Hey folks! You’re welcome to my set of reviews for Abattoir Season 2. It starts with a flashback of Martins’ first time in Baba Gbenro’s house. The placement of that flashback in this new season, rather than the first season, was an inspired choice in my opinion. It wasn’t a very long scene but it went a long way in making the movie more interesting, because, we understand better now why Baba Gbenro is so dogged and was not easily discouraged by Martins’ hostile treatment of him.
At their first meeting, Baba had dealt with and had won over a violent, bad-tempered Martins with the wisdom of God which no man can resist or gainsay. Mama Gbenro had been skeptical from the start, and she was in Season 1 when Martins’ situation seemed to have gotten out of hand. When Baba said they’d prayed and had been convinced about taking Martins in, it taught me that being convinced about what God has spoken to you doesn’t necessarily guarantee a smooth ride, but it gives you the strength to make it through victoriously.
There was good humour in this episode, although for Martins, things are not so funny, and it now seems he’s turned a corner and seen the true state of things – that Baba and Mama Gbenro love him and did not deserve his cold treatment of them. It seems he’s had to learn the hard way; he’s broken again but now is gradually getting fixed.
Mr Adegbola, played by Victor Olukoju PVO, is the new entrant in the opening credits of Abattoir, which suggests that he’ll be playing quite an important role here. Remember that in Season 1, he makes it known that he’s a lawyer, and as expected, he’ll be defending Martins in this case.
I wondered what the roles of Bukola Omolola and Adeola Adetoye would be and it interestingly turns out that they are Flora’s mother and sister respectively. Her father is played by Tunde Oreniyi who plays a diplomatic presence that could be amusing at times. Their story, along with Baba Gbenro’s and Martins’, really got me reflexive at how important and serious the matter of “problematic” children is. I’m saying, or maybe I’m asking, how long is long enough, when you’re trying to set a child who has gone astray in the right path; at what point do you hands off or should you even ever do that as a parent or as a teacher, even when it seems you’ve done everything right to bring up that child in God’s way?
The way Flora’s mom sees it is that she has two daughters; one is a hit, the other is a miss. To her, she’d rather forget about the black sheep and lavish her love on the good soil. I think it just shows a bit of the anguish in the hearts of parents with children that seem recalcitrant.
However, Baba Gbenro makes us see that when a child needs help, that’s what you should give to him/her; you give them the help they need, not abandoning the child, because that would only drive them farther away. 1 Corinthians 13:7 says that love never gives up and this is exemplified in the parable of the lost sheep and lost coin where the owners leave the righteous ones behind and go looking for the lost one. That suggests that Flora’s mom actually ought to leave the perfect daughter with a “very bright future” in Sandra, and go after the lost Flora, kind of in the way that Baba Gbenro has kept going after Martins, and though they’re yet to be reunited physically, Baba has already won back his son, Martins Durosanya.
Alright, we’ve come to the end of this first review of Abattoir Season 2. Have you seen it? What stuck with you the most from that episode? I know there’s also the part of Adegbola’s wife, as well as Gbade’s family and Durosanya’s new ambition, so, let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.
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