Dig

‘Dig’ ends its TV run not with a bang but a flood

By Kimberly Winston — May 7, 2015
(RNS) The 10-part series consistently relied on religion and its zealots to fuel a complicated plot. Over and over, characters in the series warned of a coming Armageddon that turned out to be different than expected.

TV’s ‘Dig’ goes to the gates of hell — and hopefully, back

By Kimberly Winston — April 30, 2015
(RNS) Ever heard of "Bible roulette"? It's featured on this week's episode of "Dig" -- and here's what that could mean.

Sifting through religious debris in ‘Dig,’ what’s fact and what’s fiction?

By Kimberly Winston — April 23, 2015
(RNS) The latest episode of "Dig" on the USA Network serves up a heady cocktail of trapdoors, secret chambers and mysterious torch-lit beach rituals.

Secret orders and supposed traitors — TV’s ‘Dig’ and religious history

By Kimberly Winston — April 16, 2015
(RNS) In the show's seventh episode, evil archaeologist Ian Margove (Richard E. Grant) is after the “treasure” the Order of Moriah is supposed to have buried somewhere in Jerusalem.

Digging under Mount Moriah with TV’s ‘Dig’

By Kimberly Winston — April 9, 2015
(RNS) Jerusalem syndrome and the binding of Isaac are among the themes in this week's episode of the USA Network’s biblical conspiracy action series “Dig.”

‘Dig’ unearths a possible messiah complex

By Kimberly Winston — April 2, 2015
(RNS) "He is coming." With those words, "Dig," the action-thriller fueled by biblical prophesy, dives deeper into Judaism in its fifth episode.

TV’s ‘Dig’ unrolls a Dead Sea Scroll to unravel a conspiracy

By Kimberly Winston — March 26, 2015
(RNS) What do you get when you combine end-of-the-world scenarios with biblical archaeology in a television action series? "Dig" continues to mix fact and fiction.

‘Dig’ TV series starts adding up: Watch the numbers

By Kimberly Winston — March 19, 2015
(RNS) USA Network's action-thriller series is tossing biblical numerology and a difficult biblical text into its plot. What's real and what's fiction?

‘Dig’ uncovers an ancient Jewish sect and some scary nuns

By Kimberly Winston — March 12, 2015
(RNS) Biblical breastplates, menacing nuns and an apocalyptic Jewish sect. What is behind all that religious jazz in the second episode of “Dig," which aired Thursday (March 12) on the USA Network?

‘Dig’ digs into the Bible — but is it ‘true’?

By Kimberly Winston — March 6, 2015
(RNS) "Dig," the new action thriller from the USA Network, is a cocktail of biblical prophecy and End Times beliefs. But how much of its religion content is true?
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