Kevin Bacon's next project is something called "The Bondsman" and if you find yourself having deja vu, it's because you're having deja vu.
From BleedingCool.com:
"Kevin Bacon's Hub Halloran is a murdered bounty hunter who's back from the dead after being resurrected by the Devil to trap and send back demons that have escaped from the prison of Hell."
Off the top of my head:
Brimstone - Ezekiel Stone was sent to Hell for killing a man in cold blood. When a breakout of 113 of the worst souls occurs, the Devil tasks Stone with hunting them down and sending them back.
Reaper - Sam Oliver is a college drop-out who turns twenty-one and learns that his parents accidentally sold his soul to the Devil before he was born. Now he has to work for the Devil as a bounty hunter for escaped souls.
The Collector - Centuries ago, Morgan Pym made a deal with Satan: his soul, in exchange for 10 years with his one true love. After she died, Morgan--desperate to avoid eternity in hell--agreed to become a Collector, charged with collecting souls from those who had made deals with Satan.
Wynonna Earp - Wyatt Earp's Great-Great-Grandaughter uses his cursed gun, Peacemaker, to return to Hell the souls of Wyatt's 77 kills who return to earth every generation.
Lucifer - A nice reversal on the trope sees Mazikeen, a demon trapped on earth, become a bounty hunter of fugitive humans for the last few seasons of the show's run.
And I'm 99% sure there are at least a couple more series that I've seen that walk this same patch of ground, not to mention a bunch of Twilight Zone/Outer Limits/Night Gallery, etc. episodes with similar (if not identical) premises.
I haven't seen much about this one, but I'll be shocked if it gets more than two seasons. This concept is one of those "hard out of the gate" ideas that rarely (Wynonna Earp being my favourite exception) has the ability to escape the "been there, done that" curse of the procedural.
If you find yourself having deja vu, it's because you're having deja vu.
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