The series was very loosely based on the DC superhero character Deadman, although the similarities between the properties are few.

However, Cayce utterly refuses to pass on into death, and resurrects to a sort of half-life, but finds himself experiencing visions of what seem to be other realities and timelines.

He meets with Sarah, his former lover and also the pregnant widow of his brother Scott, and tells her that they are being pursued by men who wish to gain possession of her unborn child.

Devlin's agents imprison Eve while waiting for her newfound pregnancy to come to term.

After giving birth, Eve is killed by her husband, although Sarah shows up and absconds with what had formerly been her baby.