You know Sheryl’s feeling desperate when she’s going to the Catholic Church for help. As she so eloquently tells David when she visits him in the confessional box with a plan to help Timothy and a warning to keep the Bouchards safe and he tries to show her that this is a sign of goodness, that God will forgive her sins: “I don’t want your forgiveness, I hate you fucking guys.” She’s only there because the church is the one place that scares Leland.
More and more, I feel like Sheryl isn’t going to make it out of this season alive, and that’s a shame because Sheryl is just the most fun. Saluting Jesus when she walks into St. Joseph’s? Perfect Evil energy right there.
Christine Lahti is once again wildly compelling this season — her fear, desperation, and fury are all right there on the surface. If Sheryl does have to go, I hope she goes out in the blaze of glory she deserves. Okay, so what is Sheryl’s plan to thwart Leland? She wants to get Timothy baptized before the antichrist ceremony.
As David informs her, at baptism, the church believes a person is cleansed of original sin and given a “sanctifying grace.” It’s possible that if Timothy’s baptized, all that antichristness inside of him will be washed away. Oh, baby, that would really piss Leland off.
Sheryl’s been working with Timothy’s surrogate Leslie to get access to him, so she and David make a plan for an impromptu baptism the next time Sheryl has the baby. If only it could be so easy. .
