Midnight Mass

As always, Mike Flanagan is not only a director but also a philosopher. I thoroughly enjoyed how the show wrestles with death as a subject, which is a shame, because it is not a conversation we get to have easily in real life. My favorite character is Riley Flynn, and I found myself savoring every single one of his dialogues and scenes. The way he thinks felt deeply familiar to me, especially when it comes to death, and I think the way he chooses to die is a logical sacrifice that the story genuinely needed. One of my favorite scenes is the conversation between Riley Flynn and Erin Greene about death, and Erin's monologue at the moment of her own death is something extraordinarily profound and beautiful. I also love the fact that at the end of the series, everyone returns to doing something they personally chose as a way of meeting death, which circles back to what Riley says when asked what happens when we die: "I don't know, and I don't believe people who say they do. But I can speak for myself." In the end, we consciously choose the version of death that is true to us. Some people choose a version of what death means that gives them comfort, and there is nothing wrong with that, because at the end of the day nobody really knows and they speak for themselves, and themselves only.