10/10
It's nice to know that Kiefer Sutherland hasn't changed much
6 May 2011
Warning: Spoilers
And that was meant as a compliment. Assertive, the fact that nothing, no one will ever change his mind about anything... and when you get on his bad side; you're as good as dead -- quite literally LOL ********** SOME COMMENTS BELOW MAY BE SPOILERS SO CAUTION READING FURTHER IF YOU HAVE NOT YES SEEN 'THE CONFESSION' YET. ************* I have to admit that I was shocked that each episode would last only 5-8 or so minutes each. They should have at least left out the "Previously... on...." for more dialogue, but I guess there was a method to their madness when they put the series together.

Each Chapter I watched, as short as they were, really gave me the chills, with both Kiefer and the priest's performance. It was highly believable, yet disturbing on many levels re the conversations that took place, and especially at the end of Chapter 8 when Father revealed his darkest sins and we found out that The Confessor is the son of the Priest after describing how he burned his hand as a kid.

The flashback scene with the mother jumping off the balcony after the Priest said to her that she better jump otherwise once he gets his hands on her, she was good as dead. That was disturbing to say the least, with the little Confessor standing and watching as she fell out of the balcony. Kids never forget stuff like that.

And as Kiefer's character shows time and time again (even in his "24" days) that when he wants to kill or attempts to kill, he will follow through regardless of the consequences so long as he gets his revenge.

But, good for the priest (in a way), The Confessor decided that he had compassion and that he had changed for the better since the childhood days, but by not killing him was a greater punishment than killing him considering that in the future after each killing the Confessor performs, he will let Father know about it, over and over again, and make him feel so guilty with emotional pain and suffering till the day he dies. That's worse than a quick and painless death.

And then The Confessor says to father that he must swear to secrecy -- effectively banning him from ever mentioning to anyone, including the police about what kind of person the Confessor has become. He really did have all his bases covered.

We'll see if they make another season. The first one went way too fast!!
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