Preacher Season 2 Finale: The End of the Road
- MAJOR SPOILERS! DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO KNOW…STUFF
- More of Jesse’s past
- The end of the unholy trio?
- Hitler wears a hoodie
- Renew Preacher, ffs!
Preacher. Wow. Ok. Let’s get to it.
Herr Starr Gets The Preacher Trending
Jesse(Dominic Cooper) is about to open a can of whoopass.
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At a Catholic school, Jesse(Dominic Cooper) is introduced to a group of rowdy children by a very doubtful nun. He asks if the children what miracle they would want. Children being children, they want their fart sound effect keychain back from the aforementioned nun. Jesse is about to perform this miracle, when a slew of terrorists come in. The miracle becomes him single handedly kicking their asses, but Jesse smells a rat, as Herr Starr(Pip Torrens) has gotten it all on film and posted to the internet. Jesse needs to become more popular than Humperdoo, Herr says. So I guess that makes Jesse a watered down John Lennon? I hope you get that reference.
Herr Starr(Pip Torrens) got it all on film.
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Jesse Dresses Like Colonel Sanders, Interacts with Chicken
In a flashback, we see young Jesse dressed exactly like Colonel Sanders, directing cars to the L’Angelle residence, and taking money for parking. He also skims money from the top and picks pockets, and a mysterious arm belonging to Jody(SQUEE-COMIC REFERENCE) shakes him down and brings him a bagged lunch, which the pesky chicken that has hung around Jesse all day eats while Jesse is getting strong armed by Jody’s arm. In a fit of anger, he stomps the chicken, and in a fit of grief, takes the body to Gran’ma. There is always a price to pay, she tells him.
No secret herbs or spices, just a young Jesse(Will Kindrachuk) and his chicken.
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Later, we see the same chicken crossing the road. Nobody knows why for sure.
Cassidy Snoops On Denis
Doing laundry, Cassidy(Joseph Gilgun) comes across some bloody clothes and some women’s underwear. He is shaken for some reason, and sees Denis’s(Ronald Guttman) laptop unoccupied. Snooping, he sees it is open to a very violent website(a nod to the vampire cult in the Preacher comic?).
Let’s Talk About Tulip
Tulip(Ruth Negga) is buying sunscreen for her, Denis, and Cassidy for their trip to the beach. She sees a woman shoplifting items for her baby. On the cashier’s TV is Jesse, and the anger she feels is highlighted by the racist, condescending cashier. She knocks him unconscious, and offers the money from the cash register till to the shoplifting woman, who runs out instead.
A Bad Trip Before the Trip
Cassidy is smoking “medicinal” crack, and Tulip asks him about it, not really interested. She does sit down next to him, telling him that they will be having sex. They go to the bedroom, and in the heat of passion, Cassidy rips out Tulip’s throat, killing her.
Okay, that was all in Cassidy’s mind.
Anyway, Cassidy is smoking some medicinal crack, and Tulip asks him about it, not really all that interested. She drops her lip balm, and finds the camera that fell to the floor last episode. She realizes it was the Grail, that they have been spying all along. But does it really matter?
Jesse(Joseph Gilgun) and Tulip(Ruth Negga), just before he rips her throat out…jk!
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Didn’t Need All That Sunscreen, Tulip
Cassidy confronts Denis about the panties, and realizes the monster his son is. He has not curbed the desires that vampirism causes, and Cassidy realizes that his son will be a bad influence. He shoves him out the window into the sunlight, burning him to a crisp.
Getting in the packed car with Banjo the dog, he tells Tulip that Denis changed his mind.
Tulip hesitates; she wants to say goodbye to Jenny.
Jesse lets Banjo go, watching him run up the street.
Eugene is Free, But Not Alone
Eugene(Ian Colletti) and Hitler(Noah Taylor) escape hell, and make it to a beach. Charon is there, and his blowing the horn will summon a boat to take Eugene back.
Ms. Mannering(Kim Hill) appears, and fights Charon, killing him. Hitler appears, hitting Mannering on the head from behind with the giant horn.
Eugene invites Hitler to come, but he demurs.
It’s all an act, of course. Hitler escapes with Eugene, and soon shows that he wasn’t the good guy naive Eugene believed he had become. Eugene must have skipped a lot of world history class.
Eugene(Ian Colletti) is close to escaping hell.
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Tulip Says Goodbye
At Jenny’s apartment, she sees that Jenny(Julie Ann Emery) has packed up as well. Before Jenny gets to her from another room, Tulip sees what Jenny really is. They banter, each with a hand behind their back. Tulip has a screwdriver, Jenny her gun. They lunge at one another, and we hear a gunshot.
Tulip(Ruth Negga) and Jenny/Lara(Julie Ann Emery) face off–The biggest “Oh, crap” moment in an episode full of them.
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Jesse is on a private jet with Herr Starr when he gets the call from Cassidy. As he dashes off, Herr Starr reveals that he has a piece of Jesse’s soul.
Getting to Denis’s apartment, the two try to revive her. Seeing there is no hope, Cassidy fights to turn her into a vampire. Jesse stops him. He reveals that there is another way, and we see them heading to Gran’ma with Tulip’s body in the backseat.
We see Cassidy’s(Joseph Gilgun) ferocious side.
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Thoughts on the Preacher season finale:
I know what happens in the Preacher comic, but Tulip’s altered-from-the-comic death was still a shock, thanks to Ruth Negga’s incredible work.
Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Ruth Negga as Tulip O’Hare – Preacher _ Season 2, Episode 13 – Photo Credit: Michele K. Short/AMC/Sony Pictures Television
Lulz at Herr Starr for trying to put an eleventh century fencing caplet(with gold applique) on Jesse.
If you didn’t have your heart break when Cassidy had to kill his son, it is made of stone. Or you are Herr Starr.
Actually, EVERYONE in the cast is top notch, and there is a ton of chemistry all around.
“We’re out of moisturizer…bitch.” Poor Hoover(Malcolm Barrett).
Did anyone but Eugene NOT see that betrayal by Hitler coming? What’s his endgame?
Charon had me laughing. His line delivery was comedy gold. Then he got to be a scary badass.
And Eugene has been in hell: unless he has seen other people from Annville, he doesn’t know that the city is gone. So where will he run to? Will he harden up? Were there any survivors?
ALL OF THIS IS WHY WE NEED A PREACHER SEASON THREE.
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