NBC Daniel makes happy Customers

Give the Customers what they want. The mantra of business is that simple.

This show did exactly that. Popular culture finds a Jesus wearing sandals, a 60’s kinda guy. Probably a lot like one’s imaginary bestest friend. No surprise there.

That’s OK. Jesus is truly hard to pin down.

And this was certainly not a demanding Jesus in any way. Nope, he’s there to encourage the father to knock on the daughter’s door "now", so a good talk can ensue. When the priest tells Jesus, “I don’t know what to do!”, Jesus gently says “yes you do”. I think you get the picture.

The spiritual side of a Episcopal priest’s family? Not to be found. After all, the priest father would like to be bishop someday if no scandals stand in his way. The teenage son apparently consummated a heterosexual encounter in a car’s back seat. The homosexual son is warmly accepted, with the priest father’s hopes of “good luck”, and that perhaps he will find a male nurse to bond with. The mother lets us know that homosexuality is “genetic”.

The bishops? Well I just really like the woman bishop.. the same excellent actress who played the mother in the original ‘Exorcist’ movie, although no demands were made on her acting ability in what I saw. The older man bishop seemed to think that the gay son’s not finding a girlfriend was something to worry about because “people will talk”. Now that was definitely old school passé.

Pop Culture customers got a mirror to look into for 2 hours;

Affirmed that "I am me" self-esteem will suffice;

Shown that ministers simply wear different clothes than the person in the mirror.

Customers got what they want, not what they need.