The program ends with Archie alone in the darkened church sanctuary except for the infant grandson he is holding carefully. True, the theological niceties were lacking, but there was an affirmation of faith there, an unnamed understanding of something powerful at work that is more to be experienced that explained. It came out a couple of years ago. Robert Duvall, in a masterful performance, played a Pentecostal preacher from Texas named Eulis 'Sonny' Dewey. Sonny gets enraged and hits Horace with a baseball bat, putting him into a coma.
Sonny leaves town, and quickly.
He heads to Louisiana and begins a new life. In his own unique way, Sonny wants to start things right. He makes his way into a river, stands waist-deep in the water, lifts eyes and hands to heaven and prays, With great humility, I ask permission to be accepted as an Apostle of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ of Nazareth, and with your gracious permission I wish to be baptized as an Apostle of our Lord. That brings us back to the scene at the River Jordan. Not just a solitary figure this time, but a throng of people from all walks of life are there.