Dead Zone

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Kim: B- | 595 USERS: B-
YOU GRADE IT
Zion

A church. Inside, Bruce is at the pulpit, giving a eulogy for his father, whose corpse lies in a casket nearby and looks a lot like Louis Gossett Jr., because it totally is. Johnny sits in a pew along with various other mourners. Bruce says that he wishes he could give a sermon the way his father taught him. Bruce looks skyward and announces, "It doesn't quite go with the hair, Daddy." Johnny smirks, and then suddenly we go into a flashback or vision of young Bruce (maybe nine years old?) giving a sermon about how he has "seen the angel" who told him about "the end of the world." The congregation responds by saying "Amen" and "Hallelujah" and "Yes, sir!" I totally wish I went to a church like that. Behind little Bruce stands his father, wearing a minister's garments.

Johnny snaps back to reality just as Bruce finishes his eulogy and hugs his mother. Organ music starts playing. Bruce thanks Johnny for attending. Johnny says that he's learned more about Bruce in the last two hours than he has in the last two years. Bruce says that there are a lot of ghosts there, and they hug. Johnny goes into a vision of himself, lying on the ground unconscious in a crowded auditorium as Bruce's dad prays over him. Johnny snaps out of it, and Bruce says that he actually saw Johnny's vision too, which is a new experience. Before Johnny can respond, Bruce is called away by his mother. Bruce begs Johnny to say that he saw them on a plane going home tomorrow. Johnny says that wasn't exactly it. Bruce walks off, and Johnny stares real hard at Bruce's dead daddy in the coffin. Man, do I hate open caskets. Creepy.

The outside of the church has a sign announcing that today's service is "in loving memory of Pastor David Lewis." Inside, some dude says he heard that Bruce lives in Maine now. Bruce says he likes being mobile. The dude asks Bruce if he could get any further away from home in Indiana. Well, he could go to another country. Bruce tries to change the subject, but the dude asks Bruce what he's looking for, and why he can't find it at home, carrying on his father's work. Isn't religious leadership supposed to be a calling? If Bruce doesn't feel it, he doesn't feel it, and guilt trips aren't going to help. The dude further guilt-trips Bruce by saying that Bruce's mom will lose the church and the house if Bruce doesn't return. Bruce sarcastically thanks the dude and walks away.

Dead Zone

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