The Good Lord Bird
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Sure, there are a number of bumps along the way, but the arc is bending towards justice.
We already knowThe Good Lord Birdwont offer that, which makes the series that much more tantalizing.
ButThe Good Lord Birdknows its place in history as a stepping stone instead of an endpoint.
Thats what makes it such great television.
The first minutes of Jesus is Walkin speaks to that idea.
Little flickers of hope spring up and are then snuffed out.
A Black man chimes in, Yall are lunatics.
Owen, who has stayed behind to rally the supposed crew of hiving bees, is just as demoralized.
Before weve even seen John Brown at the armory, his own son has anticipated his death.
Tell my father Ill bury him by the big rock, he tells Onion, sobbing.
(Later, a sympathetic Virginian asks, You fightin for the coloreds?
Its about time somebody did, and then offers, well bring flowers to your funeral.)
The breakdown in Browns plans are all, on their own, laughable little idiocies.
A forgotten password sends an entire train of armed Black fighters hightailing it back East.
Brown readily marches out any hostage he has some pity on.
To put it bluntly, Brown and his men are utter shit at this.
His open kindness to the hostages renders them useless everyone out there knows he wont hurt a single one.
But hes also a humanizing foil for Browns wilder instincts.
The scene at Colonel Lewis Washingtons house is one of the series best.
The colonel stresses that yes, he is absolutely one ofthoseWashingtons and therefore demands respect.
The Coachman has already turned on him and threatens to thrash him, a winking exchange of roles.
As he should be.
But by the time hes arrived negotiations are falling apart.
