The Exorcist Season 2X02: Safe as Houses
- Spoilers ahead!
- Patsy Cline is on the side of the angels
- How do you confess that you think your Priest is hot? Asking for a friend…
This season of The Exorcist has started out with a bang, and has not let up.
There are three story lines, but don’t worry. They are so engrossing, that you’ll forget the other two as you watch each separate segment.
How our heroes have started the season.
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An Exorcist in The House of the (Un)Holy
Father Bennett(Kurt Egyiawan) at the Vatican.
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Father Bennett(Kurt Egyiawan) is in Rome, trying to convince the cardinals that one of their own is integrated with the demon inside him. This means that the demon can enter holy dwellings, even take communion without harm. The accused cardinal, with a wink at Exorcist expert Bennett, blesses his own chalice of holy water, downing it and dabbing it behind his ears. Only one cardinal in the Vatican City believes Father Bennett, and he is soon taken away as Bennett escapes.
The Exorcist Duo-The House of the Ill
Hell hath no fury-or a dental plan. Photo credit: Fox
Marcus(Ben Daniels) and Tomas(Alfonso Herrera) have been captured by the sheriff, and Marcus has had the roughest time of it. The sheriff has taken his possessed wife, Cindy, to the hospital. He believes she needs medical help, not spiritual. He soon finds out his error, as Cindy goes demonic on the place, and crawls creepily up the walls and into the ceilings after slitting a man’s throat.
She is soon found in the nursery, and Tomas lets the demon invade him to see Cindy’s memories. There is a song that Cindy loves that comforts her, and he uses it to bring Cindy back while Marcus performs the rites of exorcism, finally freeing her.
The House of the Broken Family
Well, well. Andy Kim(John Cho) has seen The Ring.
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Andy Kim(John Cho) has a dilemma. His ex, Rose(Li Jun Li) is there to report on the foster children’s welfare. Caleb(Hunter Dillon) has been naughty, sneaking out into the woods to finish a dare, and lies about who made him do it(He doesn’t blame the devil; he blames Verity(Brianna Hildebrand). At first, Andy fears he may lose the children, but it all works out. At least on one level.
Shelby(Alex Barima) goes to a neighbor’s, anxious to see his first live birth on their farm. The sheep gives birth to a horribly mutated lamb, and it is quickly put out of its misery. Walking through the woods on the island, he is the first to become aware of the evil lurking there. Knowing the biblical story of The Passover, he smears the lamb’s blood on the house doors, hoping it will protect them. Andy sees this and is freaked out. Bad things are about to happen on his island…
Thoughts
This show is more than just horror. Like the book and movie it is based on, it is a taut psychological thriller, it’s a whodunnit, it is a study on friendship, faith and family. It is definitely the thinking viewer’s show.
So great to see Father Bennett again. I worry that he may be playing us. He was trapped with a demon for quite a bit in season one; is he really devout, or is he playing a demonic long game? I hope for the former, he is a great hero, and I love how Kurt plays him. In fact, the whole ensemble is fantastic.
The show could have taken advantage of the Stranger Things fad and made the kids more like them, but they didn’t. These kids all have broken backgrounds. We don’t know their stories yet. They are trying to be a family, trying to be friends. Kudos to the writers for doing it right.
So nice to see a foster family that is like most real foster families. TV and movies tend to portray foster parents as money grubbing, uncaring molesters. They aren’t. Foster parents have the hard job of seeing children they take in and love as their own go back to a family that lives far away, or back into a system that is understaffed and overburdened.
Extra Thoughts
John Cho is so natural in this role. I swear that they are filming at his house with a bunch of foster children he has adopted. His reactions and warmth are incredible.
What is the evil on the island? Does it have to do with Andy’s late wife, of whom he has pictures of everywhere?
Is it bad that I find Father Marcus incredibly unnf?
Tomas is walking a fine line. He is new to exorcisms, and his bravado could get someone hurt. Is his faith strong enough to drive out the demons he lets into his head?
One word: Verity.
I love Shelby. He is incredibly bright, and Alex Barima’s portrayal is just low key enough to capture a very smart teen that is becoming secure around people again.
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