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at first i thought father jud was great character representation of how the church can be good (and he is), but now it feels much more like its reminding that most figures of the church are not like that whatsoever at all and infact can be really disconnected from their faith despite being in such a position implicated to it
i firmly believe that part of the reason blanc pushes jud around so much is that he's trying to get him to be angry. sure, there's the grounding/comforting aspect when jud is spiraling (and also the horny aspect), but blanc is also trying to get him to release some of that pent-up anger that is constantly bubbling beneath the surface of jud's being. if jud loses his temper at blanc it won't ruin jud's reputation the same way it would if it was a member of the flock or another innocent bystander, coupled with the fact that blanc is more than capable of handling jud's emotional outbursts.
jud, in usual fashion, ignores this provided release valve and instead goes on to slap an old woman.
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"otherwise i'm just as bad as wicks making it about me and not jesus" says a guy in response to a detective pushing him to participate in solving a murder and clearing his name because it's obvious someone in his church is trying to pin that murder on him and audiences took him to be right about the wicks simile when he is clearly not in his right mind he is freaking out and self sabotaging and irrational to the point of being not-so-passively suicidal. in what world is him spending one monday afternoon looking for clues that prove he didn't kill a man on the same level as anything wicks did. what happened is he got scared bc he indulged in being angry and whenever that happens he actually realizes just how angry he is (at members of the catholic church specifically every time btw), an anger that might in fact make him think a little more clearly about the church as an oppressive violent patriarchal institution, but unfortunately he equates any and all anger he feels with the one time he got so angry he killed a guy so he cannot let himself be angry because then men are wolves and he keeps getting the urge to fight them so he's stomping down on that anger and praying and keeping himself trapped in that church forever. anything that isn't self-entrapment and repression of unsavory feelings = just as bad as wicks. sounds healthy! good thing blanc is there to prove that you can in fact be angry and righteous and fair and careful and kind. oh but we don't have time to see jud internalize any of that let's just cut to one year later and call it a day
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If I had a nickel for every time Josh O'Connor was in a movie where Christianity played a convoluted yet weirdly satisfying role, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice
Something that always comes to mind when discussing Judâs backstory is the ambiguous way Jud talks about his history with addiction and poverty in the prayer meeting scene.
The specifics of it are kept vague but one detail that I keep coming back to in particular is the fact that Jud never actually said he was sober. When he talks about facing addiction in the past he says, "Christ saved me" but he doesn't actually mention sobriety or the process of recovery.
It makes sense that he wouldn't straight up say he's recovered because addiction isn't that simple and neither is the process of recovery. The distinction between recovered vs recovering are hard to define bc it doesnât always align with how addictions actually work in the medical sense (elaboration under the cut)
He could've said ârecovering from addiction and X years soberâ but he doesn't. Jud chooses his words very carefully and I think itâs an interesting dialogue choice if nothing else.
Obviously Iâm not suggesting that Jud never went through recovery or whatever, because this part would just disprove that immediately.
Whilst battling addiction isnât the overarching theme of the movie, it's definitely there and I think there are a number of details that are worth pointing out because it's a great foundation for exploring his past in fics or character analysis, even if he doesnât live like that anymore.
If we suspend our disbelief for a moment and pretend the prayer meeting scene is real life instead of a movie, I don't think it's weird for him to brush over the deatils. It doesn't really raise any red flags or questions about his personality because he's literally at work.
Generally speaking, nobody would be expected to share such intimate details about their personal lives at work, especially in regards to private medical information. However, Perpetual Fortitude is not exactly known for being a well functioning workplace. The fact that Jud was able to just casually access Wicks' medical bills and find out about his radical prostatectomy is just insane on its own, so I can see why Jud might become cautious over time, if not a little paranoid.
(There's also the added element of the fact that Jud is a priest which is important to consider when disclosing details of his medical history because a Catholic church is obviously going to be held to very different HR standards than the typical rules you'd expect working at a Taco Bell or smth but I digress)
It's interesting how he uses this anecdote about his past to try to connect with people because it's quite a risky move, especially for a priest. The stigma of poverty alone is enough to make a lot of people uncomfortable at the the idea of 'a homeless guy' being their priest, let alone the fact that Jud struggles with addiction or that he killed someone.
I think he knows how taboo his very presence in the church is already, so he uses this story about his past to humanise himself and show his community that he's grounded and imperfect, just like they are. It's especially clear in this part:
He acknowledges his past struggles as being a crucial part of who he is now. He shows how he didnât leave it all behind when he joined the seminary, and he chooses to carry it with him.
You can call that growth/maturity/trauma or even serendipity. Whatever it is, itâs important to him and he speaks about it with enough confidence and deliberate ambiguity to keep up his image of being an open book.
In the prayer meeting, he's attempting to emotionally engage with the flock and do some good priest work without inviting too many follow questions about his circumstances. Especially those that could make them question if he even deserved to be a priest to begin with.
Anyway my point is that when you have this context in mind, I think you could use a lot of these elements to infer that his relationship with addiction is much more loaded than he let on.
If done right, you could easily imply that substance abuse/risk of relapse is still an active struggle for him and it would be interesting to explore the how his role in the priesthood impacts this dynamic. And it has even more potential if you compare Jud's past to Samson and Wicksâ subplot about alcoholism.
Elaboration: Itâs complex and this is a very simplified explanation but the reason "Recovered" vs "Recovering" is a hard to distinguish is because in real life, addictions don't really go away. So it's kind of hard to measure progress through recovery with such black and white terms.
Despite the stereotypes, addiction isn't just about willpower. People arenât always addicts because theyâre reckless and careless with their lives, itâs a chemistry thing more often than not. People can be sober for decades and not be tempted to turn back, but relapsing is still a huge risk bc addictions donât really care about what we want. In simple terms, the difference between an 'addict' and a 'non-addict' is that the non-addictâs brain could consume a substance casually and have no problems stopping, but an addicted brain doesn't have consistent and reliable control over this even if the person has strong willpower and no desire to use substances again. That's how stuff like accidental consumption (spiking etc) or casual consumption can reignite the addiction again. So basically, addiction recovery isnât about being cured by forcing the brain to stop being addicted to a substance as much as it is about the person developing healthy coping mechanisms and learning how to live a balanced life whilst managing an addiction.
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Jud makes friends with the semi-domesticated cat that Wicks allowed to hunt rats in the church and lets her into the rectory and she prompty gives birth to 5 kittens in his bed
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