Final exams are over for me, and graduation is just around the corner.
So until then... let's get down to talking about episode five of A.D. The Bible Continues.
We start in Simon Peter's secret community outside of Jerusalem, where Peter feels guilty for what happened to the couple that "bet against God" in the previous episode.
-The Lord works in mysterious ways... anyone?
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem, Pilate acts like a bigger asshole by issuing a statement that 10 women will be executed every day that his assassin is loose.
-It's like he's hating his wife more and more after each episode... That's just wrong.
He decides to target a high-profiled wedding to take the women from.
Back at Peter's secret community, the disciples want to help the people of Jerusalem, because of the horrendous executions issued by Pilate. While that's going on, Maya is introduced to a young girl who lost her family... somehow.
-Um, they don't go further on the girl's situation. They just label her an orphan then and there.
Later, Leah goes to Boaz's wife to try and convince her to confess and turn in her husband to face his crime. The wife doesn't say much, but only says that she doesn't know where he is.
-This is starting to become the CSI or Law and Order of A.D.
The next scene shows Peter meeting a guy named Philip, who says that he wants to lead people to the secret community.
-Hmm... I don't know. Simon Peter's been cheated once already...
Now that the wedding was tipped off by Claudia secretly, and the centurion confronts her for it, the executions still continue. Leah assures Caiaphas that Boaz's wife will cave in eventually, because she's holding something back.
-Of course, she is.
While tensions rise in the Pilate household, Simon Peter tells Steven to help build Jesus' ministry.
Later, Boaz's wife finally goes to Leah to expose Boaz. But at the same time, the wife is kept in a room, until Boaz is captured. This leads to Caiaphas going straight to Peter's camp to search for Boaz. Peter himself learns why Boaz is on the run, and he confronts the guy for murdering someone.
Simon Peter: "You cannot justify a murder... All I can do is forgive you." Eventually, Boaz comes to his senses and turns himself into Caiaphas. After viewing a two-minute sit-down between Boaz and Caiaphas, Boaz's wife is notified by Leah that Boaz had turned himself in.
Then there's a scene with Maya and the girl. Maya wants to be a mother to this orphan girl...
-(sarcasm) Well... why not? It's like we've learned so much about the girl and her growing friendship with Maya already.
Then we get a scene with Claudia and Leah. Claudia gets mad and slaps Leah for talking back to her.
-Well, come on. It's bad enough that Claudia has to deal with an abusive ruler husband... But still, why strike one of the people that you would meet in secret?
Speaking of abusive, Pilate finally confronts Boaz as Caiaphas hands over the assassin. Pilate takes the opportunity to stab Boaz with a small dagger...
-Why?
...and then he orders that Boaz be tortured. However, this torture session is cut short when an arrow strikes Boaz's chest... by that same guy that told him to "disappear." After the incident, Pilate slams the centurion for failing to execute Boaz correctly, but letting someone else kill him.
Meanwhile, as Simon Peter and Caiaphas look over the dead corpse of Boaz, they both share a song together (a hymn?). Then suddenly, as soon as Peter mentions Jesus' name, he gets thrown in prison, along with his fellow disciples.
While that's going on, we see that Boaz's wife had sent the mysterious archer to kill her husband. We learned that the guy was Boaz's mentor. Now, with that said, Boaz's wife begs the guy to "teach [her] how to kill."
-So, does this mean that she going to go Carmen Elektra or Lara Croft on us? We'll soon find out...
But on the bright side, Peter and the disciples are able to break out of prison with the help of an armed hooded angel.
-Cool!
Then the disciples decide to go to the temple to keep preaching about Jesus... which gets them arrested again. Thus, we get another trial scene; but this time, before Caiaphas can order them to be executed, one of the elders stops him and says that they don't be punished with death, because they'll either fade away or they'll come out with the truth.
Therefore, the disciples are taken in public and whipped and tortured.
Seeing that her father is going through so many changes ever since he committed himself to Christ, Maya tells her father that she wants to return home, in order to reserve the old memory of her father- him being a regular fisherman. This hits home for Peter.
The episode ends with Steven going to the temple and challenging Caiaphas and the chief elders.
As a result, Steven is taken outside of the city and stoned.
Now, so far, we're five episodes in, and already things are getting real with our characters. Two characters die this time, which was unexpected. Now I'm wondering what'll happen to Peter and the other disciples. How long will they be able to be bailed out by God from tough situations? Will we be introduced to more characters and more storyline? We'll find out in the next episode.
Whatsoever Critic
Source: A.D. The Bible Continues
Courtesy: NBC/Lightworkers Media
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