SEASON 1, EPISODE 12
FAITH HEALER


Exposed as a bogus healer, Stewart Fishoff finds an old glove in an alley. To his
astonishment he discovers that it holds the miraculous power to absorb afflictions
and transfer them to others. But unless the glove quickly touches another person,
the ailment is turned back onto the wearer. Using the glove, Fishoff reaches
dizzying heights of fame, enabling the crippled to walk, the blind to see, and the deaf
to hear...all while secretly causing the deaths of innocent people. Catching his show
on TV, Jack recognizes the glove as an antique sold by Lewis Vendredi, and begins
to understand the true nature of Stewart's "miracles", but is it too late to stop him?


CAST & CREW

RYAN DALLION- JOHN D. LEMAY
MICKI FOSTER- LOUISE ROBEY
JACK MARSHAK- CHRIS WIGGINS
STEWART FISHOFF- MIGUEL FERNANDES
JERRY SCOTT- ROBERT SILVERMAN
MAN IN WHEELCHAIR- JOHN BETHUNE
SYLVIA- LYNNE GORMAN
COP- DAVID ROBERTSON
WOMAN WITH DOG- CATHERINE GALLANT
JOEY LESSING- EDDIE ROY
FAITH HEALER- ROBERT KING

Directed by- David Cronenberg
Written by- Christine Cornish
Created by- Larry B. Williams, Frank Mancuso Jr.
Produced by- Iain Paterson
Executive Producer- Frank Mancuso Jr.
Coordinating Producer- Ronald Sanders
Line Producer- J. Miles Dale
Executive Story Editor- William Taub
Story Editor- Roy Sallows
Story Consultant- Marc Scott Zicree
Supervising Executive- Barbara Sachs
Music Composed and Performed by- Fred Mollin
Casting by- Dierdre Bowen
L.A. Casting by- Fern Champion and Pamela Basker
Associate- Sue Swan
Director of Photography- Rodney Charters
Production Designer- Stephen Roloff
First Assistant Director- David M. Robertson
Editor- Gary L. Smith
Second Assistant Director- Francis R. Mahony III
Assistant Art Director- Adam Kolodziej
Third Assistant Director- Myron Hoffert
Assistant Production Manager- Norman Denver
Script Supervisor- Madeleine Duff
Assistant Camera- Patrick Stepien
Sound Recordist- Gabor Vadnay
Boom Operator- Francois Perrier
Location Manager- Robin Rockett
Production Coordinator- Margaret McNair
Production Accountant- Dawn MacNair
Stunt Coordination- The Stunt Team Inc.
Production Secretary- Mary Fraser
Story Assistant- Tracy Kennedy
Gaffer- Owen Taylor
Best Boy- Ian Bibby
Electricians- Kevin Murphy, John Bakker
Transportation Coordinator- Brenda Sportun
Key Grip- Carlo Campana
Dolly Grip- Ian Taylor
Grips- John Zulinski, Mitchell Holmes
Construction Coordinator- Jake De Villiers
Set Decorator- Marlene Puritt
Lead Set Dressers- Kimothy Steede, Alexandra Anthony
Property Master- Alex Kutschera
Lead Props- Frauke Illing
Wardrobe Mistress- Constance Buck
Wardrobe Coordinators- Maxyne Baker, Mia Sturup
Make-Up Artist- Ava Stone
Visual Effects Supervisor- Megan Hope-Ross
Special Effects Make-Up- Randy J. Daudlin
Special Effects Assistant- John Gajdecki
Special Effects Assistant- Nicolette Beasley
Special Effects Assistant- Bruce Turner
Post Production Supervisor- Bernadette Kelly
Post Production Coordinator- Barbara S. Edelstein
Sound Supervisor- Nolan Roberts
Sound Mixer- David Appleby
Sound Editor- Alban Streeter
Unit Manager- Sandra Delaney
Automobiles Furnished by- AI International
A Variety Arts Production
Produced in Association with Lexicon Productions Limited
and Hometown Films
Copyright 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation
All Rights Reserved













SOUNDS

Stewart: "Little bits of day, surrounded by an eternal night..."
Ryan: "We can get our bones busted and healed all in the same evening..."
Jerry: "Is this where you try out your magic top hat routine?"
Jerry: "I'm gonna break you, Stew, and this time you'll stay broken..."
Jack: "First the glove heals, and then the glove kills to pay for it..."


CORONER'S REPORT

1. Cop (David Robertson)- Died from affliction passed onto him
2. Woman With Dog (Catherine Gallant)- Died from affliction passed onto her
3. Joey (Eddie Roy)- Shot in chest
4. Stewart (Miguel Fernandes)- Shot to death
5. Jerry (Robert Silverman)- Died from affliction passed onto him


TRIVIA

QUESTIONS

1. What item exposed Stewart as a fraud in the opening scene?
2. Where did the healer's glove originate?
3. According to Jerry, how many bogus faith healers did he expose?
4. What was unique about the healer's glove?
5. What was Jack's past connection with Jerry?

ANSWERS

1. A fake contact lens exposed Stewart as a fraud.
2. Jack brought the glove back from Rome for Lewis Vendredi.
3. According to Jerry, he exposed over 400 bogus healers.
4. The glove heals one person, whose affliction is then passed onto another by touch.
5. Jack served with Jerry in the Merchant Marines.


AIR DATE

February 8, 1988


EPISODE RATING: 5

Decent special effects episode, despite a low budget...
Starts off quickly and is able to maintain its momentum throughout


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