The Perfect Opportunity
- Episode aired May 11, 2021
- 58m
IMDb RATING
9.2/10
1K
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As Jesus and the disciples head to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, a new enemy follows them, while a familiar enemy awaits.As Jesus and the disciples head to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, a new enemy follows them, while a familiar enemy awaits.As Jesus and the disciples head to Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, a new enemy follows them, while a familiar enemy awaits.
Abe Bueno-Jallad
- Big James
- (as Abe Martell)
Nick Shakoour
- Zebedee
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn 5 Jesus heals a lame man at the Pool of Bethesda.
- Quotes
Simon Peter: Because you're not coming back here. That life is over. Everything changes now.
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Quite possibly the best episode up until this point!
I enjoyed season 1 of the Chosen. Yeah, it was a bit rushed at times, had some minor biblical inaccuracies and some of it's secondary cast wasn't always up to the task but it was a breath of fresh air and an original take on this too well known story that felt passionately done, with humility and staying true (for the most part) to the source material, while sometimes inventing side stories that added a lot for the characters and made you know them better. In short season 1 of the Chosen was a pretty good piece of biblical adaptation. However, season 2 is where we see that the show has evolved. And I'm not saying that in terms of "oh, it changed itself into something almost entirely different just like LOST, Dark or Attack on Titan did", but rather that it became a lot more polished. The acting has vastly improved and the technical aspects are simply phenomenal at some points. However, after the first three episodes I had doubts that the show was still as good as it was in season one, because I thought it wasn't going too much somewhere plot-wise. And while I enjoyed the way the last episode was shot and made and I appreciated the acting in it, it felt mostly like a filler episode.
So, that brings me to episode 4 which is quite simply the best episode yet. From the first scene you know you are in something special. The way the opening montage is played makes you know right away (if you've read the Bible) where the episode is going and where the story is heading. Having said that, still the montage delivers on the emotional part tremendously by having the story of the paraplegic from Bethesda pool made of him and his brother who becomes a Zealot and tries to overthrow the roman occupation in Jerusalem. Everything in this episode delivers. Everything works out perfectly and every single thing that happens plays a part not only in this episode's climax but in future ones too from what the last scene leaves us to understand. This episode actually had me on the edge of my seat (even though I was lying in bed lol) not knowing how the story of the two brothers will turn out. The best thing I found was that it seemed that the writers learned the lesson from the healing of the man with the withered hand in season, and applied it here. Here we don't see any supernatural transformation of the paraplegic's legs into normal legs. We just see him starting to feel normal again, and even after he starts walking we see him still having problems with coordination and bumping into people now and then. That is so realistic, because even though we imagine every miracle that Jesus did as happening in some supernatural way and with strange tissue regenerations going on like in other shows, the Bible doesn't say a word about the mechanism through which Jesus did what He did. And I applaud the writers of this show for staying true to the Bible and being vague about the "how" of the miracle. We as viewers don't really need to see that. We only need to see Jesus doing the miracle, saying what He says in the Bible and see the reaction on Him and on the people He heals. That's it. That's enough. And honestly I cried when He asked the man "Do you wanna be healed?". It's not the "how it's done" that brings the emotion in believers and non-believers as well but rather the journey to that and the delivery of the lines that are so well known. And this time, The Chosen nailed it! Fantastic! Hope they keep this up in future episodes and we get the best and most biblical version of Jesus ever put to screen, because up until this point, it is as good as it can be. 10/10.
So, that brings me to episode 4 which is quite simply the best episode yet. From the first scene you know you are in something special. The way the opening montage is played makes you know right away (if you've read the Bible) where the episode is going and where the story is heading. Having said that, still the montage delivers on the emotional part tremendously by having the story of the paraplegic from Bethesda pool made of him and his brother who becomes a Zealot and tries to overthrow the roman occupation in Jerusalem. Everything in this episode delivers. Everything works out perfectly and every single thing that happens plays a part not only in this episode's climax but in future ones too from what the last scene leaves us to understand. This episode actually had me on the edge of my seat (even though I was lying in bed lol) not knowing how the story of the two brothers will turn out. The best thing I found was that it seemed that the writers learned the lesson from the healing of the man with the withered hand in season, and applied it here. Here we don't see any supernatural transformation of the paraplegic's legs into normal legs. We just see him starting to feel normal again, and even after he starts walking we see him still having problems with coordination and bumping into people now and then. That is so realistic, because even though we imagine every miracle that Jesus did as happening in some supernatural way and with strange tissue regenerations going on like in other shows, the Bible doesn't say a word about the mechanism through which Jesus did what He did. And I applaud the writers of this show for staying true to the Bible and being vague about the "how" of the miracle. We as viewers don't really need to see that. We only need to see Jesus doing the miracle, saying what He says in the Bible and see the reaction on Him and on the people He heals. That's it. That's enough. And honestly I cried when He asked the man "Do you wanna be healed?". It's not the "how it's done" that brings the emotion in believers and non-believers as well but rather the journey to that and the delivery of the lines that are so well known. And this time, The Chosen nailed it! Fantastic! Hope they keep this up in future episodes and we get the best and most biblical version of Jesus ever put to screen, because up until this point, it is as good as it can be. 10/10.
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- Shmaden
- Aug 24, 2021
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- Runtime58 minutes
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