Preacher Season 2X10: Dirty Little Secret
- This episode is not for the faint of heart or easily offended
- Major Preacher spoilers
Preacher ramps up the offensive this week, with an opening montage of what appears at first to be a modern couple having sex. Small clues then lead the viewer to realize this is not modern times. In fact, it is just a few days before BC becomes AD.
The Pope, The Archbishop, The Preacher and Humperdoo
The Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury have some weird theories, man.
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Herr takes Jesse on a trip. We learn that no one knows where God is. The Pope and the Archbishop of Canterbury have their seperate theories, some involving honey badgers, but they don’t know. We learn that Jesus has a bloodline, and that the Grail’s mission has been to keep it pure until such a time as it’s end result is needed. Herr Starr(Pip Torrens) takes Jesse(Dominic Cooper) to meet this offspring. Humperdoo greets Jesse as only an inbred for 25 generations person can. Herr Starr then tells Jesse his plan. Jesse has become more important than the heir, and Starr wants Jesse to replace the heir.
Lara and Tulip
Jenny(Lara Featherston[Julie Ann Emery]) can make pancakes and manipulate Tulip at the same time.
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Cassidy and Son
Cassidy(Joseph Gilgun) is making up for lost time with Denis(Ronald Guttman) by paying for prostitutes and general debauchery for his much, uh, older son. Denis is having a hard time controlling his newfound urges, and Cassidy(with the help of a translator he wears around his neck) tries to warn Denis that he can’t give in to his bloodlust.
Preacher Has a Dirty Little Secret
Lara is disgusted by Tulip, and wants to kill her. But Herr Starr has a plan. Breaking up the trio will win Jesse to his cause. Tulip doesn’t know that The Saint of Killers’ weapons are hidden under a tile in the bathroom, but Lara does. Tulip assumes they are in hell with The Saint(they ain’t, he ain’t). Lara uses that knowledge to get Tulip to find the weapons, and when she finds them, she lays them out, waiting on Jesse to return.
Preacher Thoughts
Some may find this episode blasphemous. As a person of faith, I do not. I cannot confess to know what is in Seth and company’s heads. Maybe blasphemy is their goal. But never once do they deny Christ, they actually do no more than Dan Brown did, and before he did it in The Davinci Code. I like Preacher, because it makes me think on my beliefs and reaffirm them. And remember, it’s just a show, just a comic.
The father/son bond and secrets are the theme. Not just the Grail’s secret. The fact that there is a vampire family, one that is prowling together. Jesse has secretly kept the Saint’s weapons. Lara is really an operative, not a mousy woman hiding from her ex. All dirty secrets. Tulip is trying to hide her PTSD, which is heartbreaking.
Cassidy is one charming bastard. Even my sister in law, another woman of faith, is enamored of the little shit. Joseph Gilgun brings so much charisma to what is essentially a loser with loose morals, but what morals he does have are the good ones.
The tattoos.
The cameo with Tyson Ritter as Jesus, then his band’s song “Dirty Little Secret” being played in the video game by Tulip is coincidence, according to Dave Blass’s Twitter.
What can’t Lara Featherstone do? Glock assembly, pancakes, singing…
Poor Hoover! Way to take one for the team, buddy!
Next week looks like all hell will break loose. We may get a cliffhanger at the end of the season.
GET OFF YOUR BUTTS AND RENEW PREACHER, AMC
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