Let me start this off by saying I don't know nothing about the bible. I know basic stuff. My lady would say that is wrong because I have timelines and everything all off. Like, with this series, House of David, I had no idea what David did other than kill Goliath with a slingshot. That is literally it. I had no idea he had a life outside of that. So, now with that information this entire series was surprising to me and had my dumb ass sitting here saying “No spoilers!” to someone who went to church all the time regarding a tale that is thousands of years old.
This dude who is a seer named Samuel anoints this other dude named Saul as the first king of Israel. Saul is like “Thanks but I am gonna do whatever I want” and becomes a habitual line stepper. He got his wife and two daughters and sons. Saul and his army defeat this king Agag. They were told not to take anything from the battle but they take him and have him chained up while they celebrate around his dusty self in the middle of the party. Samuel shows up and is like “What is all this?!” Saul is like “I'm king so...pffft!” Samuel reminds him that he was anointed by god and is gonna be replaced by a new king now. Saul starts losing his mind immediately. Meanwhile David is on a farm with his family being treated like shit and shunned by everyone. A lion is killing sheep and scaring the family so he finds and kills it like a boss. My lady said it was a symbol. I didn't get it. This symbol kicked his ass and killed sheep.
Saul is losing it even more and kills this poor boy servant. Saul's right hand man Abner sends someone out to get Doeg to find out who Samuel says will be the next king. Doeg will do whatever it takes to get info. The queen takes Abner and they go to a woman to get something to break the curse that is making the king crazy. This is against all kinds of laws. Queen don't care. Samuel heads to David's house and Jesse, David's father, is like “All my sons are good. Take one. Except David. Not a fan.” Samuel finally meets David and knows this kid is the next king. David's brothers are like “No one can know this information. David wants to tell everyone and their mama. David is called to Saul and I think thr jig is up. Nah. He knows David plays music and it helps sooth him when he going crazy. Oh, I forgot to mention that one of Saul's sons is a ho and got this girl pregnant and don't wanna marry her or anything and he ends up getting sent away but rescued. The other son is a good dude which means he is gonna get the shit end of the stick.
The queen tries hiding how fucked up Saul is. He has his good moments. I am not gonna try and cover the bible and get into every character and detail. I will say that David and Saul's daughter Michal get too close. Saul almost marries off his other daughter. His mind is getting worse. Samuel's assistant gets flayed. Saul and David get closer to one another while Michal hears and suspects that David came from nowhere and wants the throne. They confess their feelings to one another but David leaves to go back home.
David shows up like “Y'all been letting this fool talk crazy like this for weeks?! I'll go beat his ass.” It has literally been weeks where he calls these soldiers out. David meets with Saul who when he saw Goliath full on had a panic attack and soldiers are leaving in droves. He tells David to wear his armor and go fight. People are laughing and saying he will be killed. Mind you, David is the only one who has stepped up. He steps to Goliath and Samuel lights a sacrificial fire and the invading king is like “Oh...no.” Goliath starts spamming spears and one hits David in the side. David respawns and starts spinning his slingshot and nails this big bastard in the head and he drops. Soldiers start running away and David cuts Goliath's head off. The end.
They are making a season two of this which is cool. I normally don't like any bible stuff. It is a bunch of dudes with beards in the desert and I can't tell anyone apart and it looks like it was filmed on a shoestring budget. Other than the floating looking lion in episode one this series looked good. I enjoyed the acting in this and since I know jack all about the bible really I can't get upset at what was or wasn't accurate. This is all new information to me.
Michael Iskander as David
Ali Suliman as Saul
Ayelet Zurer as Ahinoam
Indy Lewis as Michal
Ethan Kai as Jonathan
Oded Fehr as Abner
Louis Ferreira as Jesse
Yali Topol Margalith as Merab
Sam Otto as Eshbaal
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