The Elephant in the Room

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

We're close to the end of the season. Just two episode remain in this freshman go, and "God Friended Me" seems to remain committed to tying up loose ends, including the role Simon Hays (Adam Goldberg) plays in the God Account. And while that's never been my favorite storyline, I get it.

There's also the push to determine whether Arthur (Joe Morton) will become Bishop, or whether it's a post he even wants. He's done a lot of good for the community in his church, and while that could be done on a larger scale as Bishop, should he really move for a job if he can't be true to who he is and what he believes?

And Miles (Brandon Michael Hall) and Cara (Violett Beane), their relationship has progressed beautifully and is one of the highlights of the show, along with their work of helping others. And yet there's been this thing hanging over them the past few weeks. Miles got a chance to push his podcast to the next level, but it meant to committing to exclusivity with the story of the search for the God Account. Cara agreed.

Then, as so often happens, Cara got a big chance at work, but it would mean going back on a promise to Miles. And, as so often happens in TV and in life, instead of being straight up about it, she tried to waffle and decide what to do until the point in time when the truth came out it threatened to drive a real wedge.

I doubt that actually happens, but I get the need to make compelling drama. Personally, the closer we come to getting the God Account mystery solved and pushed to the back burner, the happier I will be. This show is at its best telling beautiful stories of people who need help, and how that helps these main characters grow. Cara reuniting with her mother. Miles learning to move past the grief and anger over his mother's death that has seemingly shaped so much of the path he's taken.

Fortunately, despite all the ongoing story service, "God Friended Me" had time to tell a beautiful story of two families during its 18th episode, "Return to Sender." It began with Miles getting a package meant for someone else. That led him to the senders, a couple grieving the loss of their daughter even three years after her death.

That, in turn, led to another mother trying to find a beautiful instrument for her daughter, a girl who received the gift of a heart three years earlier and decided to embrace her second chance by learning to play beautiful music. If you've seen this show before, even without me saying it, you know the connection between these two.

As the grieving parents, Cara Buono and Jeffrey Pierce did a nice job bringing the story to life. And the moment at the close of the story was beautiful and emotional, reminding me of what first drew me to the series. I hope to see more of that as we move through the final two episode.