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Rectify Ep 1.06 ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ closes out an amazing first season with a contemplative episode

Back in ‘Plato’s Cave’ (which is my favorite hour of television so far this year, in case you’re keeping track), Daniel and Tawney have long talks about the intersection of reality and faith as Daniel struggled to find ways to reconcile himself with the changed, but still unforgiving Paulie, Georgia he returned to. ‘Jacob’s Ladder’ puts faith to the side (mostly) for a moment and replaces it with danger, as the threats existing mostly in Daniel’s peripherals greets him face to face.

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Jacob’s Ladder astonishing on the eye and hard on the heart

Jacob’s Ladder Directed by Adrian Lynn Written by Bruce Joel Rubin US, 1990 Long before The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense made it a commonplace institution, the twist ending was a tool rarely used by screenwriters, a choice of brevity which stopped the trope from becoming a stale and predictable attempt to garner some …

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