All series that are based on a novel or literary saga usually give fans the opportunity to imagine how certain specific parts that impacted them when they read them on paper will be addressed in the audiovisual language. An example of this can be The Chosen, which this week has premiered the end of its fourth season and continues to generate conversation among viewers about the future of the series.

Among other things, fans of the fiction about the life of Jesus have already started to imagine how the most impactful episodes of the Bible will be addressed and, specifically, how the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus will be shown.

Planned to end with the seventh season, which will be the last, The Chosen has not yet reached the last part of the life of the protagonist and there are several perspectives on what will be seen from now on in the series.

Some think that, in reality, the series created by Dallas Jenkins will not show the crucifixion as such, and will focus on how the people who knew Jesus experienced his death. They also comment that it is possible that we will see the different parts of the passion as flashbacks and without explicitly showing how it happened, just like they did with the death of John the Baptist.

Others, however, argue that we will see the passion and death because they are too important to leave out, but that they will not be portrayed with the same brutality or exaggeration that predominated in The Passion of the Christ (2004), Mel Gibson's film.

The creator's vision

Dallas Jenkins on the set of 'The Chosen'

As hinted by the creator of The Chosen, Dallas Jenkins, the remaining three seasons will each have a very clear narrative purpose. After what we have seen in the fourth installment, it is planned that season 5 will address the early events of Holy Week.

Then, the sixth season will focus on the passion and death of Jesus, which covers several important narrative arcs and to which great liturgical importance is given. And finally, the seventh and last installment will narrate the resurrection and everything that happened afterwards.

What we have seen so far

While we wait for more news about the fifth season of The Chosen, the fourth installment has already premiered and is available in Spain on the official series app and also in the acontra+ catalog.

In this installment, Jesus is tired and overwhelmed, and he needs to rest. The story is getting closer and closer to Jerusalem, to what it is known is coming. Jesus is increasingly frustrated and sad. Not because he is approaching death, but for the reasons why he must die.

From the religious leaders of his faith, through the holy city of Jerusalem, to his own friends and followers, people are not understanding his mission. For this, he must allow painful things, and even set in motion certain confusing or bittersweet events, to hasten the outcomes that will lead to Holy Week.

Clashing kingdoms. Rival rulers. Jesus's enemies draw closer as his followers struggle to keep up, leaving Him alone with the burden. Threatened by Jesus's growing influence, religious leaders do the unthinkable: ally with their Roman oppressors. As the seed of betrayal is sown and opposition to Jesus's message turns violent, he has no choice but to demand that his followers rise up.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence