Is it possible to change life midstream and get back to who you are at your core? From Greg Berlanti ("Brothers & Sisters," "Dirty Sexy Money," "Everwood") and Marc Guggenheim ("Brothers & Sisters," "Law & Order," "The Practice") comes a story about a lawyer who finds himself at a crossroads in life, caught between the man he has become and the man he wants to be... even if that means being a prophet.

Eli's fate rests in the hands of his brother, Nathan, on ABC's "Eli Stone," THURSDAY, APRIL 17 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET). The case of a man's right to die coincides with Eli's surgery to remove his brain aneurysm -- a procedure that develops complications which could leave him in a vegetative state for the rest of his life. As Eli's client tries to die with dignity, Nathan wrestles with whether to remove Eli from life support, and Dr. Chen realizes the secret of his connection to Eli. And Eli comes face to face with... God? If so, why does the almighty look so much like George Michael?

The premiere of "Eli Stone" finished the ABC sweep with a 7.3/12 at 10 p.m. CBS got a 7.1/12 from "Without a Trace," while a second hour of "The Apprentice" on NBC improved to 5.7/9.

Eli becomes convinced that his earlier visions of an earthquake in San Francisco will come true, so he takes matters into his own hands in an effort to save the city.

When a teenaged girl is expelled for playing George Michael's "I Want Your Sex" during an abstinence education assembly at school, the pop superstar (playing himself) retains Eli's legal counsel on the girl's behalf. Jordan coyly assigns himself to the case alongside Eli, failing miserably to hide his obsessive adoration for the singer. A vision motivates Eli to go on his first date since his engagement broke off... with Beth Keller, the girl to whom he lost his virginity and who harbors a shocking secret about Eli's brother, Nathan. Meanwhile, Taylor and Matt get a little closer when they're assigned to work together on a case representing a judge ailing from cancer suing the man who refuses to donate his bone marrow — the judge's estranged son.

After a pilgrimage to the Himalayas to scatter his dad's ashes and two weeks without visions, Eli has returned to work reinvigorated. Maggie, a first-year associate at W.P.K., suggests he take the case of a married couple from Mexico -- farmhands seeking compensation against a large produce manufacturer whose pesticide made the wife and her co-workers infertile. Eli resists taking the case until a singing boys' choir and a biplane - his visions, returned - persuade him otherwise. Unfortunately, his clients are keeping two secrets from him, challenging both their marriage and their American citizenship.

Eli gets a glimpse into his own surprising future. A vision of the future prompts Eli to take the case of a prisoner who's been denied parole-and happens to be a former client of Keith's. Unfortunately, the timing couldn't be worse because law firm partner Marci Klein (guest star Katey Sagal) is in town to investigate why the firm's Fortune 500 clients are leaving in droves (hint: it's Eli's fault), which could mean the end of Jordan's reign as senior partner. Meanwhile, Matt's efforts to win Taylor over lead to the case of two gay chimpanzees.