Friends and Heroes - 2 ª Season

Macky arrives in Jerusalem disguised as a member of Portia's entourage, and soon comes across both some old adversaries and several new friends. Awed by the sight of the besieged city, he tells Portia the story of Jesus in the Temple as a boy, and a mysterious Roman soldier tells Macky how King David captured Jerusalem, reminding him that great obstacles may be overcome.

Macky is now a dependable courier between Jerusalem and the outside world. But he's soon given a job that might be too much, even for him: taking an elderly man out of the city for medical care. Unable to use the water tunnel because of its dangerous currents, Macky must find another way. Lucius tells him the ailing man might be taken over a certain part of the city wall, but Macky is suspicious; why should he trust Lucius, a Roman? Lucius tells him the story of Paul/Saul, and his conversion on the road to Damascus. Macky is convinced of Lucius's desire to help and quickly conceives a plan. But when Macky offers the plan to Sarah, his new zealot friend, she rejects it. Like Macky, she sees no reason to trust a Roman. But unlike Macky, she goes even further: she's leery of trusting anyone, and she uses the story of Esau and Jacob to back up her distrust. Macky agrees to scrap Lucius's plan, but that decision almost proves fatal. So it's Lucius himself who must ride in to save Macky and Sarah. This gives Macky an opportunity to finish the Esau and Jacob story for Sarah, adding the part where the brothers finally reunite.

The Romans are bringing in an enormous battering ram to use against the walled city of Jerusalem. Waiting to fight it, the zealots liken the Romans to Ahab and Jezebel, who wanted Naboth's land, had him killed, then took the land for themselves. The zealots draw strength from the remainder of story: Elijah's accurate prediction that Ahab and his family would be brought very low. Macky goes to Lucius for help. Lucius is at first unwilling; he thinks the zealots should simply surrender and avoid the slaughter. But he soon has a change of heart, inspired by the story of Paul helping the shipwrecked Roman soldiers, even though they were his enemies. Lucius gives Macky the key to defeating the giant battering ram, and Macky must then risk his life as well as those of two friends in order to send the ram to its spectacular reward.

Because of his success against the battering ram, Macky is now a little full of himself. Isaac tells him how strongly Paul and Barnabas objected to being treated as gods in Lystra, but the story doesn't seem to make much of an impression on Macky. Later, when a stranger named Tamar urges him to attempt a risky rescue for the imprisoned zealot Daniel, Macky rashly takes on the task - even though some of Tamar's information about Daniel is at odds with information Portia has given him. Macky finds out almost too late that Tamar has taken advantage of him; she's tricked him into rescuing not Daniel, but rather, a friend of hers - who happens to be a brutal killer. Only Portia can save Macky now, but she's angry at him for rejecting her advice in favor of a stranger's, and Isaac must recount for her the story of Michal's rescue of David in order to galvanize Portia into action.

This time, Macky sets out to rescue the real Daniel, but his new plan is no less dangerous than his earlier plan. He's going disguise himself as a young Roman noble and brazenly go right into the Roman camp. Isaac uses the story of Elymas, to underscore the danger of trying to be something you're not, but Macky won't give up, and soon, both he and Isaac are in disguise inside the Roman camp, sitting down for a huge banquet - catered by Toadie and Brutacus. At this point, Macky is moved to contrast the Romans' over-abundance and lack of gratitude with his own people's tribulations, as mentioned in the story of the manna in the desert. The banquet comes to sudden end when Toadie discovers Macky is not all that he seems, and he and Isaac must scramble to get Daniel out of the Roman camp, while also saving their own skins.