‘Keeping Faith’ Recap: ‘Episode 4’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode Four of ‘Keeping Faith’.
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When we think about setting out and searching for a particular truth in our lives, one that often revolves around a personal situation or someone we know and love… we feel nothing but fear. Because deep down, we don’t want to discover anything bad about the person in question, nor do we want to see the status quo that we thrive within, upset in the slightest by that knowledge. But we forge ahead regardless of the fear, because we are beings that absolutely desire to know the truth and also because… it is impossible to hide from it. For when a situation arrives, where we need to uncover the truth, keeping it at bay and letting it fester will undoubtedly bring about more harm than good, so it is best we go after it with our heads held high and learn what we must… so we can properly move forward.

If anything, this is relevant to our discussion today, simply because it served as the focal theme of the next episode of Keeping Faith. For when we catch up with Faith here, she’s lost and listless and unsure of how to proceed, now that someone has threatened her and her family. But after learning from Steve Baldini that her husband got in deep with the Glynn crime family, she begins to wonder if the time is right to confront them in order to get some answers about what is really going on with her husband and why he ran like hell. A move that she knows will bring about emotional strife for certain, since no good can come about from this particular truth, but she chases after it none the less and comes to find some ugly but worthwhile answers for certain.

That is of course, after going through a touch of hell to get them. For her initial push to get answers by visiting the Glynn’s territory, ended with her getting robbed by the unsavory locals that populate their land. Motivating her to ask Steve for a touch of help in the matter, since he used to work for the Glynns and well… that was a move that actually paid off. For Faith was able to get a face to face with the head of the family and through her time with him and a few key cutaway scenes, answers came pouring out into the open. In that, the firm was struggling because clients were leaving after Evan’s dad retired, forcing Evan to get creative and take on new clients, such as the Glynns. And doing so of course meant compromising his morals and taking part in shady deals and well, it only got worse from there.

Because the Glynns were kind enough to front a little money to Evan to keep the firm afloat. And all Evan had to do in return, was handle anything the family needed to stay out of jail. But clearly, everything went wrong and now Evan owes the house eighty grand and sadly it would seem, that debt is now going to fall to Faith to repay, in the days to come. But while that’s ominous for certain, and so is the ending of this tale, since someone clearly ransacked the Howells’ home in the hopes of finding some cash or something of value to pay off some debts… the win here is that Faith stood tall in the face of adversity and got the hard and ugly answers she needed. Which now gives her the opportunity to figure out a path forward, one that might finally keep her family safe. 

But even then, there will be great challenges in making that happen. For the firm is in a tough place and DI Williams is doing everything within her power to try and pin what she believes to be Evan’s death on Faith. But now we know that Faith is willing to go through hell in order to come out on top and that provides the viewer with some comfort, and that makes this one quality episode when all is said and done. Simply because at long last, we have some answers, and it utterly makes sense why Evan upped and ran, because no one wants to tell a powerful crime family, that they don’t have their money. But that doesn’t make his actions right, however. For his wife is the one left responsible for his transgressions and it will be quite interesting to see how she thinks her way out of this one, now that we know just how resourceful, Faith can be. Until next time.  
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Series 1 and 2 of ‘Keeping Faith’ are available to stream right now on AcornTV. Series 3 premieres on April 12, 2021.

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