malevolent influence. Tom is a novice at dealing with the human situations he encounters, but learns fast. In the background guiding is the mysterious Mr Mountjoy, who we never see, but who may or may not be God.
Zak seems to find it particularly difficult to comply with the rule that an angel should not interfere with humanity's free will and regularly finds it necessary to bend the rules. One very amusing aspect is that Zak and Tom finish most episodes holding an end of day post mortem on the case, perched on top of York Minster, complete with wings. This was shamelessly lifted from Boston Legal - Season 1-5 [DVD] where Denny Crane and Alan Shore end each episode with a cigar and a drink on the balcony overlooking the city.
Although this series has not been greeted with universal acclaim by the professional critics I think this is unfair. The cast do well and I thought Sam West was particularly outstanding as Zak. Personally I found it good entertainment and the subject matter sufficiently different to be memorable. Given that it should be easy enough to think up interesting new cases for the guys to tackle, I would think there is plenty of scope for subsequent series of Eternal Law and I certainly hope we see more of them.
The basic premise is that two angels, Zak and Tom, are sent to earth with the mission of working as defence lawyers in York. Now there are many things that they could have been sent to do, but the idea of angelic lawyers could be considered by some as almost a contradiction in terms! However not being angels who shirk a challenge, they are guided towards certain cases where wrongs need to be righted and which are also very varied in terms of both subject and seriousness. For instance, three of the episodes concern murder or attempted murder, whilst another is a child custody case.
Zak is an old hand who has been to earth before and fell in love on the last occasion. His old flame, Hannah, who does not recognise him is working for Richard Pembroke, a fallen angel who is involved as a malevolent influence. Tom is a novice at dealing with the human situations he encounters, but learns fast. In the background guiding is the mysterious Mr Mountjoy, who we never see, but who may or may not be God.
Zak seems to find it particularly difficult to comply with the rule that an angel should not interfere with humanity's free will and regularly finds it necessary to bend the rules. One very amusing aspect is that Zak and Tom finish most episodes holding an end of day post mortem on the case, perched on top of York Minster, complete with wings. This was shamelessly lifted from Boston Legal - Season 1-5 [DVD] where Denny Crane and Alan Shore end each episode with a cigar and a drink on the balcony overlooking the city.
Although this series has not been greeted with universal acclaim by the professional critics I think this is unfair. The cast do well and I thought Sam West was particularly outstanding as Zak. Personally I found it good entertainment and the subject matter sufficiently different to be memorable. Given that it should be easy enough to think up interesting new cases for the guys to tackle, I would think there is plenty of scope for subsequent series of Eternal Law and I certainly hope we see more of them.
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
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The whole family is loving this new series. Original, witty and compelling. Are we comfortable with the idea of angels coming to earth to help out humanity? Some really interesting themes. I really hope they have a second series lined up soon.
21 of 24 people found the following review helpful
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being a big fan of life on mars and ashes to ashes i was excited to give this series ago, and im glad i did from the first episode i found myself gripped and desperately wanting to find out what happens next. i love the fact this is different from anything else ive watched and i found it refreshing cant wait to buy this it might not be for everybody but it certainly did it for me
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Heaven Can Wait A Bit Longer
One reason I am writing this is to counterbalance the long list of 5* reviews. Surely to merit 5* a series must be essentially without fault? Read more
Published 29 days ago by R. M. CURTIS
Rubbish!
What is going on with all these positive reviews??! This was really naff. Only watched the first episode as I like sci-fi/ supernatural stuff and thought it would be a great twist... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Steven Adams
Eternal Law
Beautifully edited and put together, the episodes run one into the next and leave you feeling really satisfied. Read more
Published 2 months ago by L. Bleach
Only ITV would axe such excellence.
This is a brilliantly conceived, written and acted series with fabulous settings. The BBC would have nursed it until it took off. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tony Heyes
Exhilarating television
What a joy this programme was. Superb acting, direction, scripts, casting and location (the best bit of tourism promotion for York ever). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Robin
Beautiful and funny
A lovely series that is funny, thoughtful, entertaining and makes you feel good. But not soppy! I hope TV makes another series. Great acting and photography too.
Published 3 months ago by Mrs. F. D. Pollard
Brilliant series
Love this DVD. A brilliant show and I loved the storyline. Even it being a bit of a fantasy drama it still had me watching. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rose Tyler
Little Dragon
WOW WHAT A CASE, WELL LETS SEE THE SECOND SERIES IF THEY COME OUT IT WILL BE VERY ENLIGHTENING AND ITS CRUCIAL FIGHT BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH IS WOWWWWWWW I REALLY HOPE THEY MAKE... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Little Dragon
Eternal Law
I loved this show and was blown away by the story line, kept me hooked. I reccommend this DVD as good watch and look forward to another series.
Published 3 months ago by pippadee
Pure Enjoyment
This was something that I wasn't originally going to watch when it first came on tv, but I thought I would give it a go as there was nothing else on at the time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. Dowden
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