Dark Forces of Beauty

There’s no denying Beauty in Black has taken over.
Everywhere you look, people are talking about it. Clips are going viral, memes circulating, everyone with a favorite scene or a character they love.

And I’m not going to lie, I watched it too. I was hooked.

There were definitely moments where I had to fast forward. Some of the nudity, the dancing… it was a bit much for me personally. But even with that, I stayed locked in.

Because underneath the drama, the power plays, and the chaos… something deeper is happening.

Why This Show Feels So Personal

What makes this show a hit is simple: it’s easy to see yourself, or someone you know in these characters.

Even if you didn’t grow up around wealth, power, or a business empire, something will still feel familiar.

The patterns? The dysfunction? A mother or an aunt who acts just like Mallory when upset. A successful uncle or cousin who hides part of his identity like Varney. Or maybe a cousin who cheats while battling a substance addiction like Roy.

Whatever it is, something resonates, because we’re all battling something.

Because at its core, Beauty in Black is about resilience. Survival, control, pain, and power. And those are not foreign concepts. The show follows characters from completely different worlds colliding inside a corrupt system filled with manipulation, secrets, and exploitation.

What’s Really Operating Beneath the Surface

Beyond the entertainment the show gives, I was able to see the spiritual cycles playing out. The patterns and demonic spirits moving through the main characters.

As the Bible shows us in Ephesians 6:12, we aren’t just wrestling with people. We’re wrestling with forces that shape behavior, environments, and decisions.

Once you start seeing it that way, you begin to recognize it in almost every character. Some characters are even battling multiple spirits mentioned in Scripture.

Spiritual Patterns Reflected in the Characters

Here’s how those patterns show up:

Mallory – Jezebel spirit

Mallory comes from survival. You see it in the way she interacts with her husband. The constant checking him, the attitude… it reads as mean at first, but it’s really built on betrayal and embarrassment.

She doesn’t trust him, she doesn’t respect him, so she controls him. And that control shows up everywhere.

She ran over Norman’s wife, let her husband take the blame, and pretended to care.

Same thing with the business. She, as well as the others, knew the products were harming consumers, and still helped to cover it up. It’s all driven by one thing: she refuses to lose her place in the family.

In Season 2 we get to see her tell Kimmie and Rain a bit about her background. That's when all her actions start to make sense. It doesn’t excuse the behavior, but now we know why.

Foster care, no real love, being picked on… Mallory became someone who will never be overlooked again. But instead of healing that, she turned it into control, manipulation, and emotional hardness.

We see that behavior in the Jezebel spirit. The need to dominate, to stay in power, to never be vulnerable, just like what’s warned in Revelation 2:20.

All Season 2, her behavior escalates. Fighting her husband’s mistresses, getting even, even attempting to take him out. That’s not strength, it’s unhealed wounds running the show.

Season 3 leaves two paths: she either divorces and heals, or keeps going until she destroys everything proving she’s not the same unwanted girl. With the FEDs coming, I hope she finally gets her happy ending.

Horace – Spirit of Infirmity

Horace doesn’t need to make noise, because control has always been his language. Everything he does is measured, intentional, and precise. But beneath that control is pressure. And a lifetime of it.

He built his empire on dominance. Outsmarting, outmaneuvering, and when needed, destroying anyone in his way. For Horace, business was never just business, it was survival and power. And for a long time, that worked...Until it didn’t.

What Horace built on the outside… never matched what he buried on the inside. Anger. Shame. Secrets. Suppressed desire. Horace has lived decades hiding his truth. Wanting a relationship with a man but silencing that part of himself because of his generation, pride, and his fear.

What you bury doesn’t disappear. It festers. It breaks you down. Psalms 32:3 warns:
"When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long."

On top of that, there’s betrayal everywhere. A wife who cheated. A brother who crossed every line. Family members stealing and hiding corruption. His anger isn’t just an emotion, it’s a condition. And that’s how the Spirit of Infirmity works.

Proverbs 17:22 says: "A crushed spirit dries up the bones."

By the end of Season 1, we see it surface. Horace meets Kimmie, who introduces him to Angel, and for a moment he shows vulnerability. But he still holds on to control, offers Kimmie marriage, and uses her to dismantle his family’s corruption. Justice? Maybe. But it’s still fueled by unresolved anger, and his health is paying the price.

