In Season 1, Episode 4, of Sundance television show Rectify, titled “Plato’s Cave,” the protagonist Daniel Holden discusses life, death, and salvation with his sister-in-law, Tawney.
Tawney: “I care about you… and I would just hate it if you went to hell. I mean, if there is — I don’t know.”
Daniel: “You’re my Beatrice.”
Tawney: “What?”
Daniel: “From the Divine Comedy.”
Tawney: “I — I don’t know who that is.”
Daniel: “She was Dante’s guide, his salvation.”
Tawney: “Well I — I don’t know about that.”
Daniel: “It was fiction.”
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Contributed by Matteo Soranzo.