I don't know if you can make your peace with God, Mr. Carmichael. The result is a provocative drama that sometimes skids into the silly but carries us along with a cockeyed intensity. Its most serious offense may be that it has too much on its mind for a summer series. Frank Langella, Jason Gedrick, Peter Riegert and Harriet Sansom Harris are among the standout ensemble cast.
People distrust the media.
It's no big secret. We're just maggots feeding off the flesh of a story. An execution is not an everyday sort of real. There's no frame of reference. Alice Allenby acts as our guide through the morass, her lovely eyes as wide as saucers as she is seduced by the electronic miracle and the power of it all.