1.12 Faith

So we're officially here, the first episode that I had to stop and stare at a wall for a few minutes and then immediately go back and watch it again. I had been enjoying the show before this. It felt like a fun little adventure story about chasing a mysterious monster that had altered their lives forever, seeking revenge and answers and trying to find their father. But this episode? This changed things for me, far more than Home even did.

Maybe I just have a thing for Capital-D Death, in a cosmic sense. Then again, so much of later canon about God and faith and life and death (and Death) only serves to make this episode stronger in retrospect. And in some ways way more painful! Wheee! >.>

I've personally started to think of this episode as Chuck having discovered the Trolley Problem and wondering how to make it work as an overall life choice. Though he takes it to entirely new levels, and had been since the beginning of creation.

Things I reference in this week's episode include:

A Spiders George post I wrote the first time I watched this episode post-14.20, and the Big Chuck Reveal

My general tag for this episode

The Superwiki entry for this episode

The script (NOT a transcript, the actual script) for this episode

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