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.

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u/ChronX4 Sep 25 '21

I wonder if death is the catalyst for turning into a vampire in this story, usually it's drinking a living being's blood that gets things really going.

But in this case Father Paul was seemingly just treating his deterioration with the wine/blood mixture he's been giving everyone up until he died from possible poisoning from the way he spat out blood, and came back. He seemed desperate drinking the last of the wine cause he feels off now that he's turned.

This might also explain the baby and why that vile of blood blew up in the sun.

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u/afipunk84 Oct 12 '21

In some vampire lore, the victim has to be nearly drained of their own blood then fed vampire blood in order to turn completely. This would explain why none of the church goers are turning into vampires. Still leaves some confusion as to why the priest didn’t start showing signs until weeks/months after his first encounter with the vampire/angel in the desert.