Constantine - 'Blessed are the Damned'

"Aunt May; is that an angel?"

Angels we have heard on high, and down low as it turns out. This week, John and Zed - Chas is out of town on family business - are drawn to a country church where a snake-handling reverend has returned from the dead with the power to heal. They soon trace this power to the feather of an angel, now trapped in the earthly plane, but the preacher is reluctant to return what has been 'given' to him.

Themes for this week include intentions and effects, and the price of magic, as well as the danger of preconceptions. Zed is automatically doubtful of a healing preacher, but awed by the sight of an angel, and Manny's inclination is to help one of his kind without question. Even John is taking a lot on trust this week.

'Blessed are the Damned' expands on the limits placed on angels, and Manny's willingness to bend the rules. It also touches on Zed's life outside Team Petty Dabbling and on her backstory. It's not a bad episode, and again has a twist which is not entirely predictable, but is definitely solvable.