Promotional poster for "The Messengers".
From Patrick G. Keenan over at Lena Lamoray:
The Messengers is coming to CW. I must admit I’ve been highly anticipating this new CW series as I’m a big fan of anything that combines angels and an impending apocalypse. And right out of the gate it looks like the series will deliver on those two things in spades. The pilot opens in Houston, Texas with two hospital employees having a genial conversation in the parking lot. Suddenly, a man walks up quoting Revelations from the Bible and guns one of them down. We then flash forward seven years to what we can only assume is the present day. At this point we begin to be introduced to our five diverse main characters, who are from different locations. In the desert of New Mexico we have Vera, played by Shantel VanSanten, who is a scientist for the National Deep Space Agency and she is alerted to a meteoric body hurtling towards Earth. Meanwhile in Arizona, we have Erin, played by Sofia Black-D’Elia, who has a daughter and seemingly is going through a tough divorce from her husband. Down in Mexico, we find Paul, played by JD Pardo, an undercover DEA agent who is in the midst of an attempt to bring down the cartel. In Houston, we have Joshua, played by Jon Fletcher, and he’s following in his daddy’s footsteps as a televangelist. Rounding out our five leads is the bullied high school swimmer from Arkansas named Peter. Peter is very well played by Joel Courtney, who my fellow geeks will quickly recognize from Super 8. I’m thinking Peter is sure to be a fan favorite and the champion audiences will empathize with the most. He’s bullied, lives in a foster home and has previously attempted suicide. We get the most background on him and you can’t help but want to cheer him on when he confronts those bullying him.
From OMFG TV:
The CW network has released the synopsis for the Series Premiere of The Messengers, which you can check out below. The installment, titled “Awakening,” is officially described as follows:
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THE WHEELS OF REVELATION HAVE BEGUN TO TURN — A mysterious object plummets to Earth, sending out a shock wave that causes five strangers to perish, only to miraculously come back to life moments later. The group includes Vera (Shantel VanSanten), a struggling radio-astronomer searching for her missing son; Erin (Sofia Black-D’Elia), a young mother desperate to protect her seven year old daughter (guest star Madison Dellamea) from an abusive ex-husband (guest star Lane Garrison); Peter (Joel Courtney), a troubled high school student; Raul (JD Pardo), a federal agent looking to escape his dangerous and violent undercover assignment; and Joshua (Jon Fletcher), a charismatic second-generation televangelist. Most mysterious of all is the figure known only as The Man (Diogo Morgado), who offers Vera the one thing she wants most in life – if she will help him with one morally complicated task which puts her on a collision course with Rose (Anna Diop), a nurse who has been in a coma for seven years. Drawn together by fate and biblical prophecy, the “Messengers” soon learn they have supernatural gifts that might be the only hope for preventing the impending Rapture. Craig Frank also stars.
The Messengers “Awakening” was directed by Stephen Williams and written by Eoghan O’Donnell. The episode airs Friday, April 17, at 9pm on The CW.
