G vs E
Ian Berriman, Deputy Editor
Total Recall
Personal recollections of cherished sci-fi
Twenty years ago, one of the regular highlights of my week was heading round my mate’s flat to watch TV. We’d start with VHSes of Doctor Who and Buffy. Three or four beers later, we’d be in a fit state to enjoy G vs E.
This short-lived series (latterly retitled Good vs Evil) ran for just 22 episodes (two, implausibly, scripted by Battlestar Galactica’s Ronald D Moore). The pitch: murdered reporter Chandler Smythe (Clayton Rohner) is resurrected as a member of The Corps, a secret organisation on the side of the angels. Their mission: to make “Faustians” - people who have signed away their soul for success - renounce their pact with the Devil. If a Faustian dies, they become a demonic, horned “Morlock”. Thankfully, Corps agents are equipped with special daggers for killing those.