Final Moves

"Well, it's not my story to tell." - Cara, "God Friended Me"

We're at that point in the year where network series are moving toward their conclusions. Some shuffle off in March, others in April, the rest by early May. "God Friended Me" has had a strong first season, and it's nearing a conclusion. In fact, there are just three more episodes left until it wraps up. And as such, we've reached the part of the season where things start falling into shape for the finale.

We saw Miles (Brandon Michael Hall) and Cara (Violett Beane) gave in to their feelings last week, and this week they started moving forward. There is promise in the relationship, and I think while it's a bit of fan service it also makes sense. But as we move toward the finale, the obstacles are coming into view.

In this case, it's Miles getting a chance to step forward with this Podcast, with the condition of exclusivity. Cara has never written about the God Account and doesn't want to, as she tells Miles when he checks to be sure his professional opportunity won't come between them.

But no sooner has Cara cleared the conflict than it re-emerges. Her boss rightly figures out where her stories are coming from, though she hasn't identified it. And when he pushes her to write about it, she responds, "it's not my story to tell." And while that makes sense for her relationship and for Miles, it might not work with her boss. This feels like the kind of thing that might fester and come back to cause difficulty in their relationship in the future.

Elsewhere, other conflicts emerged. Arthur (Joe Morton) was offered a Bishop post last week, which ended speculation he was being forced out at his church. However, it's a position that doesn't come without playing the political game. That means steering away from talking about his children, who aren't exactly the shining examples the church wants to lift up. Arthur wrestles with it and plans to withdraw his name, but his children push him to play the game, setting his sights on the good he can do in the long run.

While that seemed to satisfy the conflict for now, I'm not sold that Arthur's heart is really in leaving his church. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Finally, Rakesh ( Suraj Sharma) continues to make headway in his search for the owner of the God Account, believing it to be Simon Hays (Adam Goldberg). He thinks he's found a link, and the team is poised to pursue that lead and I expect the show is going to try and answer this particular mystery in some way by the time this first season ends.