Crazed Gunman on ABC’s ‘Queens’ Revealed to Be Catholic Deacon: ‘It’s God’s Plan’

Can’t say we didn’t see this one coming! As we near the day when we celebrate Jesus’s birth, Hollywood is at it again with their typical, anti-Christian storylines. This time it’s in the form of a Catholic deacon turned crazed gunman who attempted to kill members of an R&B girl group, which includes his estranged wife, as part of “God’s plan.”

ABC’s Queens has portrayed Darren (Emerson Brooks) in a bad light from the beginning, while portraying his estranged wife Jill (Naturi Naughton), who left him for another woman, as a “hero” (a label given to her by a closeted priest, as an added bonus.)

On Tuesday’s mid-season finale, “God’s Plan,” Brianna (Eve), a member of the R&B group, is fighting for her life in the hospital after being shot along with the group’s manager. The episode follows a detective as he tries to identify the perpetrator. There are several key suspects – a con artist who was pretending to be the long-lost mother of one of the women, Jill’s scorned lesbian lover, and a man who the manager owed a significant amount of money to, all of whom had made threats.

As Jill prays in the chapel for Brianna, it quickly becomes apparent that it wasn’t one of these suspects. It was Jill’s deacon husband Darren, who ends up being completely deranged, talking about “God’s plan” as he tries to strangle his wife to death. This is what happened:

Darren, I enjoy watching you pray.

Jill: What’s the point of being here?

Darren: It was always my favorite thing. It’s so pure. You and me have talked often about God’s will for us to have children. It is something I strongly believe in. Everything happens for a reason.

Jill, I’m not sure what you are referring to.

Darren: Shh. Faith is essential for accepting God’s will. Devotion. This helps you get through both good and bad times.

Jill: Are there any bad things?

Jill: I believe again in you, Darren. Now I know that it is God’s intention for us all to be together. This is the reason you didn’t get hit by the bullet tonight.

Police: Let’s get it locked down. This is how it works. I’m with you, two. Let’s go!

Surgeon: Clamp.

Jill: Darren, you didn’t.

Darren: God’s plan.

Surgeon: She’s crashing. It’s impossible to stop the bleeding.

Darren: God’s plan, Jill. God’s plan.

Deacons! Merry Christmas Hollywood Style! Nothing hits like a heaping pile of religious bigotry, amirite? Let’s hope Santa leaves nothing but coal for these writers.

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