The Flynns
After watching Midnight Mass countless times, and comparing how each character “died”, I realized that Annie, Ed and Riley all died on the same principle, saving others before themselves. We see Riley burn up right in front of Erin, he doesn't want to be apart of the new covenant on Crockett, and he needs to show Erin what the fate of the island will look like, or better yet the fate of the world.
Ed, in the church when everything starts going down is fighting off at least 3 people so Annie, Warren, Sarah, Erin, Hassan, and Leeza can get to safety. You see and here him look back at his family telling them to go. Sacrificing his life for them.
In probably the most iconic, and most loved scene between Annie and Bev when she takes her “life” to distract Sturge and Bev so the kids can get to safety. All while this conversation between the two of them stem from Riley being a product of his parents. He absolutely was, grace and putting others first, sacrificing your own life can be something you teach sure that’s what the Gospel is all about. But doing, actually doing it, actually stabbing a knife through your neck, actually letting people kill you to distract the others, that is real grace. Thats what the good book says, as Erin so delicately but sternly puts it.
And that is why the Flynns are the best and most wholesome part of Midnight Mass
