Salvation 1 season, 8 episodes
Let's start off with a quick recap, because that's what Claire Riesen does. She's the lady of the city – but we'll get to that. So … God has disappeared and there is a war between Heaven and Earth. The bad guys (subjectively) are the angels: some archangels, most notably Michael and Gabriel that lead the charge, but for the most part the major problem is the 8-Balls. These are lower-level angels who take over the bodies of human beings and turn their eyes dark black and their teeth pointy – and the world is just FULL of them. There is also prophecy about "The Chosen One" – who turns out to be a handsome dude named Alex, who has tattoos all over his body that change and somehow message what he's to do next. So, basically everyone we care about is in Vega, which used to be Las Vegas.
We catch up with Michael bathing in the ocean and we get a butt shot. A woman (played by WWE's Alicia Fox) spots him and he spots her and then she bolts. Later, Michael wanders into Mallory, Alabama, surrenders his weapons, and learns from a nice lady named Laurel that their town is totally protected from 8Balls. Everyone's super religious and Michael wonders if God - "Father" - actually DOES still exist and if Mallory is proof. Back in Vega, David Whele gets super angry at Claire when they figure out some angels survived the bombing, while Alex and Noma pillage a school and take some supplies to fix the truck and unknowingly pick up an 8-Ball hitchhiker.
It turns out that the 8-Ball hitchhiker is named Pete, and Alex and Noma are shocked to find that Alex is able to perform an eviction on him and remove the angel from his body. David Whele, meanwhile, has taken matters into his own hands and gathered all the wealthy citizens of Vega to figure out what to do about Claire giving away hotel space to poor people. He murders a guy in plain view to scare everyone and tells everyone to come to him first – and also to ruin the poor people's lives more than they're already ruined.
Then something amazing happens! Pete! No longer an 8-Ball, Alex and Noma are surprised to find him alive and realize that he's special, so they take him under their wing (Noma literally, Alex, figuratively) and agree to protect him. All of this, while Gabriel decides it's time to do what he's wanted to do for a while now – burn Vega to the ground. Also, someone needs to find his sister, Uriel. She's missing.
