There are occasions in the audiovisual industry when some projects do not need the financial support of Hollywood to reach the top and conquer the audience. The most recent example has been The Chosen, which, financed through crowdfunding, already has four seasons and has become a global phenomenon.

The series about the life of Jesus Christ has just returned with its 4th season, which, unlike previous ones, slowly sets the stage for the impending tragedy. Its episodes start with a mix of sadness and a bit of melancholy, bidding farewell to an iconic character, and the conclusion is satisfying, listing other events that we will review below.

This has been the return of The Chosen, which premiered its fourth season on the official series app and on acontra+, and this Friday concluded its weekly broadcast with the release of the final episode of this batch.

A grand return

There is a statement about The Chosen that remains as true as a temple and is confirmed season after season: we are facing the best fiction ever made about the life and works of Jesus Christ. Since daring to ask people for support to self-finance through crowdfunding, and up to the premieres of its episodes in theaters that manage to gather thousands of people worldwide, it is a fiction that surpasses itself and continues to captivate its viewers.

And this fourth season has been one of the best of the series so far, partly because it has shown that, although the development of some of its characters has been somewhat slow, their individual conflicts and crises of faith have been something worth watching. All this combined with how the evolution of other secondary characters is narrated, which has also been interesting and satisfying.

Although the episodes of this installment have been particularly long, with an average of one hour each, this installment has been just as thrilling, if not more, than previous ones, and has fulfilled the difficult task of closing the relevant plots, generating anticipation for what is to come.

The protagonists of the season

In this latest season, there have been several protagonists or characters that have stood out within the prevailing ensemble cast of the series. Among them was Judas Iscariot (Luke Dimyan), someone we have seen brimming with enthusiasm on previous occasions and who will soon have to make one of the most important decisions of this story. In this season, we have seen how the light he emanated was gradually fading. 

On the other hand, other characters that have especially caught the audience's attention are Pilate (Andrew James Allen), Herod (Paul Ben-Victor), Joanna (Amy Bailey), or Claudia (Sarah J. Bartholomew), who have undoubtedly been crucial in establishing a foundation for what will happen in the fifth season, where it is expected to cover what happened during Holy Week. 

In this sense, The Chosen has managed to prepare the ground for what is to come, creating a complex portrait of someone like Pilate, who will be crucial in future plots, emotionally engaging us with what happens between Claudia and Joanna, briefly introducing someone like Caiaphas (Richard Fancy), or bidding farewell to a character as important in previous seasons as Gaius (Kirk B.R. Woller). And it has also left us with unforgettable scenes like those usually starring Jesus (Jonathan Roumie) and Mary (Vanessa Benavente). 

The highlights of this installment

Without a doubt, after watching the season, the most memorable scene is likely the confrontation between Jesus and Shmuel (Shaan Sharma) when Mary washes his feet.

Shmuel's story has been one of the most unpredictable and intriguing in the series. He started out somewhat skeptical towards Jesus, but soon grew fond of him and began to follow him, trusting that he was the Messiah. However, he has also had his ups and downs, making him one of the most interesting antagonists we have seen in The Chosen.

He has been an example that the series is advancing by leaps and bounds in terms of being aware of its value and quality, intensifying its narrative and the emotion it conveys, and even reaching the most skeptical or distant viewers of Christianity.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence