Return of “The Exorcist”: The Top 25 Shows of 2016, No. 21

When Fox announced last May that a series adaptation of The Exorcist would be added to its schedule this fall critics and fans had dozens of questions Would the show be connected in any way to the legendary 1973 movie and the novel that inspired it Eventual answer Yes Would it have an exorcismoftheweek structure Eventual answer No Would Linda Blair make a guest appearance or cameo of some kind Answer Hasnamp8217t happened so far and if she does it wonamp8217t be as her character from the movieThe biggest surprise on any series anywhere this season came at the end of the fifth episode when Angela Rance the beleaguered Chicago businesswoman wife and mother played by Geena Davis pictured at top admitted to her priest that her real name is Regan MacNeil amp8211 the very same individual who as a 12yearold in Georgetown had decades earlier been famously possessed by an especially malicious demon Angela had been prompted to make this confession by the realization that her teenage daughter Casey was in similar danger That stunner was immediately followed by another amp8211 the arrival in the Windy City of Reganamp8217s estranged mother Chris MacNeil played with great power by Sharon Gless taking over from Ellen Burstyn who had learned of her daughteramp8217s fresh hell on television and was anxious to mend fences and help herMuch horror followed as the series delved everdeeper into story details from the movie Remember Captain Howdy ShudderUnfortunately The Exorcist got too intense and unpleasant in its most recent episodes going to places nobody ever wanted this story to go and undercutting the central strength of this story amp8211 the idea that the love that cements a motherdaughter bond or the relationship between any parent and child was strong enough to withstand any evil That basic construct was literally broken right before our eyesBut The Exorcist is still worth calling attention to More than 40 years after it began it is still one of the scariest tales ever to be toldamp160 Should Fox elect not to renew it I sure hope it moves over to a cable network preferably FXPreviously in the Top 25amp160countdownNo 22 Tosh0 is Still TV39s Funniest ShowNo 23 Kelly Ripa39s Cavalcade of CoHostsNo 24 Sarah Paulson Kate McKinnon on NBC Late NightNo 25 Hallmark39s Happy Yule LogClick the social buttons above or below to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this article are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated bloggersamp160amp160

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