Matt finds an even heavier cross to bear.
Matt was the man who discovered Miracle for the Mapleton clan.
He videotapes her sleeping every night, hoping for signs of consciousness.
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Rewind, do it again.
After awhile, Let Your Love Flow feels like I Got You Babe, and poor Rev.
Matt is living the worst version ofGroundhog Daya husband can imagine.
You cant give that to me and take it away from me.
Or did Matt imagine it?
Did it seem so real and did hewantit to be real so much that hes convinced himself?
But her scan reports something else: shes pregnant.
What happened to the guy who carried a shovel in his trunk?
When Matt comes to, Mary finally speaks: You have to get us back in.
He wont last out here.
Im going to lose the baby, Matt.
Once again, real or imagined?
But bureaucratic delays and a tuxedod douchbag in line result in a scuffle that lands Matt in jail.
another woman in jail asks Matt, with a wink.
Good news: Kevin has arrived, and even better news, sorta, John is with him.
John controls everything, and Matt and Mary are as good as home.
But not so fast.
John knows that Mary is pregnant, and he gives Matt the full-Isaac treatment.
Youre angry at this place.
What happened to you?
John says, looking Matt over.
I dont think Im going to be able to get those wristbands after all.
You want to free him?
Then take his place?
Matts about $600 short, but hes persistent if nothing else.
And finally, he sees a promising sign: a cross.
He approaches the salty-looking woman who put it up and appeals to her Christian sense of charity.
Curse God and die!
you might almost hear the Hallelujah chorus playing in Matts head.
Even in the pits of despair!
But she returns with an oar, a chubby companion named Reggie, and an odd proposal.
For $500 bucks, he has to strike this man as hard as he can with the oar.
Oh, and say Brian at the same time.
Nothing weird about this at all.
They want to see the hellish carnival spectacle, the corruption of another mans soul.
Matt tries to get away with some mild slaps, but the lady wont have any of that.
He wheels Mary into the darkness, directly into a flash flood, which washes them back out.
But Nora comes through in the clutch, arranging a distraction to lower the guard at the front gates.
Theres an overturned vehicle, dead goats, and a dying driver.
Its the same man who stole their wristbands.
Matt thrusts Mary on to his bewildered sister and promises to return.
He takes the boy and hes walking with him when John comes upon them in his fire truck.
I dont want your wristband, he tells the towns boss.
This boy needs help.
John doesnt get the last word.
I want to free him… because its my turn, he says.
Repent is etched on the stockade, and Matt has chosen this as his cross to bear.
Is he serving penance for smashing an oar across Reggies back?
Or burying a woman he despised?
Or impregnating his semi-comatose wife?
