And for you GLITCH lovers, here’s some behind the scenes for ya 👻☠️😈

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The rest of the Risen all came back because they had been victims of injustice: Kate died from cancer at a young age; Kirstie was raped and murdered; Charlie suffered because of homophobia; Maria’s lost her husband’s trust in her, and her daughter’s life; Carlo was the victim of anti-Italian policies in World War 2; Chi was the victim of anti-Chinese racism; and Belle was the victim of an abusive family.

Paddy, on the other hand, wasn’t a victim. Yes, he was murdered, but he set himself up for a violent death by leading a violent life--one in which he abused Chi and other Chinese miners, indigenous people, and even his own children. We can also assume that he wasn’t only a murderer, but a thief, a liar, and probably much more. Paddy has no grievances against himself to avenge. Rather, he returns, as he says, for “redress and restitution.” Because he’s such a monster, we’re led to think that he wants redress and restitution for a “wrong” done to him. And then, we’re surprised when we find out that he is looking to redress wrongs he did to others. 

I should be clear here: we see that Paddy has a very humane side; we see that he became more compassionate in middle age than he was as a very young man (when we see him in season 3). But we are never asked to forgive him or to forget the misery he inflicted. In fact, we are shown how his cruelty and greed had ramifications that extended far beyond his life and down to his great-great grandchildren. The show doesn’t give him any outs, but at the same time it makes him capable of realizing, to some degree, that he made enormous mistakes and that he can, also to some degree, try to atone for them.

We’ve got plenty of stories about people who return from the dead, either as ghosts, zombies, or resurrected humans, to right a wrong done to them. We have far fewer about people who return from the dead to right wrongs that they’ve done. At this point, I think I’m more interested in the latter.