Zed gets picked up at art class by the nude live model. As she sees a vision of a snake.
Zed and Constantine head out to the so-called faith healer's territory where he's set up and she agrees to drink from his cup with Constantine's gripe: "middle of bugger all!" Clearly he's a city guy. He got the scythe from the Grim reaper.
Constantine: "I must have protection of various kinds." I.e that protection! But halves them for the church visit.
Constantine: "suckers make easy prey." He didn't see Zed as religious. Zed comments on the judging, guiding and damning.
Constantine: "I'm not critiquing or anything but I'm pretty sure he's not keen on me."
He recognizes the Enochian "language of bloody angels." Of course and she comments on them existing.
Constantine: "nobody wields that kind of power without consequences." Unlike Supernatural no cast were in mortal danger in this episode and by cast, I should actually have said characters. Unlike Dean. See Supernatural 1.16 Faith.
Constantine: "sharp tack you are luv;" re the comment on his accent being all foreign like!
If they're in the "middle of bugger all" why the need for that much protection or any at all - he really didn't have time for any pick-ups. In contrast to Zed in the opening. Well luv there really was now't there to pick up anyway!! Ha. Prime example right here with that woman and her foreign comment liking his accent! Unlike Matt and his Valentine's Day tweet of "hitting the singles bars" and as I said hitting the with what exorcism spells??!! Yeah exactly, like you really need to trawl bars and singles ones at that! And that pic, was that gonna be plastered on a dating site or App?!!
Constantine gets corn on a stick "the only thing around here that isn't deep fried." No Chas' roasts or English brekkie here but brekkies usually are greasy. Contradiction there, ha!
Constantine: "miracles are ours to make luv. - Scry map - bad."
Tweet: Map on fire hard to put out like it would be cos John!!
There's something in the church and "this one isn't as awe inspiring as the name suggests." Constantine calls for Manny. Like Dean did for Cas and wasn't answered right there and then. Uses dry myrtle to call Manny and he says please too.
"Pobrecitos" the power required to make the healing take place is draining the energy all around. Sigil of Ouroboros to summon Manny, which is a symbol that depicts a dragon or serpent eating its own tail.
Manny: "courtesy counts." Constantine says he just wanted to hear him beg and it reminds him of an ex.
Manny: "it will only make sense if you stand facing the sun." Like the explanation of rainbows in Alias. But my bestie gave me a great explanation for that!! (See my Alias book if you're interested - heck not really!)
Constantine: "bollocks." Yeah thought that too in response to the above book plug!
Constantine: "you're in this bloody fight with me or you're not." To Manny, loaded line this. But not definitive either way.
As I tweeted: @HaroldPerrineau How do you think a #Constantine and Manny showdown would've fared? Sad it didn't come to that.We can still hope. John with wings could amount to something, or perhaps only in my imagination,or when the fancy strikes to doodle when waiting for trains @mattryanreal
Daniel Cerone: "We're proud John doesn't need to save the day every day. Harold as Manny killed it. Give the angel his due. #SaveConstantine #Hellblazers"
"John has a sex life!!! #Constantine"
Constantine: "echo location." Locate an angel but not one fallen. An indication or foreshadowing to Manny and yet I hesitate when I say that! Imogen's had damage to her wings and lost a feather - the only way an angel can enter their realm. [Which doesn't explain why Manny can enter their realm though does it. Infact it contradicts it. Unless they too have free angel will to do so.]
Constantine; "piss poor design if you ask me." Manny wasn't aware she fell, see how can they not?
Constantine: "literally riddles and minimally helpful guidance also part of the plan."
The soul is extinguished and angels cease to exist" Manny reveals himself to annoy Constantine, harking back to his comment about punching him and he doesn't hit angels. Imogen is corporeal and that's why she's visible after she fell. Angels are cagey.
Zed wonders why he's still so cynical. He replies religion is okay but the world isn't good, "can't just pray evil away."
Constantine: "you know one of these days you're gonna have to let me be the mysterious one of this duo." Zachery accuses Constantine of being the only evil one here. He talks of 'ghouls' "formed by magic gone wrong."
Zed wants to believe and start all over. There's more mystery to her but also to him too. Manny questions Imogen's pain now she can feel the sun on he skin. Why that particular question. I he contemplating feeling pain in the future or his his own future downfall, if it ever happened of course.
Constantine finds out Zachery killed someone by accident and he committed a mortal sin so was on his way to hell. Here we go again Manny and free will given to humans to stand on their own, but only fall over. We get some Constantine fight action!
Imogen has black feathers as she killed a mortal just to see how it could be done and how easy it was.
Manny says Zachery and Constantine have nothing in common and she fooled them all. "...Barrier between hell and earth is getting thinner than it's ever been."
Constantine: "anything to leave hell will find a way." No narration at the end in this ep.
Zed's date with Eddie, she's a mystery.
Supernatural's 1.16 Faith ep here where these healers always get a lousy rep, is it any wonder and here one was needed to save Dean's life. Leaving Dean to ask why he was being saved and how Layla was left to die. Cos he was needed for the greater good and continue the fight. Also here the culprit was an angel but in Dean's case, it was the preacher's wife and her use of magic. She was taking peoples' lives so he could heal people.
Constantine's clearly not into deep fried food - unlike Dean! At least he thinks of food as I've said before.
Some crazy, twisty dialogue here referring to Zachery telling Constantine he's the only evil here as if a reference to 1.1 and Constantine's evil "twin" - but that was the demon appearing to him. The other thing was angel lore and this one fell by taking a human life which they aren't meant to do. Manny here shown in a good light - when did his "fall" occur and what was his price? Mortal sin? Of course all moot at this point. But amazingly he does come through it the final moments and saves Zed from Imogen.
Ghouls: Constantine's definition of being forged by magic. In myth can be formed by divine punishment too. More readily appearing in Arabic folklore as "Ghul" - a shape-shifting Djinn feeding on children believed to be sired by Iblis (the devil) in Islam. Iblis was the first of the fallen.
Ghouls have made appearances or references in 9 eps of Supernatural thus far.
Mention again of Nate being a ghoul.
A bit of a routine episode but can show the consequences of angels committing mortal sins, such as killing a human. Does this bode a little of Manny's fate. But he does not want to kill Constantine so much (not anymore in 1.13 end) but has other plans. Were the Brujeria proving too powerful for Manny. As always more questions than answers and as always most are just my own thoughts and opinions.
Use of Enochian language in Supernatural since Cas arrived.
Echo location.
The Supernatural episode where Cas finds a dead angel On The Head of a Pin is a great episode for lore on angels and angel wings.
Also Supernatural 2.13 Houses of the Holy
Dark angels are seen in angelic lore as those becoming demon-like, such as the devil; a fallen angel, not dark as in the true sense of the word. Then there are those that bring vengeance and are fierce, these are always empowering and compassionate and will never fail humans.
Angels encompass all faiths and religions from Christianity, Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrians. In religious circles angels are seen as stepping stones, or ‘intermediaries’ between God and humans.
This one also opens the history of Zed's past with Eddie entering to fool her into returning home.
Imogen's heart is placed in the jar next to the Medusa Mask (also shown in 1.1.) The mask has the power to manipulate feelings which match whatever appearance the mask takes on.
My Matt Ryan book. Yeah I know a lot of you are fans in name only which is fine but this was a labourious one to write so do check it out!!
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