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''Miracles'' was an American drama television program starring Skeet Ulrich and Angus Macfadyen. Created by Richard Hatem and Michael Petroni, the series has sometimes been dubbed a "spiritual version of ''The X-Files''" by its creators.〔Hatem, Richard (Series Creator). 2005. "The Making of Miracles: Interview with Series Creator Richard Hatem", ''Miracles'' The Complete Series (), Los Angeles, CA: Shout Factory.〕 Following the pilot, David Greenwalt, co-creator of ''Angel'' (the spin-off of ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'') served as the show's executive producer and head writer for the remaining twelve episodes. ''Miracles'' follows Paul Callan, an investigator of modern miracles for the Catholic Church who questions his faith after repeatedly finding mundane explanations for various supposed phenomena. After he witnesses a true, supernatural miracle that saves his life, only for his findings to be dismissed on a lack of evidence, Paul leaves behind the Church and is approached by Alva Keel to join his organization Sodalitas Quaerito, investigating and cataloging "unexplainable" phenomena. Along with former police officer Evelyn Santos, Paul and Alva attempt to battle the impending "darkness" before it's too late. The series premiered as part of ABC's "Super Monday" line-up on January 27, 2003. Six episodes were broadcast on ABC before the series was canceled because of low ratings, with its final broadcast episode drawing just 5.7 million viewers on March 31, 2003.〔(TV.com listing )〕 The series was preempted a number of times during its run, once for a rebroadcast of the documentary special ''Living with Michael Jackson'' and various other times to air news magazine specials about the then-developing Iraq War. ''Miracles'' fans, angered by the cancellation and what they saw as ABC's mismanagement of the show's Monday 10:00pm time slot, began a fan campaign to revive the show. Fans wrote messages on napkins (referencing a plot point in the pilot episode) and mailed them to various networks hoping the show would be revived by another network; however, efforts were unsuccessful and the show did not continue past its initial order of thirteen episodes.〔(Official website )〕 ==Plot== The series begins as Paul Callan (Skeet Ulrich), an investigator of modern miracles for the Catholic Church at the Archdiocese of Boston, is feeling frustrated with disappointing groups of believers each time he investigates, and disproves the authenticity of supposed "miracles". Upon the advice of his mentor, Father "Poppi" Calero (Héctor Elizondo), Paul takes a sabbatical. While working in Arizona, Paul receives a phone call from Poppi asking him to investigate the case of a young boy with supposed healing powers in the nearby town of Cottonwood. Paul finally sees a true miracle when he sees that young Tommy Ferguson (Jacob Smith) can truly heal people, but every time Tommy heals someone, his own rare disease worsens. When Paul is involved in a near fatal car accident, Tommy uses his healing power for the last time and dies healing Paul, but not before both of them see Paul's blood form itself into the words "God is Now Here" on his broken windshield. His faith restored, Paul returns to the Church, only for the Monsignor to dismiss his report. Paul resigns out of frustration, and later discovers that Poppi never called him about Tommy Ferguson's case. Later, while at a diner, a man named Alva Keel (Angus Macfadyen) propositions Paul with a job offer at his organisation, Sodalitas Quaerito (Latin for "Brotherhood in search of truth"). Keel tells Paul that his encounter with "hemography", blood forming itself into readable words, is part of a large, dark impending event, and has appeared to six other people in the past 25 years, only every time the message has appeared as "God is Nowhere". Paul teams up with Keel and Evelyn Santos (Marisa Ramirez), a former police officer, to investigate his paranormal experience and discover a solution to the impending darkness.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Miracles (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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