I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series >consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez, >best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in >Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book >manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between the two.
We see a surprising amount of variety in the chaplain's role. He isn't
just praying with people as you might imagine, he's actively solving >problems. He's also dealing with his daughter, with whom he is estranged.
IMDB only rates it 6.4 but I think that under-rates it. It's at least in
the low 7's. It's a welcome change from the usual formulas.
Oddly I don't recall chapels at major train stations but we used to have >Traveler's Aid societies, mostly volunteers who could steer travelers to >social services if they found themselves in dire straights like lost or >stolen belongings. That went away in the '80s.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series
consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez,
best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in
Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book
manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between the two.
We see a surprising amount of variety in the chaplain's role. He isn't
just praying with people as you might imagine, he's actively solving
problems. He's also dealing with his daughter, with whom he is estranged.
IMDB only rates it 6.4 but I think that under-rates it. It's at least in
the low 7's. It's a welcome change from the usual formulas.
Is he genuinely helping travelers or is there an international criminal conspiracy?
When I am at hospital or an airport and I want silence, I look for the chapel. I've never encountered the chaplain who would typically be paged. I did once encounter a minister who told me he was a chaplain at O'Hare.
It's a part-time gig, and unless he conducted a scheduled service, he
was on call.
Oddly I don't recall chapels at major train stations but we used to have Traveler's Aid societies, mostly volunteers who could steer travelers to social services if they found themselves in dire straights like lost or stolen belongings. That went away in the '80s.
On 2026-08-29 11:23 a.m., Adam H. Kerman wrote:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series
consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez, >>> best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in
Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book
manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between the two.
We see a surprising amount of variety in the chaplain's role. He isn't
just praying with people as you might imagine, he's actively solving
problems. He's also dealing with his daughter, with whom he is estranged. >>
IMDB only rates it 6.4 but I think that under-rates it. It's at least in >>> the low 7's. It's a welcome change from the usual formulas.
Is he genuinely helping travelers or is there an international criminal
conspiracy?
When I am at hospital or an airport and I want silence, I look for the
chapel. I've never encountered the chaplain who would typically be paged. I >> did once encounter a minister who told me he was a chaplain at O'Hare.
It's a part-time gig, and unless he conducted a scheduled service, he
was on call.
Oddly I don't recall chapels at major train stations but we used to have
Traveler's Aid societies, mostly volunteers who could steer travelers to
social services if they found themselves in dire straights like lost or
stolen belongings. That went away in the '80s.
I have no idea whatsoever if this show accurately depicts the lives of airport chaplains; I had no idea such a role existed. Maybe it doesn't
and this is a product of someone imagining what the job might be if it existed.
There are no signs yet - I just finished the third episode - of any
criminal conspiracies, international or otherwise. We *do* have some
scenes around a supposed Ethiopian (with a distinctly American accent) engaged in smuggling and that's about as close as it comes.
Our chaplain is basically a do-gooder. He tracks down a lost plush toy
to get it to a child who is freaking out about its loss. He takes in
stray animals. He helps keep an abusive husband away from his wife and child. He helps de-escalate a situation with a foreign woman in the
airport prayer room. His job is closer to the Traveler's Aid that you describe than one of spiritual counsel.
There *is* one scene where he's in a church but it's away from the
airport: he crashes his estranged daughter's baptism for her son. That's where we learn that he is apparently Catholic. The only other bit of
actual religion we see is when he attempts to say a Buddhist prayer for
an East Asian man who died during a flight to Australia.
OK, that was my question. I’ve talked to hospital chaplains and I >understand the reason for them but an airport Chaplin? Or for that matter
an airport chapel?
. . .
There are no signs yet - I just finished the third episode - of any
criminal conspiracies, international or otherwise. We *do* have some
scenes around a supposed Ethiopian (with a distinctly American accent) >engaged in smuggling and that's about as close as it comes.
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between the two.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I have no idea whatsoever if this show accurately depicts the lives of airport chaplains; I had no idea such a role existed. Maybe it doesn't
and this is a product of someone imagining what the job might be if it existed.
OK, that was my question. I?ve talked to hospital chaplains and I
understand the reason for them but an airport Chaplin? Or for that matter
an airport chapel?
