Another failed WB pilot has been loosed from the grip of failure and is making the rounds across the Internet…and in this case, kids, I have to tell you, the WB is completely out of its mind for rejecting this one.

I’m not a modern comic book reader (preferring my collection of 60’s-era Superman and Batman comics; anyone else fondly remember the 80-Page Giant for a quarter?), so I wasn’t familiar with the “graphic novels” on which Global Frequency is based. The complete low-down on the comic mythology is available at http://www.globalfrequency.org/ for those interested, but the basic rundown is that Miranda Zero (Michelle Forbes, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Homicide: Life on the Street) has created a world-wide organization designed to save the world from itself. Anyone you know can be on the Global Frequency; anyone who is the best at whatever it is they do, anyway. When Sean Flynn (Josh Hopkins, Ally McBeal, Cold Case - the character’s name is listed elsewhere on the Net inaccurately as Sean Ronin) stumbles over half a corpse in an alley holding a ringing telephone, his life is altered forever…and so is ours.

Aleph (Aimee Garcia, All About The Andersons), the Central Dispatcher for Global Frequency, and Miranda explain to Sean the organization, and the current mission he has stumbled upon (hey, the audience needs to know somehow, even if it is a little far-fetched that a secretive organization like this one would divulge this kind of information to any schlub who answers one of its telephones) - David Riggs, whose corpse is only half-there, has been tracking strange bursts of radiation in the San Francisco area over the past few months. They are increasing in intensity, and computers project they will become large enough to tear up entire city blocks within the next 55 minutes. Sean is sent Dr. Katrina Finch (Jenni Baird, All Saints, Crash Palace both Australian TV series) to find the source, and they are off to save the world from what will be a devastating explosion…

I have to tell you, this pilot kept my attention the entire episode with an almost 24-like intensity. The special effects were fine, and the plot reasonable, but the ability of the Global Frequency to recruit information from any of thousands of specialists makes this fascinating to watch. The climax of this story is morally ambivalent; as Miranda tells Sean, “This is what we do…we make the choices, and we accept the consequences. We walk with blood on our hands so other people don’t have to.” While being somewhat unsettling, it was also fulfilling, as Sean is offered a permanent position with the Global Frequency with the promise of many more adventures to come.

Unfortunately, like the Steven Bochco sci-fi pilot, NYPD 2069, which Josh Hopkins also headed, there won’t be any more episodes of Global Frequency to judge whether the look, feel, and interest of this pilot would have been sustained. But do me a favor…if any of you reading this know any execs at the WB, please ask them what the hell they were thinking passing on this pilot.