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This week’s plot of the week is: Cleanse

Good and bad, right and wrong, dark and light… the very essence of someone’s morality. The Scoobies have learned time and time again that a soul— a person’s moral compass, their conscience— is not something to be toyed with.

The posters you’ve seen practice what they preach. Father Walker is in town, and he’s waiting at his parish for you to make your move. Like a cloth to a slate, he cleanses one’s soul, and at his hands does the Lord’s forgiveness wipe away the sins of humankind. Ask anyone who’s undergone the procedure and they’ll tell you how much better they feel now. Weightless. Sheer euphoria replacing guilt and vice, that which has weighed them down for so long. 

Their souls have been cleansed, their worries lifted, their states blissful. Yet they’re no longer the person they once were. Participants seem to lose some part of themselves in their elation, their mindless joy, changing everything—who and what they had ever been. 

But isn’t it worth it? Our souls have been shown to exist, a tangible reality, that which makes us whole, keeps us human. The vampires have said as much. Shouldn’t we protect them, cleanse them, make sure that they are pure for whatever lies beyond the grave? Or even as protection against the everyday temptations we face?

We’ve all done things we regret. And this week we wonder: How steep is the price of forgiveness?