Season 2 leaves his outcome hanging in the balance. If he continues holding anger, suppressing his truth, and controlling everything around him, he will deteriorate. Physically, emotionally, and spiritually. But if he finally releases it, healing is possible. Complete healing. Peace could reach places power never could. For the first time, Horace wouldn’t just be a man in control, he’d be a man who is free.

Kimmie – Legion

Kimmie didn’t choose this world. She ran from one nightmare, her mother turning a blind eye to her stepfather's abuse, and into another. She clung to Rain, a girl who understood survival.

Through Rain, she met Angel, who worked for Jules, recruiting girls to dangerous situations.

Kimmie befriended Horace, who offered protection and a way out, but revenge burned inside her. Trauma, fear, and the need for justice all collided, pushing her into bold and risky choices.

This is the Spirit of Legion at work. Many pressures, many forces, all influencing her path.

Scripture shows that multiple unseen forces can influence behavior. Kimmie reflects that tension. Pulled in different directions by trauma, survival, and the need for control.

Kimmie navigates manipulation, danger, and betrayal. Her courage and cunning keep her alive, but also put her at risk of being consumed by the chaos.

By the end of Season 2, Kimmie may get the justice she's been fighting for. The question is, will it finally let her start healing, or will her need for control drag her back into chaos?

Jules – Familiar Spirits

Jules is one of the most sinister characters in the show. Jules abuses his police power and he ruins lives for nothing but greed and control.

He is a master at reading people, predicting moves, and bending situations to his will. He mimics trust, love, and care, but it’s all performance.

He channels the energy of others, shaping himself to fit his agenda, much like familiar spirits described in Scripture (Leviticus 19:31, 1 Samuel 28).

He manipulates, imitates, and weaponizes people’s vulnerabilities. It makes him powerful, but dangerously so.

Season 1 revealed how Jules operates: cleaning up Mallory and the family’s messes, only to have leverage for future favors.

Season 2 revealed another layer: Jules had to take his son off life support after Rain injured him.

This ignites a personal vendetta against Kimmie, Rain, and Angel, because he knows they’re somehow behind it.

He’s shown he’ll go to any lengths to even the score, even using Kimmie’s sister Sylvie as bait.

Season 2 ends with Jules' dirty laundry and crimes put on front street for the FEDs to hear. Will this finally be the end of Jules’ crimes? Will he face the consequences he’s long avoided? Or does he still have one last card to play, a hidden string to pull, or a final act of revenge waiting in the shadows?

Spot the Spirits in Other Characters

Scripture identifies nine spirits that can influence behavior:

1. Unclean Spirit – oppresses the mind, body, and spirit

2. Lying Spirit – confuses and leads people into false doctrine

3. Spirit of Infirmity – responsible for chronic weakness or illness

4. Familiar Spirits – mimic loved ones or speak through psychics

5. Jezebel Spirit – manipulation, seduction, control, rebellion, spiritual intimidation

6. Divination – a counterfeit voice that mimics truth

7. Legion – many spirits operating together; multi-layered and highly influential

8. Deceiving and Deluding Spirit – sent as judgment to turn people from the truth

9. Principality – territorial, high-ranking spirits working with Satan, spreading ideology

Many characters in Beauty in Black clearly operate under one or more of these spiritual patterns. I’ve labeled the main ones earlier, but what about the others?

Can you spot the Jezebel Spirit at work in a character we haven’t discussed? Or the Lying Spirit influencing someone else? Maybe there’s even a Legion spirit at play behind the scenes.

This Isn’t Just About a Show

If we’re being honest, these same patterns don’t just exist on screen. They show up in real life.

And if you can’t recognize them, you’ll keep mislabeling what’s really going on and repeating cycles you were meant to break.

That’s exactly why I wrote The Polished Path: 7 Sacred Laws for Becoming Unbreakable. You can purchase the guide here on the website.

Because elevation isn’t just about how you look or what you achieve, it’s about discernment: knowing what you’re dealing with, who you’re dealing with, and how to move accordingly.

So as you watch, don’t just be entertained. Pay attention. Because the real question isn’t just: "Who is operating under what spirit?”

It’s also:
“What have I allowed access to me and what am I ready to outgrow?”

-Bri