Originally Posted by nateman241

How have the reviews been for this show? It looks interesting, but by the ads, this show looks like a show critics will hate.

Originally Posted by Chew

It's George Michael's comeback vehicle!

Originally Posted by DJariya

Also, an FYI, this show was created by Greg Berlanti, formerly of Brothers & Sisters.

Originally Posted by Ayre

From Studio Briefing 29 January 2008:
Pediatrics Academy Condemns ABC Drama
Despite encountering outrage from the American Academy of Pediatrics, ABC said Monday that it plans to go ahead with the planned broadcast of an episode of the new legal drama Eli Stone in which the title character convinces a jury that mercury in a vaccine was responsible for a child's autism. The Academy and numerous health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, dispute such claims, citing many studies that rule out any link between childhood vaccines and autism. In a statement, AAP President Dr. Renée Jenkins said, "A television show that perpetuates the myth that vaccines cause autism is the height of reckless irresponsibility." She said that if parents who watch the program "choose to deny their children immunizations, ABC will share in the responsibility for the suffering and deaths that occur as a result." The network said that it would agree to air a disclaimer at the opening of the show stating that the story is fictional.

From Studio Briefing 30 January 2008:
ABC Attacked From All Sides Over Vaccine Drama
ABC has been caught in a tug of war over a forthcoming premiere episode of the legal drama Eli Stone, which deals with a lawsuit against a pharmaceutical company claiming that a vaccine was responsible for a boy's autism. On Monday, the program was denounced by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which warned that it could cause many parents to refuse to allow their children to be vaccinated against life-threatening disease. It asked ABC to withdraw the show. In its response, the network said that it would not do so but would air a disclaimer at the beginning of the show stating that the story was fictional. On Tuesday, an organization called SafeMinds, composed mostly of researchers and parents who claim that their children were diagnosed with autism or other disorders after receiving vaccines that used thimerosal, a mercury-containing compound, as a preservative, asked that ABC resist the AAP's request to remove the episode. The group applauded ABC for resisting the AAP's demands and said that the program "is a needed addition to continued discourse on this important subject for our children's health."

Originally Posted by TheNightFlier

I enjoyed it.

Originally Posted by Thrush

I liked it better the 1st time I saw it, when it was called Wonderfalls.

Originally Posted by movielib

Me too. Except that Wonderfalls was pure fantasy (and a terrific show) and didn't irresponsibly bring in excruciatingly bad science such as this one did.

This show just seemed stupid on all levels. Even leaving out the aneurysm "vision" element, it makes David Kelley's wacky Boston Legal look like a documentary.