![]() As the third episode, “Proverbs,” reveals, Father Paul is actually Crockett Island’s missing Monsignor Pruitt, rejuvenated from his 80-year-old self by the blood of the centuries-old creature that attacked him during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Patrick’s doesn’t need transubstantiation: From the day he arrives, Father Paul has been lacing it with blood-specifically the blood of the undead “angel” he has smuggled onto the island. Father Paul arrives on the island without fanfare, arriving at Sunday mass as an unannounced replacement for the church’s aged and infirm Monsignor Pruitt, but his impassioned, off-kilter sermons quickly energize the tiny community’s faithful-and besides, a dying fishing town doesn’t offer much else to do on Sunday mornings.Īpart from the vodka bottle that’s pulled from Riley’s smashed car in the opening shot, the only drink that plays a meaningful role in Midnight Mass is communion wine, which flows in ever-greater quantities as Father Paul’s congregation grows and the liturgical calendar approaches Easter Sunday. Patrick’s, especially once the church’s pulpit is taken over by the charismatic but mysterious Father Paul (Hamish Linklater). ![]() Patrick’s, the Catholic church that is the island’s only house of worship, Riley has emerged from prison as a devout atheist, spurning the higher power–driven methods of Alcoholics Anonymous in favor of science-based rational recovery.* Nonetheless, he finds it difficult to stay out of St. Although he was a former altar boy at St. ![]() coast, the story of Midnight Mass centers on Riley Flynn (Zach Gilford), a fisherman’s son who left the island, made a bundle in finance, and has just been released from prison after killing a young woman while driving drunk. Set in the isolated fishing village of Crockett Island, located 30 miles off the U.S.
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