ELI AND TAYLOR ARE FORCED TO WORK AS CO-COUNSEL IN DEFENSE OF A COMMERICAL REAL ESTATE MOGUL WHOSE LATEST PROJECT IS AT THE EPICENTER OF A PENDING QUAKE, ON ABC'S "ELI STONE"

"Praying for Time" � It's a race against time when Eli foresees an earthquake on ABC's "Eli Stone," THRUSDAY, MARCH 20 (10:02-11:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. Eli is shaken � literally -- by his latest vision: The "Big One" hitting San Francisco. With Dr. Chen's help, he realizes that the epicenter of the quake is the neighborhood Eli's client is trying to evict in order to turn the area into a shopping mall, and realizes too that the only way to save these people is to help his client kick them out of their homes. With the stakes this high, Eli is willing to do whatever it takes -- including bribing a judge.

"Eli Stone" stars Jonny Lee Miller as Eli Stone, Victor Garber as Jordan Wethersby, Natasha Henstridge as Taylor Wethersby, Laura Benanti as Beth, Loretta Devine as Patti, Sam Jaeger as Matt Dowd, James Saito as Dr. Chen, Matt Letscher as Nathan Stone and Julie Gonzalo as Maggie Dekker.

Guest stars include Steve Harris as Jayson Turk, Patrick Breen as Paul Sweren, Jason George as Keith Bennett, Jodi Long as Judge Phelps, Meta Golding as Carly Turk, Rob Nagle as Jeffrey Powell, Matt DeCaro as Judge Salese, Andy Mackenzie as Tattooed Guy and James Remar as Arvin Solinsky.

"Praying for Time" was written by Courtney Kemp Agboh and Brett Mahoney and directed by David Petrarca.

"Eli Stone" is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HDTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound and Spanish subtitles via secondary closed captioning. This program carries a TV-PG,D,L parental guideline.

This episode of "Eli Stone" will be available on ABC.com the day after airing on the network for users to watch online