I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez, best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series
consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez,
best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in
Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book
manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between the two.
We see a surprising amount of variety in the chaplain's role. He isn't
just praying with people as you might imagine, he's actively solving
problems. He's also dealing with his daughter, with whom he is estranged.
IMDB only rates it 6.4 but I think that under-rates it. It's at least in
the low 7's. It's a welcome change from the usual formulas.
Is he genuinely helping travelers or is there an international criminal conspiracy?
When I am at hospital or an airport and I want silence, I look for the chapel. I've never encountered the chaplain who would typically be paged. I did once encounter a minister who told me he was a chaplain at O'Hare.
It's a part-time gig, and unless he conducted a scheduled service, he
was on call.
Oddly I don't recall chapels at major train stations but we used to have Traveler's Aid societies, mostly volunteers who could steer travelers to social services if they found themselves in dire straights like lost or stolen belongings. That went away in the '80s.
On Aug 29, 2026 at 7:36:42 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series
consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez,
best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Come on, you can't mention Hugo Weaving and leave out Agent Smith and Elrond!
Rhino wrote in article <116uqpr$37v4p$1@dont-email.me>:
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in
Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book
manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between the two.
Hmm, that does sound interesting. I'll see if it's available to
me.
They're installing Muslim foot baths at the Dallas airport now because without >them, the barbarians were crawling up on the counters and sticking their nasty >feet in the sinks.
So of course, instead of telling to cut that shit out and enforcing it, we're >spending millions to construct special foot bathing facilities for them.
FFS
. . .
People who are afraid of flying might want to pray for loved ones
in the air, and disasters like a hijacked flight might set people
praying. I don't know why they need a chapel, but perhaps a
terminal is too noisy for proper concentration.
I've only seen one airport chapel, and it didn't look like a
chapel to me. It was just a room with some chairs and a table at
the front. It could easily have passed for a presentation room.
. . .
It's a nice change from the usual cops, bad SF, superheroes and reality
crap that the networks think we crave.
Aug 29, 2026 at 7:36:42 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
I just watched the first two episodes of The Airport Chaplain and
thought I'd write a short review of it. It's a new Australian series >>consisting of 8 episodes in its initial series. The stars are Hugo
Weaving who I've seen in a variety of shows over the years, the latest
of which was as River Cartright's dad in Slow Horses, and Shabana Azeez, >>best known for her role as a young doctor in The Pitt.
Come on, you can't mention Hugo Weaving and leave out Agent Smith
and Elrond!
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
. . .
It's a nice change from the usual cops, bad SF, superheroes and reality
crap that the networks think we crave.
Reality tv has no actors, no writers, no stuntmen, just a smarmy host. Networks like the relatively low production costs.
anim8rfsk wrote in article
<1344947035.809713580.495502.anim8rfsk-
cox.net@news.easynews.com>:
Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
[quoted text muted]
I have no idea whatsoever if this show accurately depicts the lives of
airport chaplains; I had no idea such a role existed. Maybe it doesn't
and this is a product of someone imagining what the job might be if it
existed.
OK, that was my question. I?ve talked to hospital chaplains and I
understand the reason for them but an airport Chaplin? Or for that matter
an airport chapel?
People who are afraid of flying might want to pray for loved ones in
the air, and disasters like a hijacked flight might set people praying.
I don't know why they need a chapel, but perhaps a terminal is too
noisy for proper concentration.
I've only seen one airport chapel, and it didn't look like a chapel to
me. It was just a room with some chairs and a table at the front. It
could easily have passed for a presentation room.
On 2026-08-29 1:22 p.m., The True Melissa wrote:the two.
Rhino wrote in article <116uqpr$37v4p$1@dont-email.me>:
Weaving's character is the chaplain at a major international airport in
Australia and Azeez plays the new terminal manager who is a by-the-book
manager. Weaving is a guy who gets things done creatively and isn't
afraid to skirt the rules. Clashes are inevitable between
Hmm, that does sound interesting. I'll see if it's available to
me.
It's a nice change from the usual cops, bad SF, superheroes and reality
crap that the networks think we crave.
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