''Matrix'' is a Canadian fantasy adventure series that ran for 13 episodes in 1993. The series was broadcast by
CTV
CTV may refer to:
Television
* Connected TV, or Smart TV, a TV set with integrated internet
North America and South America
* CTV Television Network, a Canadian television network owned by Bell Media
** CTV 2, a secondary Canadian televisio ...
in Canada, and the
USA Network in the
United States. The series was rebroadcast in 2000.
Synopsis
The series starred
Nick Mancuso as Steven Matrix, a
hitman who is killed during a job and sent to a version of
Purgatory called The City In-Between. There he is given a choice: to be sent to
Hell
In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell ...
for all the murders he's committed, or return to Earth and help people. Once alive again, Matrix receives periodic assignments from The City In-Between.
Cast
* Phillip JarrettBilly Hicks
*
Carrie-Anne MossLiz Teel
*
John VernonNarrator
Production
The central premise of this series may be derived from "Sea of Fire", an episode of the TV series ''
The Equalizer
''The Equalizer'' is an American spy thriller multimedia franchise initially co-created by Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim, and originating with a CBS television series from 1985 to 1989, starring Edward Woodward. The concept was thereafte ...
''. In that episode, Robert McCall (
Edward Woodward's character) attempts to scare a street gang into going straight by taking them to a morgue. There, McCall introduces the gang to one of his friends, a former hit man, who relates a dream he had of standing beside a sea of fire, surrounded by all the people he ever killed.
Episode list
Rebroadcast
In 1999,
Carrie-Anne Moss starred in ''
The Matrix'', which had no relationship to the television series apart from its title and Moss' involvement.
[ As a result, ''Matrix'' was made available for syndication in Canada and the United States.
]
References
External links
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1990s Canadian drama television series
1993 Canadian television series debuts
1993 Canadian television series endings
Fiction about purgatory
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