What’s up, gospel movie fans out there? You’re welcome to the review of the Finale of Abattoir Season 1.
So, after initially being sent out by Martins, Baba Gbenro returns and asks for shelter, but Martins declines. Baba realises at that point the real problem – the only person standing in Martins’ way is Martins himself, in Baba’s words, exchanging God’s love for bitterness. But then, like I opined in the review of Episode 5, Martins does begin to think about everything and sees that if nothing else, Baba Gbenro didn’t deserve his hostile treatment of him. He tries to search for him and tries to call him to no avail. The scripture that popped into my head was Ephesians 5 where God said three things I’ve been meditating on recently. One, CAREFULLY determine what pleases God (v10); two, don’t act thoughtlessly (v17), and three, don’t live as a fool but as wise (v15b). Martins doesn’t do any these three things when God meant for them keep us on course in our lives’ journeys.
That scene was followed by a suya joint scene that I liked so much as it was a different setting to all we’d seen so far. First, it doused the tension that had been built from the moment Flora appeared at Martins’ door in Episode 5. Two, seeing Moses Korede Are flex his Hausa lingo with such fluency was a joy to watch. Lastly, Mr Adegbola meets Baba Gbenro here and after the common initial reaction of strictly refusing Baba Gbenro’s request, he’s touched by the Holy Spirit and he follows God’s leading.
Dele comes into the picture when Mr Adegbola decides to take Baba home. There, they make some illustrations of deep spiritual realities about Christians’ walk with Christ. As we’ve seen throughout Season 1, the scenes with Dele and his father have been really good, with the humour especially being appropriate and unforced. Recently, I’d come across the story of the ten virgins and had craved for more understanding; from this scene, I learnt that the extra oil can be likened to a deposit of God’s word in my heart. We also learnt that we should steer clear of power-draining content and lay aside every weight that slows us down spiritually.
Mama Gbenro’s patience is really tested and after hearing what Martins did, she feels she and her husband have had enough of him. We see the mutual respect she and Baba have for each other. Though Baba Gbenro wants so much to return to see Martins again, he knows he needs her support and when she doesn’t give it, he respects that. However, it also got to the point where Baba Gbenro had to stand in his office as the head of the home, deciding to go after Martins, and Mama Gbenro would surely have to follow that time around.
On second attempt, Flora takes Martins down and it was a really sorry sight: being set up, pleading that he didn’t commit the offence he’d been accused of, yet he was forced on his knees, his pictures were taken, and the press, probably tipped by Gbade, were on hand to publicize the incident. I think one sad thing about this is that in reality, there are probably many people in the world today who have been wrongly accused and suffering for an offence they didn’t commit. I pray that God will fight for His children and that others will find Him too and be vindicated in Jesus name.
Did you notice that Flora was interviewed on camera? I know that before long, it would be discovered that she was never a student; it’s almost extraordinary that she hadn’t been discovered yet but the fact is that she barely spends two days in that school. By the time it’s found out, you’d expect that she’d have relocated and would have gone off the radar, but you know what? She would go off the radar, completely, becoming non-existent. Why? Chief Durosanya’s plan was to give her a fake cheque and kill her!
A question raised in the comments section of my video review of Episode 5 was “Where actually is the abattoir? Is it Chief Durosanya’s house or Martins’ heart?” His mother was dead, his father was a murderer, his mentor loved him so much, his mentor’s wife saw him as her son, he was honoured in his workplace, he was offered a scholarship because he had been selfless, and above all, he had met with Christ; yet, his world was falling apart just because he didn’t want to let go of his resentment towards his father; he was slaughtering himself. I once heard a pastor say that we sometimes give the devil too much credit for the bad things that happen in our lives because we do such a good job of destroying our own lives that the devil takes notes. So, like the Scriptures say in many places, we should examine ourselves constantly, and ensure that we are not our own enemies.
Well, unlike at the ending of Episode 5 where I felt disturbed at its events, I’m all smiles for this one because there’s hope. What we feared for Martins eventually happens to him, but seeing this, big shot Baba Gbenro said: “Get a car ready for me”; Mama asked, “Where are you going?” and Baba responded, “To rescue my son”. Clearly, Abattoir Season 2 is going to be so much fun. It’s been an awesome series, really; it’s been a nice six weeks from July 5. In all, I’m delighted with the series and we’ll patiently wait for Season 2; I hope that the subtitling will be much improved then.
Next, we’ll be reviewing Corked from EVOM World Network.
Till then, stay blessed!
Link to the episode https://youtu.be/wxrtOLpkXaI
Link to the video of this review https://youtu.be/pd8dVev7ouU
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