bianca smith

This was so well written until the end when Mike chose to completely unravel the interesting and, I believe, unusual and remarkable tapestry of observation of Christianity and it’s largest limitations / stumbling blocks: Christians. I say this as a Christian. Mike did such I beautiful job of exploring Christ’s message and the way man’s ego, lack of faith, brokenness, bigotry, fear, resentments, etc., all cause Christian’s to box themselves in and become terrible advocates for Christ. But then, at almost the very end, he seems to reveal some fairly poorly reasoned conclusion that one of the main characters arrives at. A conclusion that was off topic and certainly out of character for Erin. Perhaps Mike or his wife thought this was necessary in order to appeal to those few metaphysical theologians that tuned in, and even that audience would have found Erin’s soliloquy lame. Maybe Mike and/or his wife thought said scene was an opportunity for them to share their personal beliefs. I don’t know. I have no knowledge of their faith or lack of, and frankly it doesn’t matter. The scene and the dialog was more pedantic than sophistry. And it was practically that lame writing decision to end a great story by saying, “and it was all a dream.” Sadly, I’m disappointed, and unsatisfied because there was no orgasm to be had, but otherwise thought the series was well done and I enjoyed this latest roll in the hay with Mike Flanagan.