Eternal Law

2012

Eternal Law

6.5 | en | Drama

Two angels are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP6 Episode 6

Feb. 09,2012

Mrs Sheringham is tempted by an offer to leave York, and Hannah has a decision to make. Meanwhile, Zak and Tom defend a man accused of murdering his brother. The man protests his innocence and as the angels strive to uncover what once bound the Hale brothers, they go head-on into battle with Richard, who has significantly raised his game.

EP5 Episode 5

Feb. 02,2012

Mrs Sheringham is tortured by memories of Billy. Zak and Hannah defend a young female soldier in a court martial, and Zak watches while Hannah gets closer to Major John Parker.

EP4 Episode 4

Jan. 26,2012

A whole community unites behind a single mother on trial for the stabbing of her alleged stalker - but Tom feels that there is more to this lonely and bereaved woman's story.

EP3 Episode 3

Jan. 19,2012

Zak and Tom defend an 82-year-old man accused of poisoning the owner of his care home and end up taking him to stay at the Belfry while the trial is on. Zak continues to be tormented by his feelings for Hannah, while Tom has a night on the town - much to Mrs Sheringham's disapproval.

EP2 Episode 2

Jan. 12,2012

A six-year-old asks Zak and Tom to intervene in a custody battle between his adoptive parents, but they find themselves facing Hannah and Richard when the case goes to court. Meanwhile, a mysterious package from Mr Mountjoy arrives at the Belfry, containing a grim relic of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

EP1 Episode 1

Jan. 05,2012

A pair of angels move to York and set up a legal practice to help humans in trouble. Their first case sees them try and prove the innocence of a man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend on her wedding day.

6.5 | en | Drama , Sci-Fi | More Info

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Synopsis

Two angels are sent to Earth in the guise of lawyers in order to help humankind.

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Cast

Samuel West , Orla Brady , Hattie Morahan

Director

Georgina Lowe

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Trailers

Cast

Samuel West

as Zak Gist

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Orla Brady

as Mrs. Sheringham

The Other Me Black Medicine Rose Plays Julie Star Trek: Picard The South Westerlies The Foreigner Banished Banished The Price of Desire

Hattie Morahan

as Hannah

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Reviews

Soulmai So I watched all the episodes in the end, reluctantly at first. Acting was fantastic, absolutely great, not once could I find fault. The script ........ wasn't bad.Either way, once I got past my scepticism about angels (them been lawyers more importantly) I mildly enjoyed more of the series. While the script isn't fantastic, a few flaws in the stories, it's regularly punctured by moments of genius which make up for the boring fluff and discrepancies. This series is certainly worth watching once.Acting 9/10.

brian-monahan I liked the premise of this short series - but many of the episodes story lines simply "ran out of runway". They needed more time or perhaps more of an arc should have been developed so that episodes always left you wanting to see the next one (as in LoM/A2A). This is, of course, difficult to establish ...We need more high-concept, intelligent moral dramas like Eternal Law - but they really are hard to justify for a highly commercial, prime time slot like ITV1 which has to constantly bring home the bacon on a number of fronts.My guess is that a more sympathetic and sustainable audience could still be gained on rerun without the pressure of generating huge audiences - this is not LoM/A2A after all - it could easily establish a solid following if more sensitively positioned. (By the way, we all watched it here unfailingly - even my youngest teenage daughter!)I will certainly be buying the DVD ... there were some good if occasionally uneven performances and the ideas behind the writing were actually top class (with a number of stunning LOL throwaway lines) - just perhaps a bit rushed and a little too "implicit" in places.

the-oldgoat Oh dear. The concept and the location both have a lot going for them, but you need a convincing story arc and much better scripts.I had actually got over the weird locations used in York for the market (no, St Helen's Square has a road through the middle, and those stalls hid the copious seating and the outdoor café), the hospital (the old Law courts beside the museum, next to the annoying bit of dual carriageway...) and began focusing on the plots and script. Ooops.Sorry, but when you compare this to some of the major drama series that have come out of Yorkshire in the last few decades - Heartbeat, All Creatures Great and Small, Open All Hours, The Royal - it just doesn't cut it.Guys, if you're going for another series, you need to seriously up the ante.

gaiter88 Okay so I watched the first one of these because I thought with this cast it deserved a look. Was a bit strange and not you traditional law drama but thought I'd watch it again this week (second episode) and I think it's actually quite good. Sure there will be people for whom the concept doesn't fit but I think if you can get you head around it and accept it it's actually a good drama, none the least because of the acting, all the main cast are good and Sam West is superb, that and the random but cool songs they seem to like playing in the end credits for me means it deserves a lot more than the 4.8 its currently rated at on here! If your open minded and like a your drama well-acted give it a try.