And most famously, Marley's ghost returns to show Scrooge the error of his ways before it is too late – redemption!
Also in the mix: British romcom Man Up, with Lake Bell and Simon Pegg Al Pacinoo as a boozed-up rock star seeking late redemption in Danny Collins; and road-trip comedy Search Party.
But it's not too late for redemption.
But he still confronts the question that so many of us do: When is it too late for redemption?
Even grimmer, if that is possible, than "The Guards," THE KILLING OF THE TINKERS (St. Martin's Minotaur, $22.95), Ken Bruen's second Jack Taylor crime novel, finds this discredited ex-guardsman back home in Galway, his latest attempt at redemption a hollow joke.
While Dobson did not shrink from pronouncing uncompromising judgments about topics like premarital sex, he also stressed that it was never too late to achieve redemption by reversing course and becoming a "secondary virgin".
Futterman called the episode a "too-little-too late attempt at redemption for Sue's poor characterization this season".
But his explosive ability as a running back has provided ample opportunities for redemption, the latest one at Abilene Christian University.
Paula Deen was the latest addition to our redemption short list and maybe someday -- though it's a long shot -- George Zimmerman will make the cut.
In an epilogue, Ms. Packer finds a new set of corporate values in Shakespeare's late plays, based on redemption and collaboration, not bloodshed and deceit.
