Jason Bock Timeline and Summary

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Jason Bock Timeline and Summary

  • Jason gets punched by Henry and sees the water tower from a fresh perspective.
  • He starts the Church of the Ten-legged One (CTG), recruiting followers Shin, Dan, Magda.
  • One night, Jason climbs the water tower with Henry, who shows him how. He makes Henry part of the CTG.
  • He tells Shin, who is hurt about Henry being part of the CTG and that Jason went without him.
  • So Jason tries to help Shin climb it. No go.
  • One night he holds Midnight Mass on the top of the tower. All but Shin make it up and swim inside the tank. Henry falls to the catwalk.
  • Jason's grounded, alienated from Magda, has no contact with Dan, and Shin's mad and weird.
  • After swearing he'll never climb again, Jason climbs the tower because Shin is on top and a storm looms.
  • Jason and Shin swim in the water tank for protection during the storm. Shin tells Jason all the doctrinal details he has "channeled" from the One-legged God.
  • After the storm ends, Jason climbs down and has to call cops for help because Shin won't leave the water tank. Shin spends time in psych ward.
  • Still grounded. Still alienated from friends. Not permitted to see Shin.
  • Jason smarts off to Henry at then mall when he sees him there with Magda. Henry hits him in head with crutch.
  • Recuperating in the hospital, Jason realizes that while he still doesn't believe in anything, he envies those who do have faith in something.