[Honorary Serb]

Why do they have to make a "progressive" (i.e., gnostic liberal protestant) Episcopal priest the protagonist? Why not a heroic orthodox Episcopal priest or Lutheran pastor struggling against a revisionist church body while working to provide pastoral care to his parish, love his family, and be true to his Lord? Why not a heroic Orthodox priest (perhaps an ex-Episcopalian) building a mission congregation in an upscale neighborhood scarred by the fallout of "mainline" revisionism and societal decadence (e.g., Father Basil meets "Desperate Houswives")?

Oh, I know very well why. To the "progressive"-oriented TV networks and the "creative" community of TV producers, writers, etc. such orthodox characters are classified as "fundagelicals" and "bigots". If cast on TV at all, they could only be cast as villains.

[BelegStrongbow]

What really needed to be said was countercultural in the 1960's and it is even more countercultural now. Of course, what needed saying then bears little to no relationship to what needs saying now, but I rest assured that NBC, et al, wouldn't say what needs saying until long after it is not worth talking about.

In Christ,
Deacon Paul+