The Bondsman
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WhenThe Bondsmandelves deeper into Midge ’s backstory and story with Pot O’Gold , it becomes evident why she sold her soul to the devil in the first stead . play by Jolene Purdy , Midge is one of the maincharacters in Prime Video’sThe Bondsman . In the show ’s early moments , she is introduced as an employee of the key corporation , Pot O’Gold . She approachesKevin Bacon ’s character , Hub , and test to convince him to agree to work as a demon hunter for the demon .
Midge ’s true motives and history with Pot O’Gold remain unknown until the show dedicates almost an intact episode to exploring her backstory . Her backstory highlights that even though she work under Pot O’Gold like Hub , her reasons for agree to become the Beelzebub ’s doer are entirely different from Hub ’s . The deeply the serial publication delves into Midge ’s motives and history , the more it becomes apparent that she was only a victim of tragical circumstances .
Why Midge Agrees To Sell Her Soul & Join Pot O’Gold
Midge Signs Up For Pot O’Gold To Save Her Son
The evil corporation , Pot O’Gold , is instrumental to many crucial story beats in The Bondsman , raise many interrogation about its overarching purpose .
Before she could realize what she had done , she was redirect to a form that fill out all her personal detail . The next day itself , a man named Ali Khan usher up at her doorway and convince her to sign up for Pot O’Gold . He control her thatif she agree to sell her soul and employment for the devil , her son would be cured in exchange . Although Midge initially shinny to believe the military personnel ’s claim , she eventually gave in and agree to sign up as a Pot O’Gold employee to ensure her Word ’s well - being .
Midge Is Responsible For Collecting Souls For The Devil
Midge Convinces Hub To Work For The Devil
When Midge ask Ali Khan about her role in Pot O’Gold , he break that her job is to win over more people to sign up for the company . Put only , just as Khan force her to deal her someone , she must do the same with others by tender them something valuable in exchange . Khan also bring out that every time she signs someone up for the company , a part of the commission will go to him because Pot O’Gold follow a Pyramids of Egypt marketing schema .
The Bondsman Key Facts
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Grainger David
Rotten Tomatoes Critics ' grudge
79 %
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Amazon Prime Video
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The Amazon Prime Video show also reveals thatevery role who agrees to betray their soul to the devil and work in Pot O’Gold is destined to be sent to blaze after death . Midge realizes she might have sealed a hellish fate for herself by joining forces with the devil . However , she accepts her fate for her son ’s rice beer . As she reveals to Hub , she try outdistance herself from the ship’s company after her son was cured and essay to avoid her duty of signing up more souls . Unfortunately , her boy ’s Cancer the Crab reelect when she did that , remind her to return to her Pot O’Gold use .
Why Midge Deserves Redemption More Than Hub
Unlike Hub, Midge Never Intentionally Harmed Anyone
Hub ’s backstory inThe Bondsmanreveals that even before he signed up to become a demon huntsman for Pot O’Gold , he had sealed his hellish destiny by murdering an innocent fair sex . Instead of report the crime and being guilty of it , he even hid the fair sex ’s dead body to get away with the slaying . Owing to this , he was destined to go to hell after destruction . The devil only gave him the chance to extend his halt in the human kingdom and detain his inevitable return to hellby offer him a daimon - hunting purpose in Pot O’Gold .
If it was n’t for her boy ’s malignant neoplastic disease , Midge may not have even considered consociate herself with something like Pot O’Gold .
Midge , in contrast , never directly harmed anyone . She agreed to join Pot O’Gold because she was despairing to find a way to redeem her Word . If it was n’t for her boy ’s genus Cancer , Midge may not have even view consociate herself with something like Pot O’Gold . Even towards theending moments ofThe Bondsman , Midge thinks more about the well - being of the entire human race when Hub set Lilith free . Hub , in contrast , only function himself by lay down a lot with the demon , which proves that Midge deserves redemption more than him .
The Bondsman follows backwoods H.M.S. Bounty hunter Hub Halloran , who repay from the hereafter for a 2nd chance at life and love , while pilot his past times as a player . As he resumes his work , he discovers his former job now affect a supernatural ingredient .
