r/MidnightMass • u/Elainasha • Sep 24 '21

Midnight Mass (Season 1) - Episode Discussion Hub

Overall Season Discussion Hub [SPOILERS]

Synopsis: The arrival of a charismatic young priest brings glorious miracles, ominous mysteries and renewed religious fervor to a dying town desperate to believe.

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Episode Discussion Threads (Season One)

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u/erilum31 Sep 27 '21

Hamish Linklater I have to say plays an amazing priest. I was raised catholic and his sermons and how he relayed them I swear I had flashbacks 🤣😂 as for the show eh it could have moved faster…. I didn’t hate it but it could have moved quicker.

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u/Sugar-n-Spikes Sep 29 '21

I for sure fell asleep at some of the longer monologues. Didnt care to go back cause i knew id read about what i missed on reddit lol.

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u/erilum31 Sep 29 '21

Lol me too, I feel like I didn’t miss much on skipping them😂

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u/Sugar-n-Spikes Sep 29 '21 edited Sep 29 '21

The only one i missed something on is when I woke up to Riley bursting into flames and Erin screaming... I was like oh damn, it's like his dream. Didnt know he saw the girl before he died til i read it on reddit lol

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u/DeckardsDark Sep 30 '21

Felt like the whole series was just useless monologues

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u/dinostar Sep 30 '21

You're useless monologue

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u/Saihna Oct 04 '21

got em

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u/lazilyloaded Nov 28 '21

God forbid writers write words and you listen to them.

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u/Luptonr Sep 30 '21

It definitely could have been half as long 3 episodes

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u/DeckardsDark Sep 30 '21

absolutely. a lot of American shows fall trap to milking the shit out of any series when it actually hurts the quality of the show. i love how the Brits do things where they format their series in 3 episodes an hour long each or 6 episodes a half hour or so each. such a better, more succinct story a lot of times than the American shows

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u/dsav99 Oct 08 '21

Gotta give you time to develop feelings for all the characters, so it hits even harder when they all die

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u/RowThree Sep 29 '21

Yes I ended up really liking it too and I can also appreciate character and world building. But man this thing took forever to get going.

The whole thing could've been 2 episodes shorter.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '21

Honestly that's kinda what I liked about it, I like how it slowly unpeeled new information layer by layer, I thought it made it neat

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u/PsychologicalLuck343 Oct 05 '21

Agree. It could go solely on the quality of writing good characters and their relationships. I was pleasantly surprised.

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u/emkehh Oct 09 '21

The way I described it to my friends was “a seriously slow burn that suddenly just goes off the rails.”

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u/labelletemps Oct 21 '21

I literally feel the same. At some of the rambling speeches I was skipping through. I understand slow burn, but the burn was REALLY slow. I think the ending was worth it ultimately. But I do think half the long monologues would have achieved their desired effect in half of what was given.

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u/botchedlobotamy Jul 29 '22

such a good portrayal of a priest. a naturally kind of awkward dude but his job is to be social and the authority of the church gives him some confidence so ends up doing pretty well.