G vs E

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G vs E was an American fantasy-based television action series that aired on USA Network during the 1999–2000 TV season. The series later switched to the Sci Fi Channel. The series starred Clayton Rohner, Richard Brooks, and Marshall Bell. The title is an abbreviation of the phrase Good versus Evil and this version of the title was occasionally used in publicity for the series before its debut.

The series pitted a group of agents from Heaven who are assigned to "The Corps," a secret agent-style organization dedicated to eliminating the "Morlocks", a group of evildoers from Hell.

The series had a 1970s retro-hip style that was similar to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. The show was fast moving and harkened back to the blaxploitation films of the '70s. It also mixed spy-fi elements with the end of the millennium Zeitgeist of the late 1990s.

[edit] Plot

Chandler Smythe (Clayton Rohner), is murdered on his 35th birthday. He is then recruited as a agent of The Corps and becomes a partner to Henry McNeil (Richard Brooks). Henry was killed in the 1970s and still dresses like Shaft. The Corps, best described as God's police force on Earth, has the mission of locating citizens who have made a Faustian-style bargain with the agents of evil. When The Corps find a lost soul, they must decide whether to rehabilitate them or eliminate them from existence if they are beyond redemption.

Overseeing their patrols are Decker (Googy Gress) and Ford (Marshall Bell), who give the weekly assignments. Deacon Jones acts as series narrator and appears on screen as "The Deacon". The Deacon is the representation of the wrathful, Old Testement version of God. He is very strict, bad tempered and unforgiving.

Chandler's teenage son Ben, played by (Tony Denman), occasionally appears. Chandler guides him in subtle ways.

The Corps itself functions much like any police force does, with various departments and a city-based structure. Paramedics, supply officers, spies, intelligence agents, forensic specialists, therapists, and munitions experts are all on hand to help with cases. They operate throughout the world in various cities. Chandler and Henry work out of the Hollywood station. They are based at Ravenswood, a high-rise art-deco establishment, which also doubles as purgatory.

All the agents of The Corps have gone through a violent, mortal death, but they are not immortal. They can "die" again, and the second time often means they go to heaven permanently, should they have done enough to earn redemption. Injury can happen to them, as can all the usual mental anguish that mortals suffer. Corps agents have no magical powers to give them an advantage over the opposition. Another limitation is that agents of The Corps cannot have any intimate contact with mortals. They also cannot contact overtly their friends and family from their previous life.

The Corps battle with two types of foes: the Faustians and the Morlocks. The Faustians are ordinary people who have made a deal with the forces of evil and bask in the fortunes that such a deal allows them on Earth. The Morlocks are Faustians who have died their mortal death and are now the ground troops for the dark side. They are identifiable as people who have suddenly become sarcastic and courageous to extreme degrees. In addition, Morlocks have strange reflections in mirrors, and they cannot be easily killed. Any member of The Corps who dies at the hands of a Morlock immediately becomes a Morlock as well.

Both Morlocks and The Corps have double agents planted in each other's ranks.