Eli Stone: Unwritten
By fred | October 29, 2008
(S02E03) Eli Stone was cured, last season. He got ride of his aneurysm and of the visions that come with it (or so he thought). But after realizing what it would mean for him to be free of it, namely that it would be passed on to his brother Nate, Eli decided that this was his calling after all, he took it back, accepted the job and so the show could have a second season.
Awesome, but not that simple. Lots of things have been going on since the season began, many changes not only for Eli, bur for everyone else, starting with Jordan. Jordan has a new vision his company (or an old one…), one more like what Eli has been fighting for recently, one that his associates didn’t really agreed with. And so, continuing with the show’s tradition of constant changes and evolution, this all had to be settled.
An awful lot of visions for Eli this week, and not one song. It was all about business, and his future with Jordan. While not everything he saw might actually come to life, the basic idea will, that is their relationship is evolving, has evolved already. They’ve always had great respect for one another, they got closer last season as Jordan went back to court and shared old memories with Eli, and now, they are friends, actual friends.
To get there though, Eli had to appear as if he was giving up on Jordan, and Jordan had to eventually lose his company, despite wining the trial. But this will only be a new beginning for the show, as now the entire company can focus on the same thing, instead of trying to prevent Eli from accomplishing what needs to be done. While it will be interesting to see who eventually comes to the new company and who leave to the old one, I have to talk about the trial.
I don’t know how they managed to win, because I feel Jordan’s lawyers were pretty awful at their job. I mean, it seems the napkin and what it represents, that Jordan’s “new” direction for the firm was actually the original one, only came by mistake almost, while it should have been brought up because that was their case. Just like they didn’t seem to care to mention that Jordan, before the accident, was already in a meeting putting his new ideas into motion, which in itself proves that those cannot be resulting from the traumatic experience that hadn’t happened just yet.
Taylor also managed to open the door to what she told her mother, which she obviously couldn’t not have been aware of, but that was nothing compared to not letting Jordan answer when Eli was brought up. I’m sorry, but one man can see another man doing some good actions, and be inspired by those and decide to make changes in his own actions, doing good too, without having to share whatever beliefs that first guy has. If you see someone helping the poor, which he does because he believes in God, and you are touched by his doings and start to help, that doesn’t automatically mean you believe in God too!!
Whatever beliefs Eli might have, they are his. Jordan wasn’t sharing those, he was only reminded on his original intention for his company by watching Eli doing what they all wanted to do 30 years ago. As crazy as Eli can be, that doesn’t mean Jordan is crazy too, and to not let Jordan answer like they did, to me, was like he really shouldn’t answer because he had something to hide, because he too believed he was on a mission from God or something…
