Has Zara seen God?

Has Zara seen God?
Has Zara seen God? (Image credit: BBC)

Zara slowly falls backwards onto a grass verge, her eyes are closed. Widow Nonnie runs into a church shouting up at the statue of Christ: "was that you"? Meanwhile, schizophrenic Cam runs through a line of trees seemingly being chased and teen Toby, whoops with delight. What has he seen? At The Mill, Zara frantically searches for the foetal heart monitor. Cherry notices Zara's in a panic trying to find the baby's heartbeat but they soon hear it. Zara's relieved but won't tell Cherry what's wrong. Toby arrives at The Mill for an asthma check and tells Heston he saw something amazing this morning; an alien. Cam comes to see Jimmi saying the demons are back. Meanwhile, Nonnie tells Cherry she thinks she saw God. Zara tells Elaine she's seen something but doesn't know what it was. All four experienced the same white light phenomenon. When Elaine has no explanation Zara turns to Kevin, who says it was ball lightening, but Zara's not sure. When Zara tells Elaine she saw ball lightening, Elaine asks why Zara can't tolerate the unexplainable, why is she clinging to an explanation that doesn't fit? Zara snaps that Elaine is just being provocative. Later, Zara asks Daniel if she'll be a good mother, admitting she doesn't have all the answers. As Daniel reasons that no one does, Zara says everything's fine - but is it?

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 

An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.