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Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco representing only the biggest and richest corporations that

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 8 - Praying for Time
    7.2/10(144 votes)

    #1 - Praying for Time

    S1:E8

    Eli has a vision of an earthquake in San Francisco. Dr.Chen helps Eli realise that the quake is in the region where his client is planning on building a shopping mall by evicting the residents from their home. Eli understands that the only way to protect the people is by his client evicting the people by any means necessary even bribing the judge.

    Director:David Petrarca
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 4 - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
    7.3/10(156 votes)

    #2 - Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go

    S1:E4

    Eli has a revelation when a man appears on his TV set and asks for help. The man turns out to be one of Nathan's patients who just awoke from a coma after five years to find his wife has taken over his company and has a new husband. He asks Eli to sue in order to get his life back on track.

    Director:David Petrarca
    Writers:Wendy Mericle, Courtney Kemp Agboh

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  3. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 2 - Freedom
    7.4/10(197 votes)

    #3 - Freedom

    S1:E2

    After a pilgrimage to the Himalayas to scatter his dad's ashes and two weeks without visions, Eli has returned to work reinvigorated. Maggie, a first-year associate at W.P.K., suggests he take the case of a married couple from Mexico -- farmhands seeking compensation against a large produce manufacturer whose pesticide made the wife and her co-workers infertile. Eli resists taking the case until a singing boys' choir and a biplane his visions, returned persuade him otherwise. Unfortunately, his clients are keeping two secrets from him, challenging both their marriage and their American citizenship.

    Director:Michael Schultz
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 3 - Father Figure
    7.4/10(179 votes)

    #4 - Father Figure

    S1:E3

    As Eli worries about his engagement party, he has a vision that lands him in the middle of a World War II battle, leading him to take the case of a National Guard Specialist who is suing her ex-husband for custody of their son. Meanwhile, Jordan requires Eli to provide proof that he's fit to work, so Eli enlists his brother in helping falsify medical records

    Director:Christopher Misiano
    Writers:Brett Mahoney, Alex Taub

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  5. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 9 - Two Ministers
    7.4/10(116 votes)

    #5 - Two Ministers

    S2:E9

    When Nathan asks Eli to be the minister at his wedding, Eli is forced to turn to Frank's rival to undergo the "Dark Truth" ritual and learn what his visions mean. Meanwhile, Taylor and Matt get unwanted news about their unborn child, and Keith and Eli defend a minister in a discrimination case.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writers:Leila Gerstein, Wendy Mericle

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  6. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 5 - One More Try
    7.5/10(203 votes)

    #6 - One More Try

    S1:E5

    Eli gets a second attempt to make the case right which he previously won for a large motor vehicle by using questionable tactics. Meanwhile, Jordan introduces a couple of new associates added the W.P.K. named Taylor, who happens to be Jordan's daughter and Eli's ex-fiance, and Keith Bennett. Now Eli will have to deal with with ex-fiance in his office along with visions of him being in Hawaii. These impacts his case negatively due to his weird in the court.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Leila Gerstein

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  7. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 7 - Heal the Pain
    7.6/10(137 votes)

    #7 - Heal the Pain

    S1:E7

    Eli's new position at the law firm means that he does not have an office, secretary or the power to take cases. Eli takes the case of a 15 year old boy whose mother was killed due to a medical malpractice by Dr. Agon. Dr. Agon worked at the hospital where Nathan works, Eli will have to sue the hospital. Jordan, in the meanwhile, assigns Maggie to be be Eli's head and so Eli has no choice but to take instructions from her. Taylor, however, organizes a live performance by George Michael to square things up with Eli.

    Director:Sandy Smolan
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 5 - The Humanitarian
    7.6/10(106 votes)

    #8 - The Humanitarian

    S2:E5

    Eli and Jordan take on a case to force the government to allow clinical trials of marijuana to cure MS. However, the billionaire philanthropist who backs them soon realizes that his own soon, suffering from MS, doesn't wish to participate. Meanwhile, Maggie and Matt try to determine who the mole is within the new firm that is luring clients to Posner/Kline.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Wendy Mericle

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  9. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 9 - I Want Your Sex
    7.7/10(146 votes)

    #9 - I Want Your Sex

    S1:E9

    A teenage girl is expelled from school after playing George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" during the assembly. Jordan alongside Eli takes charge of the case, but Eli fails miserably in hiding his obsession for George Michael. Eli is motivated to go on date with Beth Keller, the girl with whom he had sex for the first time and who happens to know a big secret about Nathan. In the meantime, Taylor and Matt are working together on a case in which they are representing a judge suffering from cancer. They decide to sue the judge's son when he refuses to donate the bone marrow for his father.

    Director:Christopher Misiano
    Writers:Leila Gerstein, Wendy Mericle

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  10. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 10 - Sonoma
    7.7/10(96 votes)

    #10 - Sonoma

    S2:E10

    Eli, Maggie, Matt, and Taylor all end up working in the same case, in a small town called Sonoma. Eli and Maggie get much more close, but they end up having an argument.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 1 - Pilot
    7.8/10(306 votes)

    #11 - Pilot

    S1:E1

    Eli Stone finds his life at a crossroads and soon learns that he suffering from an inoperable brain aneurysm that's causing his hallucinations. Struggling to cope with the news, Eli begins to have visions that he is a prophet and decides to use his new found abilites for good.

