After a brush-up binge I’ve come to the conclusion that Season 1 in its entirety is actually just the opening act to a much larger story. It set the mood and laid the groundwork for the series as a whole through episodes that religiously (see what I did there?) depicted both past and present events that defined the characters we’re introduced to in the pilot. Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), mostly referred to as “Preacher,” is a man with a dark past attempting to live up to the boyhood promise he made to his father: To be a good man in world filled with so many bad ones. Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) is Jesse’s girlfriend and childhood bestie who wants him to drop the Jesus stuff and go back to Bonnie and Clyding with her, especially since she’s finally located the guy who betrayed them both way back when. And then there’s Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) who, besides being another bestie of Jesse’s, is also a hard-drinking Irish vampire. (Gilgun, Cooper and Negga are pictured below, left to right.)
AMC's "Preacher" Is a Gory Good Time
Publish date
July 06, 2017 (ET)Channel
TV / Video DownloadPreacher is a special creature. AMC's deliriously addictive drama is a powerhouse comic book adaption with a style that could only have come from the likes of series creators Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin. (Rogen and Goldberg already have experience putting religious topics through their unique comedic lense, or grinding them up as the case may be, as evidenced by 2013's This Is the End, while Catlin's work as a producer of Breaking Bad explains Preacher's innate badassery.) Although Season 1 had a slightly slower pace and darker tone, the presence of its many signature “holy sh*t” moments completely justified the crawl of some of its early episodes. Season 2 kicks things up a notch, ditching the small-town problems and southern drawl for a faster tempo and a somewhat lighter mood. It kind of feels like a combination of Dogma and Snatch, mixed with a pinch of Ash vs Evil Dead. Overall, Season 2 of Preacher is existential, action-packed, funny and not to be f**ked with, and if you think that sounds awesome, you’re right.