PICS & QUIPS From
Father Bernard's
Episode
'Strange'
stars Richard Coyle as John Strange, a defrocked
priest who left the church after he became
a suspect in a series of
brutal murders, including the death of his girlfriend. Strange is convinced
that demons were behind
the killings, but nobody
believes him. The police are forced to let him go to lack of sufficient
evidence, but the police are
keeping an eye on him. Strange
sets out on a mission to locate the demons and prove his innocence. He
is joined in his
quest for the truth by Jude
Atkins (Samantha Janus), a nurse whose former partner was a demon and whose
son may
have demon genes as well.
Strange meets constant opposition from Canon Adolphus Black (Ian Richardson),
who rejects
his claims that demons are
present in England. Canon Black is a mysterious and rather sinister character
who may know
more than he is letting
on. The pilot episode was broadcast on BBC1 on 9 March 2002, and the first
(and only season)
was broadcast between 31
May and 5 July 2003.
"Asmoth" was the seventh
and final episode of the series, and features Tom Baker as Father Bernard,
a blind priest and
a close friend of Strange
who knows from personal experience that demons are real. Strange reveals
to Jude that a demon
had clawed out Bernard's
eyes to prevent him from recognising it again. The police suspect Strange
when human bones
are discovered in a locker
at a local swimming pool. A demon is suspected when it is revealed that
the bones had been
gnawed. Father Benard is
convinced that they are dealing with Asmoth, a demon that devours its victims
alive. However,
Father Bernard is attacked
at the monastery, and Strange finds that he may be faced with a killer
who is all too human.
Quote:
Father
Bernard: Dreams can have many meanings.
I myself have spent entire nights in the arms of Sophia Loren,
which is quite ridiculous. I wouldn't give her a second look in real life.
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