    Director:Ken Olin
    Writers:Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim

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  12. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 6 - Something to Save
    7.8/10(142 votes)

    #12 - Something to Save

    S1:E6

    After performing a dance act in the courtroom, Eli's capabilities of practicing law have come under scrutiny and he appears before State Bar of California for a hearing to determine whether he's fit to practice law. However, its Taylor who pleads to her dad, Jordan, to defend Eli's law license. Jordan agrees to represent Eli but another situation develops, Nathan has to decide whether he should protect his brother or shall tell the truth.

    Director:Michael Schultz
    Writers:Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim

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  13. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 10 - Heartbeat
    7.8/10(131 votes)

    #13 - Heartbeat

    S1:E10

    Eli's visions take him way back to the day when his father died. It was the same week when Eli's brother, Nathan, was sued for carrying out a heart transplant of a patient. Eli's vision makes him aware of the fact that his brother is keeping a secret that could be of great help for his case. Also, Eli finds out that his ex-fiancee slept with Matt.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writer:Andrew Kreisberg

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  14. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 11 - Mortal Combat
    7.8/10(93 votes)

    #14 - Mortal Combat

    S2:E11

    While handling the Sonoma case, Eli and Maggie deal with the change in their relationship and Maggie meets a new man.

    Director:Michael Schultz
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 1 - The Path
    7.9/10(137 votes)

    #15 - The Path

    S2:E1

    After the operation, Eli appears to have lost his visions. However, when an incident with a crane puts Jordan's life in danger, it's Nathan that starts having visions that may save his life... if Eli can convince Taylor to listen.

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Andrew Kreisberg

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  16. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 4 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?
    7.9/10(112 votes)

    #16 - Should I Stay or Should I Go?

    S2:E4

    In the aftermath of Posner/Klein's departure, Eli tries to keep Matt with the firm by offering him a pro bono case concerning Homeland Security, and has a vision concerning Maggie's upcoming wedding.

    Director:Jamie Babbit
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 6 - Happy Birthday Nate
    7.9/10(105 votes)

    #17 - Happy Birthday Nate

    S2:E6

    Eli has visions from his father's point of view of Nathan's 12th birthday. Meanwhile, Taylor has news for Matt about her pregnancy, and Keith suspects Patti's daughter of using drugs.

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 11 - Patience
    8.0/10(197 votes)

    #18 - Patience

    S1:E11

    Eli takes up the case of a prisoner who is coincidently Keith's ex-client. Meanwhile, the law firm is visited by one of its partners, Marci Klein, who wants to investigate as to why the law firm was losing its Fortune 500 clients. This investigation by Marci could threaten Jordan's reign.

    Director:Perry Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 2 - Grace
    8.0/10(158 votes)

    #19 - Grace

    S2:E2

    A non-profit attorney has a mysterious fate that leads her to Eli... and the two become romantically involved. Meanwhile, Eli and Julie take on the case of a father who wishes to prevent his dead son from being buried with military honors.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 7 - Help
    8.0/10(113 votes)

    #20 - Help

    S2:E7

    Keith begins to doubt Angela's innocence, but Eli's vision leads him to believe she's innocent. When he understands what the vision truly means, he and Patti come to a turning point in their relationship. Meanwhile, Frank sets up Eli on a blind date, and Maggie gives advice to Matt on Taylor's pregnancy.

    Director:Michael Grossman
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 12 - Waiting For That Day
    8.1/10(140 votes)

    #21 - Waiting For That Day

    S1:E12

    Eli has a vision of traveling in a car when all of a sudden an earthquake hits the Golden Gate Bridge. Eli tries to warn people but nobody believes him until he meets Daniel Foote, a scientist that predicts the earthquake. Eli and Daniel try everything they can to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge by suing San Francisco only for Marci Klein to oppose them.

    Director:David Petrarca
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Eli Stone Season 1 Episode 13 - Soul Free
    8.1/10(174 votes)

    #22 - Soul Free

    S1:E13

    Eli goes in for an operation on his aneurysm, but it doesn't go as planned and Nathan is left with a difficult decision.

    Director:Michael Lange
    Writer:Andrew Kreisberg

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  23. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 3 - Unwritten
    8.1/10(106 votes)

    #23 - Unwritten

    S2:E3

    While Eli takes on a lead paint manufacturing case that may take him to the Supreme Court, Jordan is forced to defend his sanity in court. Meanwhile, Eli discovers his father's diary that contains a disturbing revelation.

    Director:Vincent Misiano
    Writers:Andrew Kreisberg, Leila Gerstein

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  24. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 8 - Owner of a Lonely Heart
    8.2/10(126 votes)

    #24 - Owner of a Lonely Heart

    S2:E8

    While representing a Nobel Prize winner destined to find the secret of cold fusion in the future, Eli undergoes a dangerous procedure with Chen's rival acupuncturist to see if he has a future with Ashley Cardiff. Meanwhile, Taylor learns more than she wants to about her father while representing him in his divorce.

    Director:Ron Underwood
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Eli Stone Season 2 Episode 12 - Tailspin
    8.2/10(95 votes)

    #25 - Tailspin

    S2:E12

    Eli starts to get envious of Maggie going out with Paul, especially since Paul works at Posner & Klein, where Maggie works. Meanwhile, Eli fights for the little man against a greedy CEO whose bad decisions cost hundreds of jobs.

    Director:Bethany Rooney
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Praying for Time" is the worst rated episode of "Eli Stone". It scored 7.2/10 based on 144 votes. Directed by David Petrarca and written by Unknown, it aired on 3/20/2008. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go".