Eleventh Hour"Miracle"
Original Air Date: Jan 22, 2009
Nicola – TwoCents Staff Writer
nicola@thetwocentscorp.com
As a Washingtonian, the first scene of Eleventh Hour this week seems oddly familiar. A terrible downpour leaves a father and son with no choice but to head for the hills. And so Daniel Harris and his son Nick flee, and as they drive to safety we learn of young Nicky’s cancer. A cancer that’s not to last much longer, as when they park they discover a magic spring, and upon drinking from it, Nicky’s cancer is gone.
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Original Air Date: January 22, 2009
Nicola – TwoCents Staff Writer
nicola@thetwocentscorp.com
As a Washingtonian, the first scene of Eleventh Hour this week seems oddly familiar. A terrible downpour leaves a father and son with no choice but to head for the hills. And so Daniel Harris and his son Nick flee, and as they drive to safety we learn of young Nicky’s cancer. A cancer that’s not to last much longer, as when they park they discover a magic spring, and upon drinking from it, Nicky’s cancer is gone.
A few weeks later, Nicky is exactly as a little boy should be. That is, not taking chemo pills and not coming in for surgery. However, Dr. Reeves doesn’t buy into this “miracle spring” business, so she takes Nicky in for an exam anyway. The nonbeliever is proven wrong, however, when they see that there is no more tumor growing on Nicky’s kidney.
Of course, when word gets out people flock to the spring to cure what ails them, and of course Jacob gets wind of it. Rachel would like nothing more than a weekend to pursue… extracurricular activities… but Hood isn’t having it (literally), and she agrees. After all, this miracle spring can’t be for real, and therefore sick people who forego real treatment for water are just going to get worse, not better.
They visit the spring and Hood buys some water for testing. Already the ill-effects have affected the ill, and one of the sick people, Lily, collapses when she’s had too much water and not enough medicine. She’s taken to the local hospital, a building still suffering from the results of the recent flood. Luckily there are some skilled maintenance men on the job. Jacob wants the water tested but Dr. Reeves has gotten there first – she’s tested the water and as far as she can tell it’s just water. Well, this “just water” isn’t just water to the man who owns it, Travis Dobbs. To Dobbs it’s a cash cow and also a death sentence – someone doesn’t want the water spreading, and Dobbs pays the price for it. His body is found lying in the spring. Not miraculous enough to cure death, evidently.
Jacob believes that someone’s been contaminating the water and is going to act soon to flush the contaminants out. He wants to find the underground source before it’s too late. One more piece of the puzzle is found when one of the sick people dies after drinking too much water. His body shows signs of radiation poisoning and lo and behold, Jacob finds out that the spring runs under what was formerly a storage depot for depleted uranium. Strange coincidence, hmm? Seems to be, especially when the depot is tested and shows no more than background radiation. This is obviously not the source.
Dr. Reeves isn’t giving up without a fight. And that’s what she gets. Her body is discovered, and though it looks like she slit her own wrists, Rachel isn’t convinced. First of all, there were no hesitation marks. And second of all, she didn’t make any arrangements for her dog. No responsible pet owner would go and do that! Jacob picks up where she left off with her testing and turns the water into ice cubes. The miracle ice cubes sink! Jacob explains to all of us dummies that this means that this is heavy water, which is loaded with extra neurons. It shrinks some tumors, which is good. But it also causes radiation poisoning, which is bad. It’s used for making nuclear weapons, and besides the old uranium depot, there’s only one place that could provide enough nuclear waste – the hospital, what with their radiation wing to treat cancer.
Jacob investigates and finds all the equipment needed to make a dirty bomb. It turns out the maintenance workers have troubled pasts, and Rachel goes in to take them out. They head up to their hideout and take them out (rather easily, in my opinion). The medicinal/poisoned spring can go back to being normal!
It was nice to see Jacob getting a bit more emotionally involved for a change, what with the back story of his wife dying of cancer. As much as I enjoy his calm, collected, scientific exterior, I like his emotional side too. Rachel seemed to take a back seat this episode, I suppose because this was really Hood’s crusade. He was much more human in this episode, reaching out for something he couldn’t ever have but wanting it all the same. What do you guys think? How much more will his shell crack?
I would like to see Hood and Rachel talk about more personal stuff between them. I mean if they're partners, I am sure they would become close friends and talk about anything.
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