‘Keeping Faith’ Recap: ‘Series 2, Episode 2’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 202 of ‘Keeping Faith’.
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It has often been said, that stepping out of our comfort zone, is quite the healthy move. For it teaches us what we are made of, since such acts often require us to adapt quickly. And it can also teach us, if we are really suited to handle whatever unique situation we are stepping into. For if the moment at hand is far too overwhelming and uncomfortable, instead of thrilling and alluring… then we finally know that whatever it is we thought we wanted, isn’t for us in the slightest. But if we do indeed find ourselves thriving in that moment, well it means that we might have stepped into a new and exciting chapter in our lives and this is something that Faith Howells goes through, in the next episode of Keeping Faith.

For when we catch up with her in this particular tale, she’s being told left and right to not take on the murder case involving Madlen, out of the fear that she will lose and embarrass the firm and ruin its chances of ever recovering from the disrepair that Evan left it in. But something about this case simply doesn’t add up, specifically when it comes to Madlen. For she suffers from multiple sclerosis and she simply doesn’t seem to have a killing bone within her body and that motivates Faith to simply plunge in and take this case head on, much to the chagrin of Tom. But this was indeed Faith stepping out of her comfort zone and trying something quite dangerous and new and well, as it turns out… it is a wonderful thing that she opted to try something risky for a change.

Because she is quite good at defending a client in a big case. For when the trial begins, she is relentless when it comes to the prosecution’s witnesses and evidence and she is able to poke holes and create reasonable doubt. To the point where it seems that she might actually get Madlen off. But even then, there are still some roadblocks for her to overcome before that can happen. Simply because Faith came to learn that Madlen discovered her husband was having an affair the day he died. Something that the jury would undoubtedly view as a motive and of course, the police are eager to see a guilty verdict and considering how the cops are in this town, and the suspicious behavior of DI Breeze in this episode, one has to wonder if Faith is going to lose by way of a fixed trial, or if she’s even going to finish the trial in the first place.

For Breeze spent a lot of his spare time in this episode, investigating Faith and her dealings with the Reardon family, and when he wasn’t doing that, he was talking with Evan in the hopes of getting him to offer up some tips on bringing Gael down. But when he didn’t get the fast response that he wanted, he took matters into his own hands and followed Faith during a break in the trial… while she did some money laundering for Gael, and promptly approached the store owner that she worked with and sweated him. To the point where he was able to get his hands on the product she used as cover, so that he could confront her at her home about what was going on and well, that’s where this episode leaves us. With Faith once again facing a little trouble with the law, but this time for the right reasons since she is indeed working with a dirty criminal.

But while we wait to see if Breeze is an honest cop, or one that is going to try and use this to his financial advantage, we can bask in one satisfying tale. One that really did see Faith simply plunge, headfirst, into something she knew nothing about… and utterly stick the landing. Because she really was the best lawyer in the room when she was speaking and cross-examining, and it was really was quite refreshing and quite wonderful to see her in charge and hopefully she gets to see this through, since she is winning. Either way, series two continues to impress, for it is doing a wonderful job of offering up new storytelling elements, while slowly bringing everything that was left unresolved from season one to a close and hopefully Faith and Breeze will work together to bring down Gael, so that another dark chapter in Faith’s past can come to a close. Until next time.  

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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