Rogue588

Could some kind soul post what happened at the beginning of this ep [up 'til the Shining twins showed up in the bathroom...]

thanks.

[before the ep ends...]

Patman

Helen has a dream of the night that the cops showed up to tell her that Kevin was in an accident. Kevin walks down the stairs and asked what the clowns wants. The cops turn into sad clowns. Helen's very confused. Helen also see God in church (in the dream), they talk about Joan, and how she's open to possibilities. The dream freaks out Helen, and she tells Will about it.

Will is called away from breakfast because there's a hostage situation at the sheriff station. The hostage is a domestic situation where the guy is holding his significant other (woman) hostage. The guy grabbed a sheriff's gun. The guy wants his mother, and the mother shows up. The woman being held hostage claimed that she was pregnant. The mother didn't believe a word the woman said. She goes to confront her son. The son gets distracted by the woman trying to get away from him, and the son fires his gun and shoot his mother. The sheriffs then secure the station once the son gives up the gun.

At school, Joan is scratching up a storm on her lower leg at school. Grace and the Luke's geeky friend think that Joan and Adam did the deed, but she tells them they didn't do anything. Joan feels sick and heads for the bathroom where she sees the twins in the mirror.

Rogue588

I was hoping for a Patman Recap™.

I thank you and my girlfriend thanks you

Patman

Well, I guess this show got hit with the reset button has the year has been medically explained away by Joan contracting Lyme disease, which can cause the symptoms she experienced this season (culminating with hallucinations). Joan is confused, tries to seek solace with Adam, but he can't give her the understanding she needs. Joan, at this point, has let her faith subside. With Joan being treated for her affliction, will she be willing to do incredibly strange acts to help out a situation?

Will is utterly confused because he keeps seeing a mother who was shot by her son in a hostage situation at the sheriff's station, and passed away. Then at the hospital, the mother shows up as a recovering patient, giving Will advice on matters. Later Will's partner at the sheriff's department confirms that the mother died on the scene, and this befuddles Will. So it would seem Will is having conversations with God now.

Helen's weird dreams drive her to go to church, and she meets the priest who she met earlier in the season (as she seeked answers for why God let Kevin suffer his accident). Helen gets a talk on consolation and desolation, and the ebb and flow of life's ups and downs.

Luke and Grace finally hash it out, Grace claiming she wasn't into Luke, and Luke throwing out his scientific ponderings and giving into the lunacy that is love. They finally give into the impulse and share a passionate kiss.

This episode had that whacked out feeling as Joan's condition caused her to see all sorts of strange things, I almost got that "The Ring" vibe to the episode during Joan's scenes.

movieking

Thank you for reminding me that she was in The Ring in a little skirt

An okay episode. Is it just me or do have of the couples on TV now get together by getting into a fight and then kissing in the middle of it? With the appearance of the teen God at the end, I guess that we are meant to believe that she has not been hallucinating the whole time. A bit of a weak finale, but it did have its moments.

Patman

Well, of course, God is still going to be with Joan, but Joan's reticence will carry us through the start of next season, and God will have to slowly regain a foothold in her faith, which only she can decide to give into or not.

MrX

I liked it.

It was much better then the snooze fest of the past few episodes that centered on the Joan/Adam relationship.

mookiemeister

Good episode. Nice to see at the end God came and watch after Joan. He didn't abandon her afterall. But I'm wondering if he will make less demand of her next season because it seems to be taking a toll on her.

Brak55

Actually, didn't Will's partner say something about her surviving but then dieing of a heart attack right after Will interviewed her at the hospital? The only vision would have been her in the hall the last time he saw her.

MrX

That's correct

Patman

Sorry, I was typing the opening synopsis for Rogue588 in real time when the scene between Will and the guy's mother took place.

movieking

Exactly, which means that it will basically be a replay of the first season.

movielib

At least it was different than it's been in its long rut. But will there be a different direction next year or just back into the same old rut?

Phil L.

Anyone know when the repeat of this will be?

ENDContra

Probably will repeat right before Season 2 begins at least.

I liked this episode...partially because it was weird (really weird for this show), and partially because the last few episodes have sucked. I think Ive only continued watching for the same reason I bet movieking has been watching...Amber Tamblyn is gorgeous .

I dunno if it will be a rehash of season 1 though...before she pretty much believed when God told her a few things that only He could know...but I think given whats happened now, when He comes to her again, shes going to more likely just think shes going crazy again.

mookiemeister

I wonder if the show is moving in a new direction. Maybe God will be speaking to mom starting season 2. Maybe it'll offload some burden from Joan.

Patman

Joan's going to be a skeptic the next season.