Miracles - Season 1

First aired: 1/27/2003 13 episodes

Episodes

1. The Ferguson Syndrome

Aired: 1/27/2003

Paul Callan works as an investigator of miracles for the Archdiocese of Boston. Growing weary of his job and the tests it places on his faith, he takes a leave of absence and travels to Arizona to work on an Indian Reservation. While there, Father Calero calls him and asks him to investigate a young boy, Tommy Ferguson, who supposedly has the power to heal others. Skeptical at first, Paul meets with Tommy and witnesses his abilities. He discovers that the young boy is dying, and that every time he heals another, his own health deteriorates. He also learns that his path and Tommy's are somehow inexorably linked. When Paul is in a potentially fatal car crash, Tommy uses his power for the last time, and gives his own life to save Paul. As Tommy heals him, Paul sees the words, ""God Is Now Here"" written in his own blood. His faith renewed, Paul returns to the church but the Monsignor dismisses his findings, causing him to resign. Paul is then approached by a stranger named Alva Keel who tel

2. The Friendly Skies

Aired: 2/3/2003

A commercial airliner disappears for one minute and 4 seconds and Sodalitas Quaerito including their new recruit, Paul, is called in to investigate. During the course of that minute and 4 seconds, each passenger experienced a different phenomenon and it's up to Paul, Keel & Evelyn to explain the ""paranormal ramifications"" of this bizarre occurrence. They interview, among others, a child who has seen her own bleak future, a paralyzed woman who has regained her ability to walk and talk, and a flight attendant who is now speaking in tongues and lecturing on the physics of world destruction. They determine that the aircraft somehow entered a higher realm, one where what a person thinks becomes reality. Each passenger experienced with great realism whatever was on their mind at that moment. However, after only a few hours it becomes obvious that these visions and abilities are fading. Paul tries desperately to reunite the crippled woman with her husband while she can still talk to him but t

3. The Patient

Aired: 2/10/2003

A doctor's work with a patient suffering from a paralyzing disease yields unusual results - the patient can suddenly communicate through his computer. The patient soon displays unusual abilities and knowledge. When Paul investigates he meets with the doctor's daughter and the two start to become close. Alva soon determines the patient is possessed by a entity, but it's already taunting Paul and the doctor, and convinces the doctor knock out Paul and give other patients an overdose. Alva shuts down the patient's life support long enough to drive the entity out and Paul stops the doctor...who reveals his daughter died of the same disease two years ago.

4. Little Miss Lost

Aired: 3/3/2003

Paul is shaken when a bus explodes after he sees the visage of a young girl aboard. After the tragedy, Paul learns that the unidentified body of a small girl is being held in the local morgue. The body is amazingly without any scars or evidence of the explosion, although he is certain that she is the girl he saw. Soon another disaster occurs, also accompanied by a vision of the girl and another identical unclaimed body. After further visitations and tragedies, Paul realizes that the girl's ghostly appearance is causing these catastrophes and he searches for a way to placate the disturbed spirit. The investigation leads the team to Rosanna Wye, the now aged mother of the young girl. The telling of her story and their ultimate reunion finally puts the little girl's spirit to rest.

5. The Bone Scatterer

Aired: 3/10/2003

SQ receives an anonymous call from a terrified man who claims that his gruesome dreams in which people are violently killed are becoming a reality. Paul, Keel and Evelyn follow the trail to the small town of Red Deer, Michigan, where three people have been recently murdered. While looking into the case, they are approached by a shy, frightened high school boy, Travis Prescott, the son of the local Sheriff. Travis tells them he is the one who called. He feels somehow responsible for the deaths and claims that he needs to be stopped before someone else dies. Paul decides to stay with Travis overnight and watch him to ensure that he is not actually responsible. Before he falls asleep Travis tells Paul about his best friend, Jimmy who lives in a nearby town. The next morning Travis claims that he has killed again, but Paul attests to the fact that Travis never left his sight. Meanwhile, Keel learns of the local Indian legend of the Bone Scatterer. Tribal belief held that twins were conside

6. Hand of God

Aired: 3/31/2003

Paul comes under investigation by the police after a woman is found murdered in her home, leaving behind her diary where she had sketched his name and image, along with the words ""God is nowhere"". Shocked by this irrefutable reference to his own paranormal experience and unable to get a straight answer from Alva, Paul breaks into the locked files on hemography and discovers that three other individuals who experienced the same phenomenon have also been murdered. Angry with Alva for keeping such vital information secret, Paul sets out on his own for Denver to warn a fifth person, a woman, of the unknown threat. Before he is able to reach her, he is apprehended by the police and taken in for questioning. While there, he receives word of her murder. Paul is released from custody, and goes to find the killer's final target, a man living in Oregon. Paul hurries to the man's house where both he and the intended victim are accosted by a boy, Chad Goodwell. He is shocked to learn that this you

7. You Are My Sunshine

Aired: 11/14/2003

Paul nurses his ex-girlfriend back to health after she suffers from a fall in an old house she has rented. The house has a dark past, however, and Paul becomes possessed by the essence of a crazed killer who once lived there. This essence brings Paul's darkest character traits, like anger and jealousy, and he becomes scary and violent. Evelyn and Keel must rush to save him before something goes terribly wrong.

8. The Battle at Shadow Ridge

Aired: 11/21/2003

After two young kids spot the ghost of a Confederate soldier, Paul and Keel are sent to investigate. The soon discover that due to certain conditions, the small Virginian town is caught in a time slip, where the past and present are co-exisiting. They soon discover that to settle the soul of the soldier, they must send him a message.

9. Mother's Daughter

Aired: 11/28/2003

Paul and Alva investigate a young Amish girl who shows signs of stigmata, and discover that she is being taken over by another personality. Her family believes the devil has a hold on her, but Alva suspects she may be channeling the spirit of a young suicide victim.

10. Saint Debbie

Aired: 12/5/2003

SQ are called to investigate when a woman seems to be miraculously healed after a diner robbery where her neck was sliced. Keel begins to fall for her, but Paul suspects she's lying, and he and Evelyn soon discover ""Saint Debbie""'s secret. But they soon discover that there are such things as small miracles.

11. The Ghost

Aired: 12/12/2003

Paul and the gang investigate a haunted real estate office. Everyone who works there is convinced that there is a ghost, all except Larry Kittredge, the owner. Paul and the others discover that Larry believes the ghost is his dead son who has come back to him. As the hauntings worsen, SQ must convince him that it is he, not his son, who is responsible.

12. The Letter

Aired: 12/19/2003

A friend of Paul's begins to receive letters from her deceased father. Paul tracks them back to an inmate on death row for murder (he was a hit-man). Paul learns that the inmate is responsible for the death of his friend's father. The inmate, who is illiterate, has been convulsively writing letters to the relatives of all the people he ever killed, and he believes that this is a sign that God has redeemed him.

13. Paul is Dead

Aired: 12/26/2003

As Paul begins seeing the ghost of Tommy around, SQ investigates a TV psychic. They soon discover he's fake, but the psychic then has a real vision/revelation regarding Paul. Later, after Matty disappears, Paul decides to contact Tommy to find out what he wants and how to help Matty. But the only way to that is...to die.