TREKS IN SCI-FI FORUM

NBC announced that the mid-season drama “Raines” will debut on Thursday, March 15 (10-11 p.m. ET) followed by a second episode on March 22 before the series settles in its regular day and time on Friday, March 30 (9-10 p.m. ET).

The announcement was made by Kevin Reilly, President, NBC Entertainment.

“We have been eagerly anticipating the premiere of this attractive and quirky new drama since we announced it last May at Upfront,” said Reilly. “Combining the creative talents on and off camera with star Jeff Goldblum and Emmy-winning executive producer Graham Yost brings something uniquely different to NBC this Spring.”

Emmy Award-winning writer-producer Graham Yost (”From Earth to the Moon,” “Band of Brothers,” “Boomtown”) and star Jeff Goldblum (”The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “Independence Day,” “The Fly”) combine creative forces in the inventive police-drama that blends traditional noir storytelling with humor and intrigue.

Eccentric LAPD Detective Michael Raines (Goldblum) has a unique ability â€" his imagination is so keen that when he’s on a murder case, the murder victims actually take shape in front of him. At first he thinks he’s losing his mind, but he finds that talking to these constantly evolving hallucinations (they’re figments of his imagination, not ghosts) helps him discover their killers.

Also prominent in Raines’ life are: his understanding boss, Captain Daniel Lewis (Matt Craven, “From the Earth to the Moon”); an antagonistic uniformed officer, Remi Boyer (Dov Davidoff, “Third Watch”); Boyer’s long-suffering partner, Officer Michelle Lance (Linda Park, “Star Trek: Enterprise”); sharp-tongued civilian employee, Carolyn Crumley (Nicole Sullivan, “MadTV”); his former partner, Charlie Lincoln (Malik Yoba, “Thief”), and therapist Samantha Kohl, (Madeleine Stowe, “The Last of the Mohicans,” “We Were Soldiers”).

“Raines” is from NBC Universal Television Studio.



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Thats great that Linda Park is in this, will have to watch to see how she does.

Yeah I'm a Jeff Goldblum fan but the reason this show caught my eye was because of Linda Park. Speaking of Linda Park does anyone know if she's the sister of Grace Park (Boomer) from BSG?

Goldblum is one cool cat.  Can't wait to see this show.

According to Wikipedia, Grace and Linda are not related.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_Park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Park_%28actress%29

“Raines” A Different Sort of Cop

"Raines” is not your ordinary police detective. He is neurotic, paranoid, internal and, oh yes, he thinks he sees and talks to dead murder victims.

Emmy Award-winning executive producer-writer Graham Yost (”Band of Brothers,” “From the Earth to the Moon,” “Boomtown”) and star Jeff Goldblum (”The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “Independence Day,” “The Fly”) combine forces in “Raines,” an inventive police drama that blends traditional noir storytelling with humor and intrigue.

Eccentric LAPD Detective Michael Raines (Goldblum) uses his unique imagination to focus on every murder case in such a way that the murder victims actually begin to take shape in front of him. At first, he thinks he’s losing his mind, but he then uses the constantly evolving hallucinations â€" which are figments of his imagination and not ghosts â€" to help him discover the victims’ killers. Raines struggles to accept this peculiar gift â€" or burden â€" and reconcile it with his daily life.

Also prominent in Raines’ life are his understanding boss, Captain Daniel Lewis (Matt Craven, “From the Earth to the Moon”); an antagonistic uniformed officer, Remi Boyer (Dov Davidoff, “Third Watch”); Boyer’s long-suffering partner, Officer Michelle Lance (Linda Park, “Star Trek: Enterprise”); sharp-tongued civilian employee, Carolyn Crumley (Nicole Sullivan, “MADtv”); his former partner, Charlie Lincoln (Malik Yoba, “Thief”); and therapist, Samantha Kohl (Madeleine Stowe, “The Last of the Mohicans,” “We Were Soldiers”).

“Raines” premieres tonight at 10/9C on NBC.

Did anyone else watch this?

My family did and with the exception of couple of lines... it was AWESOME!  Jeff mumbled through his lines in Goldblum fashion and it was fun to see Hoshi agian.  What a cool concept.. kind of like the sixth sense done tv, but not.

I liked the way the character teared up at the end, and it was really good.  I am looking forward to some more episodes.  Way cool.

What did you think?

I missed it.. forgot it was on.. I think they are repeating the fist episode again.. I'll have to catch it then.

if not, I can put it on DVD for you Kenny.  Just let me know.

Love,

Rick

This seems cool sorta a CSI like thing

The show was AMAZING!! a must see.

Yeah...but everyone would think him a wacko....

Quote from: moyer777 on March 17, 2007, 05:04:24 PM
if not, I can put it on DVD for you Kenny.  Just let me know.

Love,

Rick

Thanks for the offer Rick.. but you can download the premeire episode on itunes for free.. so I'll just download it from there.. thank again.

I am so going to watch Ranies if its free on itunes

Finally catching up on DVR stuff (which is why I am avoiding the BSG thread at this point) and last night we finally watched Raines.  What a great, great show.  Jeff Goldblum is great...a perfect role for his style...as a matter of fact I would not be surprised of the role was written with him in mind.  We will defintely be adding this to the permanent list for recording.

Oh and something that actually surprised me was the end with his old partner.  Usually I am pretty good at figuring things like that out, but I must have just been lost in the story or not paying close enough attention.....good on them.....

Really, really liked this first episode of the show.  So much so, I just recorded a "Ricos Reviews" for the ELR podcast for tonight.  Goldblum was great and the show was quirky and interesting too.  Definitely on my must see list now.  TIVO Season Pass!

I like your clips you got...

Well I watched the 2nd Raines episode.  EXCELLENT!  Man, great writing,  very funny,  it compells me to watch MORE!!! Jeff is such a great actor too. I really like the concept and the therapy session was awesome!  Very good show.  I hope it is successful, it's  moving to the slot of death... Fridays at nine.   Here's hoping!

:o

Man I keep missing it.. I guess it's still early enough to catch up.

Is this still on? I have seen any commercials for it.

It's on tonight at 9pm on NBC.

:)  I have saved some if you want me to record them on to DVD. They are pretty cool.

Yep - moved to it's "normal" slot on Friday's now.  A very cool show.

Rico-  I think you will really like this Raines epsiode.  It had comic books in it.  Very fun.

Yes, I very much like the show as well. It has one of the coolest opening sequence of all the new shows and all the characters have a great sense of humor. Miss the recent show cause my DVR's hard disk wore out. Just got it replaced this past weekend, hope to catch a rerun or the next show.

I can't wait to sit down an watch these.. a very special friend bought me the entire season from itunes for Easter.  Now I just need to find the time and watch the first four episodes.

I'm digging this show.  Goldblum rocks it!