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If you plan to see The Chosen: The Last Supper, season 5 of the hit series, currently in theaters, and you’re not familiar with the events of Holy Week, this post may be spoilery. Everyone else, fear not.
While I can’t help fidgeting my way through the back half of any 2-3-hour film experience that doesn’t at least offer an intermission, this time around, I was never bored.
That’s especially true of today’s 3-hour and 5-minute showing of the last three episodes of season 5, which culminates with the Garden of Gethsemane. I haven’t written yet about season 5, because I wanted to see the whole thing first.
Mostly, I wanted to see how the show handled the part of the Last Supper that Catholics consider as the institution of the Eucharist.
Continued below.
Definitely Not Boring
When I saw season 4 in theaters last year — which ended just before Jesus’ (Jonathan Roumie) big entrance into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday — at least one of the installments was a major slog, a real theatrical butt-numb-a-thon.While I can’t help fidgeting my way through the back half of any 2-3-hour film experience that doesn’t at least offer an intermission, this time around, I was never bored.
That’s especially true of today’s 3-hour and 5-minute showing of the last three episodes of season 5, which culminates with the Garden of Gethsemane. I haven’t written yet about season 5, because I wanted to see the whole thing first.
Mostly, I wanted to see how the show handled the part of the Last Supper that Catholics consider as the institution of the Eucharist.
The Bread of Life Discourse Was Missing From Last Season
Continued below.
'The Chosen: The Last Supper': So, What About The Eucharist?
Having omitted the Bread of Life Discourse last season, 'The Chosen' now navigates the tricky waters of 'The Last Supper.'