‘Keeping Faith’ Recap: ‘Series 3, Episode 4’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 304 of ‘Keeping Faith’.

It is definitely safe to say, that every person out there, is hungry to find peace and happiness in life. Because deep down we know that finding that, will give us a freedom we’ve never known before. One where worry and anxiety and memories of old simply don't exist in our minds and hearts and that definitely motivates us to reach for the stars and carve out a place in this world so that our dreams hopefully provide us with just that, since they reinvent us. But that is oddly enough, the big lie when it comes to peace and happiness. In that, money won’t bring us that on a consistent basis, nor will fame or carving out a niche. No instead, if we truly want to be happy in life, we must make peace with our sorted and sometimes painful past and this is a lesson that Faith Howells came to discover in this week’s episode of Keeping Faith.

That is, after she did something quite important in this story. Because after weeks of battling around with the local judge regarding the fate of Mike’s son, Faith and Carys were finally able to stand before the appeals judges and plead their case for saving young Osian and well, this was quite the powerful sequence when all is said and done. Simply because Faith truly showed us how much she cares about this case and Osian’s future and thankfully, her words did not fall into a void. For the judges understood her points to a tee and decided that Mike should indeed do whatever it takes to give his son a fighting chance, regardless of the risk since he was so close to death and well… winning the biggest case of her career and knowing that Osian might have a full future ahead of him, allowed for her to reflect upon her own path and recent events. 

Which in turn, made her realize that she’s been running from her past since she was a teenager and that motivated her to open up to Tom and inform him of why she didn’t talk about her family life and the danger that her mother presented and that she was indeed unsure of how to proceed in regard to Rose’s machinations. But while there is cause for fear in regard to her mother, since she is indeed manipulating everyone around her once again, the fact that Faith finally was honest with someone about her past and is genuinely wondering how to get away from Rose and her special brand of evil… speaks volumes to the fact that she is ready to move beyond those memories and forge her own path at last and that allowed for some powerful moments to take place, the kind that finally allowed for something incredible to happen.

Because she finally made a move in regard to Steve Baldini and relished in the wonder of being desired once again and really, all of these subtle moments were beautiful for certain, since we watched Faith finally grow before our eyes and genuinely begin to focus upon herself and her mental health and well, she might find the happiness she seeks sooner than she might expect. Because her ‘darling’ mother continues to slide downhill health wise and is losing support from those that once stood by her. And to top it all off, Gael Reardon’s body has been found, and it would seem that Rose has her fingers in that matter somehow, and that she might be trying to pin her death on Evan and if by chance, all of this can be tied to Rose, to the point where she must finally pay the piper for her transgressions, then perhaps Faith can finally face her mother one last time and finally close the book on all of those painful memories and move forward in life.

For Faith Howells genuinely deserves that after everything she’s been through and put up with and it would be wonderful to see her find peace and happiness at the end of this incredible journey. But while we wait to see where all of these important moments take us, we can bask in one fascinating and engrossing tale. One that did a fine job of setting up the next two episodes and didn’t manage to bore us in the slightest with its transitional nature. Which is a testament to the writing and the acting present in this series since every moment was indeed engaging and moving and well, all this episode does is leave us supremely eager to see where Faith’s journey takes us next. Because she finally appears to be on the right path and if she can finally handle her mother and put yesterday to rest… then this series can close out in the most satisfying way imaginable. Until next time.
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‘Keeping Faith’ is available to stream right now on AcornTV.

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