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Eli Stone

Eli Stone is an American comedy legal drama television series created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. They served as executive producers alongside Ken Olin, who directed the pilot, with Melissa Berman producing. The series aired on ABC from January 31, 2008, to July 11, 2009, for two seasons. The series follows Stone (Jonny Lee Miller), a San Francisco lawyer who begins to have hallucinations (such as a George Michael soundtrack that only he can hear and getting dive-bombed by a World War I biplane on a busy San Francisco street) which leads him to two possible conclusions: side effects from his potentially fatal brain aneurysm, or the chance that something greater is at work. His visions lead him to accept cases with little monetary gain but a lot of moral goodness, while also occasionally accurately predicting things like earthquakes or plane crashes. Other such events occur throughout the course of the series, but the series was cancelled before reaching a coherent conclusion. The series has been met with generally favorable reviews from critics, and both seasons have been released on DVD.

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Eli Stone is an American comedy legal drama television series created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim. They served as executive producers alongside Ken Olin, who directed the pilot, with Melissa Berman producing. The series aired on ABC from January 31, 2008, to July 11, 2009, for two seasons. The series follows Stone (Jonny Lee Miller), a San Francisco lawyer who begins to have hallucinations (such as a George Michael soundtrack that only he can hear and getting dive-bombed by a World War I biplane on a busy San Francisco street) which leads him to two possible conclusions: side effects from his potentially fatal brain aneurysm, or the chance that something greater is at work. His visions lead him to accept cases with little monetary gain but a lot of moral goodness, while also occasionally accurately predicting things like earthquakes or plane crashes. Other such events occur throughout the course of the series, but the series was cancelled before reaching a coherent conclusion. The series has been met with generally favorable reviews from critics, and both seasons have been released on DVD.

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  1. release date: 2009-03-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
  2. release date: 2009-08-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "2009-03-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. The record states that the release date is "2009-08-18". What evidence would count against this claim?
  4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

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