After experiencing a series of odd hallucinations, including a crooning vision of George Michael, successful lawyer Eli Stone turns to his neurologist brother, Nathan, only to be told there's nothing wrong with him. As the visions persist, he's anxious to find the cause of his delirium and seeks the help of Dr. Chen, a Chinese acupuncturist who specializes in holistic medicine. Though skeptical of his practice, Eli finds …more
After a pilgrimage to the Himalayas to scatter his dad's ashes and two weeks without visions, Eli has returned to work reinvigorated. Maggie, a first-year associate at W.P.K., suggests he take the case of a married couple from Mexico -- farmhands seeking compensation against a large produce manufacturer whose pesticide made the wife and her co-workers infertile. Eli resists taking the case until his visions return, persua…more
As if Eli didn't have enough to worry about with his upcoming engagement party, his latest visions -- which transport him to a World War II battlefield -- prompt him to take the case of a National Guard Specialist serving in Iraq who is suing her ex-husband over custody of their son. Taylor is representing the ex-husband. With help from his spiritual guru Dr. Chen, Eli recalls a childhood memory of his father that reminds…more
As if visions of George Michael weren't enough, Eli's latest revelation is of a man who appears in his TV set asking for help. To his surprise, the man turns out to be a patient of Nathan's who's awoken from a five-year coma only to learn he's lost his company to his wife and her new husband - and he asks Eli to sue to get his old life back. Eli realizes that the only way to do this is to challenge the annulment of the ma…more
The “new Eli” gets another chance to make right a case the "old Eli" won through questionable tactics on behalf a large motor vehicle manufacturer. Patti brings to light Martin Posner's surprising culpability in the suit -- though not nearly as surprising as how she discovered it. Meanwhile Jordan introduces two new associates who've joined W.P.K. his daughter and Eli's ex-fiancé, Taylor, and Keith Bennett, whose sel…more
After a literal song and dance routine in court, Eli is called before the State Bar of California for a hearing to determine whether he's fit to practice law. Unable to find a lawyer to represent him, Taylor pleads with her dad, Jordan, to defend Eli's law license. Jordan agrees to represent Eli, but a new problem presents itself when Eli's brother, Nathan, is forced to choose between helping his brother and lying under o…more
Eli adjusts to his new position at the law firm without an office, a secretary, or the ability to try cases himself - all in the same week that he's being chased by a fire-breathing dragon. The dragon fly-bys prompt him to take the case of a 15-year-old boy whose mother was killed by the medical malpractice of a Dr. Agon. Unfortunately, Agon used to work at the same hospital where Eli's brother, Nathan, is employed. Makin…more
Eli is shaken literally -- by his latest vision: The "Big One" hitting San Francisco. With Dr. Chen's help, he realizes that the epicenter of the quake is the neighborhood Eli's client is trying to evict in order to turn the area into a shopping mall, and realizes too that the only way to save these people is to help his client kick them out of their homes. With the stakes this high, Eli is willing to do whatever it takes…more
When a teenaged girl is expelled for playing George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" during an abstinence education assembly at school, the pop superstar retains Eli's legal counsel on the girl's behalf. Jordan coyly assigns himself to the case alongside Eli, failing miserably to hide his obsessive adoration for the singer. A vision motivates Eli to go on his first date since his engagement broke off--- with Beth Keller, the g…more
Eli's visions send him back in time to the day his father died, the same week his brother, Nathan, is sued for giving a heart transplant to another patient. But when Nate withholds information that could be detrimental to his case, the flashbacks help Eli to understand the emotional secret his brother has been hiding for years... and give Eli the chance he missed to say goodbye to his father and make amends. Meanwhile, Ma…more
A vision of the future prompts Eli to take the case of a prisoner who's been denied parole and happens to be a former client of Keith's. Unfortunately, the timing couldn't be worse because law firm partner Marci Klein is in town to investigate why the firm's Fortune 500 clients are leaving in droves, which could mean the end of Jordan's reign as senior partner. Meanwhile, Matt's efforts to win Taylor over lead to the case…more
Eli has a vision of himself sitting in the back of a taxicab traveling on the Golden Gate Bridge when suddenly the earthquake hits. Unfortunately nobody believes him until Dr. Chen tells him about a scientist, Daniel Foote, who predicts the same earthquake. With Foote's help, Eli sues the city of San Francisco to get it to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge before it's too late. But he's opposed in court by W.P.K senior par…more
The case of a man's right to die coincides with Eli's surgery to remove his brain aneurysm -- a procedure that develops complications which could leave him in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. As Eli's client tries to die with dignity, Nathan wrestles with whether to remove Eli from life support, and Dr. Chen realizes the secret of his connection to Eli. And Eli comes face to face with--- God? If so, why does t…more