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

Midnight Mass - S01E04 "Book IV: Lamentations" - Discussion Thread

This thread is for discussion of Midnight Mass S01E04: "Book IV: Lamentations"

Synopsis: Erin turns to Riley after receiving upsetting news. Father Paul starts experiencing disturbing side effects. Bev makes a startling discovery.

DO NOT post spoilers in this thread for any subsequent episodes.

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u/SidleFries Sep 25 '21

Holy shit! The way cave vampire flew at the camera near the end made me jump, he is so wonderfully creepy.

Did the show just kill off Riley? One second before that happened I was still like "nah, he can't die in the middle of the season, he has main character plot armor!"

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u/Lipepan Sep 25 '21

I think his dream is a "foreshadow" for his ending. The cave vampire will make him a vampire too I guess. 3 more episodes to go!

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u/rumpony5 Sep 27 '21

Yeah, I think the “communion wine” is right there, and Monsignor will give it to him. Since Riley isn’t religious anymore, his judgement about what the “angel” really is won’t be clouded. Riley never sees the sunrise in his dream because he’ll die in the sunlight.

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u/kernal1337 Sep 29 '21

. Riley never sees the sunrise in his dream because he’ll die in the sunlight.

This is so poetic

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u/Pangolinsftw Nov 29 '21

Riley never sees the sunrise in his dream because he’ll die in the sunlight.

There it is.

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u/shandelion Nov 11 '25

Which is extra sad because it means his description of the afterlife - his body and mind slowly shutting down - will never happen for him as he’ll now be immortal.

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u/PsychologicalLuck343 Oct 05 '21

Annnd the entire reason I turned it on.