NBC's Kings, Premise (No spoilers for future episodes)

[nonsenseprocess]

It's really kind of weird to watch promotional clips and interviews for Kings because it seems like everyone is trying very, very hard to keep from saying that the show is a modern retelling of the Biblical story of David and Jonathan. Like, to the extent that I have seen a lot of blog entries where people are saying 'What, hey! I had no idea Kings

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[cluudle]

Wow. Thank you for this, Mari, this just absolutely made my day. I watched the pilot on Hulu and, oh, wow. I love bible stories very much. Butterflies!

[nonsenseprocess]

<33 I'm so glad! Thank you for this comment. This is one of those shows I'm positive a lot of people I know would love but probably never hear about in an appealing way. Like, the NBC promos - I had no idea it was a biblical story from that, it was just butterflies everywhere and MONARCHY and 'I'll give you half my kingdom'! Which, I mean, was enough to make me curious but not enthusiastic.

For me it could have gone either way until the Samuels scene. That struck me so hard for whatever reason, I was just rapt during that. (It helps that I love the actor playing Samuels.) That forehead touch! The dialogue which looks a little flat written out, but - 'I've been carrying this thing for months, it is broken, if you can fix it it's yours.' And it's a representation of the kingdom, of the king's favor. If you can fix the kingdom, it's yours.

[cluudle]

Apparently the promos are absolutely not doing the show justice? I haven't seen them, but they sound dull.

Just. The butterflies. I don't want to spoiler all over your comments, but I'm refering to, you know, the scene. That scene there.

Divine mandate! I love me some divine mandate.