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geebsTV commentary:
Constantine- Actually thought tonight's ep was interesting. Lots of backstory. Zed tells Constantine her deal, some end times cult led by her dad thinks she has some important role to play hence them trying to get her back.
And we finally learn Chas' deal. One night, John cast a protection spell on him as a goof. Unfortunately, Chas ends up getting caught in a blaze in a bar, and would've died if not for John's spell- apparently its a spell once used by Merlin for use on the Knights of the Round. Whenver a Knight of the Round died along with a bunch of lesser knights, he would absorb those lives for himself, being resurrected with as many lives in reserve as they absorbed. 47 other people died in that fire, so Chas has that many lives.
Which is what estranges him from his family. Since he is carrying all these extra souls, allowing him to take risks no one else could, he feels obligated to fight along side Constantine and help him, to put those lives to use. So, he's never around, which causes his wife to divorce him. In the end, he's down to I think 31 or 32? I can't remember if he said he had 33 or 34 when he confronted Felix Faust, but he uses one up proving to Felix that he did have a bunch of souls to offer him in exchange for his daughters. But that was a ruse so he could tie himself to Felix with Achilles' Tendon (that's why it was his weak point, because apparently it was removed?) and blow himself up with a grenade. So, he used up two lives there.
In the end, Chas' wife has a better understanding of what he does and why he does it. And Zed, who saw John's mom when she tried to channel Chas' daughter's spirit before they got her back, tells him that his mother says its not his fault she died. So, nice to see John get this bit of happy news considering how dark the eps usually are.
Constantine- Actually thought tonight's ep was interesting. Lots of backstory. Zed tells Constantine her deal, some end times cult led by her dad thinks she has some important role to play hence them trying to get her back.
And we finally learn Chas' deal. One night, John cast a protection spell on him as a goof. Unfortunately, Chas ends up getting caught in a blaze in a bar, and would've died if not for John's spell- apparently its a spell once used by Merlin for use on the Knights of the Round. Whenver a Knight of the Round died along with a bunch of lesser knights, he would absorb those lives for himself, being resurrected with as many lives in reserve as they absorbed. 47 other people died in that fire, so Chas has that many lives.
Which is what estranges him from his family. Since he is carrying all these extra souls, allowing him to take risks no one else could, he feels obligated to fight along side Constantine and help him, to put those lives to use. So, he's never around, which causes his wife to divorce him. In the end, he's down to I think 31 or 32? I can't remember if he said he had 33 or 34 when he confronted Felix Faust, but he uses one up proving to Felix that he did have a bunch of souls to offer him in exchange for his daughters. But that was a ruse so he could tie himself to Felix with Achilles' Tendon (that's why it was his weak point, because apparently it was removed?) and blow himself up with a grenade. So, he used up two lives there.
In the end, Chas' wife has a better understanding of what he does and why he does it. And Zed, who saw John's mom when she tried to channel Chas' daughter's spirit before they got her back, tells him that his mother says its not his fault she died. So, nice to see John get this bit of happy news considering how dark the eps usually are.
