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is an American television crime drama series on TNT, which premiered on July 16, 2007 and stars Academy Award-winner Holly Hunter in her first TV series, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase, Laura San Giacomo, Leon Rippy, and Bokeem Woodbine. The show is set in Oklahoma City — including numerous shots of local buildings and landmarks (such as the Oklahoma City National Memorial the downtown skyline) — while much of the show was filmed on location in Vancouver and Los Angeles.
The theme song for the show is written and performed by US rapper/musician Everlast. The show is rated TV-MA for language, sexuality, and violence.
Plot
The plot focuses on Grace Hanadarko (Hunter), a smoking, binge-drinking, sexually promiscuous and adulterous Oklahoma City detective. In the series opener, Grace meets up with her "last-chance" angel, when after one of her drinking binges she runs down and kills a pedestrian with her Porsche. In desperation she calls out for God's help, and a scruffy, tobacco-spitting man who calls himself Earl (Rippy) appears. Unfolding his wings to reveal his divine origins, Earl tells her that she's headed for hell, and asks if she's ready to turn her life over to God. When he finally disappears, the person she struck is also gone and it's as if the accident never happened. The only evidence left is a small amount of the victim's blood on her blouse, which she brings to her best friend, forensics expert Rhetta Rodriguez (San Giacomo), to analyze. With Rhetta's help, Grace discovers that her accident "victim" is actually an inmate on death row, Leon Cooley (Woodbine), who is also visited by Earl on a regular basis.
Grace spends her time passionately investigating murders and other major crimes while on the job, and drinking heavily when not. At work she maintains a good relationship with various street people, whom she relies on for information and favors. Off the job Grace engages in numerous one-night stands and casual encounters with men, and is having an affair with her married partner, Ham Dewey (Johnson). One of her hobbies is flashing her elderly neighbor, happily indulging him as he waits at his window to watch her get in and out of the shower. Aside from her unconventional lifestyle, Grace is also an extraordinarily loving and generous person to those around her. In particular she loves her young nephew, and devotes a great deal of her time to him.
Earl appears to Grace throughout the series, hoping she'll turn away from her more self-destructive tendencies and seek God's help. Saving Grace does not promote any one religion but does use Grace's story to discuss the topic of faith, and how difficult faith can be in such an imperfect world.
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While hunting deer, Grace and Ham get called into work on their day off. Oilman Beau Grady was murdered with a tire iron. Grace unravels a love triangle between Beau, his business partner, and his wife--a triangle that reflects Grace’s relationships with Ham and Butch. For a pair of shoes, an informant named Pup supplies our officers with a man who may be helpful in solving the crime. Unfortunately, he turns out to be Lieutenant Yukon’s brother, and the results are disastrous. Rhetta starts an Earl file in the office, based on angel evidence Grace brings in. Earl attempts to get Grace closer to God by any means necessary--even wrestling her in Athens to prove a point. Leon and Grace try, but can’t remember what Earl looks like.
Dudley Payne (Character)
"Saving Grace"
- Bring It On, Earl (2007) TV Episode, Played by James Marsters
