Into the Fire

Perception has been cancelled after three seasons. Eric McCormack plays a brilliant schizophrenic professor and neuropsychiatrist (Dr. Daniel Pierce) who fights through his illusions to assist FBI Special Agent Kate Moretti (Rachael Leigh Cook) investigate homicides.

Dr. Pierce's hallucinations frustrate him but also end up expressing situations in their argumentative dialogue with him which lead to "perceptions" of the suspects which then lead him to solving cases. Perception is an entertaining drama rife with the cynicism of a man who understands his condition but can do little to totally eliminate the recurring symptoms. His cryptic scientific explanations and examples of emotions by outlining the precision of the brain's reaction to stimuli often provide his students with embarrassing data and plenty of humor. 

Through the course of working with Kate, Daniel denies himself the admittance of falling in love with her, knowing his mental illness makes him fragile and unreliable. When she appears to become a runaway bride, the final episode resolves her disappearance with some vigilante justice which plagues the conscience of the morally ambiguous Daniel.

Perception often mocked the existence of God and insinuated some leftwing slants through Daniel's character, but it was well acted particularly by Eric McCormack. It was at times difficult to watch Daniel's struggles, the creators of the series choosing not to make him a totally sympathetic character and instead designing him as an abrupt, often caustic personality, seemingly unaware of his rude demeanor.

For whatever reasons, viewers didn't seem to follow through with Perception after watching Rizzoli and Isles, and after double digit percentage drops in their audience, there will be no more Perception.  

Lord, there are many television producers and writers who push ungodly agendas across the screens, but your Word tells us you will not be mocked. No matter how hard they try, Truth will prevail. In the Name of Jesus, Amen.