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Preacher |OT| The Beginning Is Nigh - Sundays 10/9c on AMC
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Lactose_Intolerant
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Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
She was also in True Blood
FIT
they try their best to make her look average but they're not fooling me
instant marriage material
Lashley
Why does he wear the mask!?
No hiding that booty
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
Okay. The opening sequence to last episode was fucking hilarious.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
She was also in True Blood
woah hold on now, I didn't realize that was Nora. WTF.
Also, fun episode. I'm 50/50 on the show, but it's enjoyable.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
I think the show is pretty alright thus far. Its main accomplishment is that genuinely feels unlike anything else on TV, which is not an easy feat in this landscape.
Also, the opening credits song is great.
Also, the opening credits song is great.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
Holy shite that was an amazing episode. Things turning up!
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Good episode. Action & Answers! It really didn't waste any time.
Comic Spoilers:
Comic Spoilers:
I wonder if instead of the town blowing up, Jesse is going to send a message en masse like "Do unto others..." which would obviously snowball into the town ripping itself apart.
I like this idea. I could see this happening.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
I guess I'm the only one who didn't like this episode. The beginning with the angels was entertaining, but stupid as fuck because why couldn't Jesse just use his power to immobilize the hostile angel? And Tulip's motivations continue to elude me, and the ending part with Arseface was....
I just can't stand show-Jesse. He's absolutely insufferable, uncool, and the complete antithesis of his comic version. And him using his power to doom Arseface to hell (WTF) is so out of character, it doesn't make sense at all.
I agree with the poster who said the characters behave too incoherently. Nothing they do make any kind of sense.
I just can't stand show-Jesse. He's absolutely insufferable, uncool, and the complete antithesis of his comic version. And him using his power to doom Arseface to hell (WTF) is so out of character, it doesn't make sense at all.
I agree with the poster who said the characters behave too incoherently. Nothing they do make any kind of sense.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I think Jesse didn't use his power because he couldn't reveal that he has the power to begin with. Which is what the angels warned of. Could cause a massive shit storm. You'd be banking it on that one woman being immobilized forever because if she sees the power and dies then they know or if she gets away then they know.
LittleBoots
Member
I didn't like this episode much either. I think the beginning fight was a little too long. It was fun for a bit, but then I wanted them to move on. I think the characters are likable, but their motives for doing stuff is strange, to say the least. Maybe it'll be elaborated upon a little later, but for now it's weird.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
This is one of my biggest issues with the show. Though I think him using the Word of God in anger is something he would've/has done in the comic, the lead up to that was most definitely out-of-character for Comic:Custer.
Discotheque
Banned
Show is hit or miss but Joe Gilgun's Cassidy is flawless tbh. How the actor has not gotten a bunch of supporting offers in hollywood yet is baffling.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Jesse Custer,you are a miserable, vile son of a bitch. Poor Eugene.
I thought those kids were gonna screw him over. Felt bad for him when Jesse went crazy too.
Shambalakan
Member
It was amazing! really loved this scene! 
Sho_Nuff82
Member
Really liked this week's episode. Thankfully, it was missing any kind of out of context scenes. The hotel fight gag was hilarious, especially Cassidy's intro.
Felt bad for the kid at the end. I wonder if Jesse can get him back? And how exactly did that work, if him telling Cassidy to fly didn't work?
Jesse hasn't been all that fleshed out yet, but they definitely dialed up the love triangle (er, square) this episode with him, his assistant, Tulip, and Cassidy. So I don't think I'm crazy for picking up on his sorta flirting with his assistant earlier this season. Still hard to tell what Tulip wants, this is the first episode where she or Jesse openly expressed longing for one another.
Jesse turning into a mini-Purple Man was definitely a dark twist. I'm kinda worried he might say something he can't take back to his parishioners, with the Quincannon thing from last week just being a preview of the chaos. Real hard to view him as a "hero" in this story, more like just a protagonist leaning towards villain given the amount of collateral damage already caused. I thought Cassidy appealing to authority ("Don't you have to? They're angels!") was pretty funny and quite ironic given what he is. When the vampire thinks you're being pigheaded and sacrilegious you know you fucked up.
Felt bad for the kid at the end. I wonder if Jesse can get him back? And how exactly did that work, if him telling Cassidy to fly didn't work?
Jesse hasn't been all that fleshed out yet, but they definitely dialed up the love triangle (er, square) this episode with him, his assistant, Tulip, and Cassidy. So I don't think I'm crazy for picking up on his sorta flirting with his assistant earlier this season. Still hard to tell what Tulip wants, this is the first episode where she or Jesse openly expressed longing for one another.
Jesse turning into a mini-Purple Man was definitely a dark twist. I'm kinda worried he might say something he can't take back to his parishioners, with the Quincannon thing from last week just being a preview of the chaos. Real hard to view him as a "hero" in this story, more like just a protagonist leaning towards villain given the amount of collateral damage already caused. I thought Cassidy appealing to authority ("Don't you have to? They're angels!") was pretty funny and quite ironic given what he is. When the vampire thinks you're being pigheaded and sacrilegious you know you fucked up.
I completely get why someone would feel this way-this is why I told my wife to just drop the show. I'll recommend she get back into it if I think it's up her alley, but she hate shows that deliberately obscure things.
Super Nothing
Member
It always looked one-sided to me. I think she really wants him, but he doesn't even think of her in that way. I don't think that Jesse has been flirting with her so much as she wants him to flirt with her and gets really anxious around him. Like the time he leaned in and picked a piece of lent off of her shirt. He wasn't intending to come off as flirtatious, but she had a look on her face like she wanted him to make a move.
It doesn't make much more sense to folks who've read the comic either.
dead souls
Member
This is pretty much exactly what I was going to post in reply to that comment. I can't believe how badly they've screwed this show up.
It's been six episodes and it feels like it has had enough actual plot for maybe one and a half.
User 479360
Banned
Damn
I've had my PVR set to record every episode, as I haven't had a chance to watch any of them. For some reason, it skipped the episode from the 12th.
I've had my PVR set to record every episode, as I haven't had a chance to watch any of them. For some reason, it skipped the episode from the 12th.
HAH its got its issues but its not that bad. Tulip isn't wearing a skimpy school girl outfit in every scene and there isn't a reliance on slow mo to sell the drama of a scene.
SneakySneaks
Member
Aside from being against his comic character, the Eugene scene was really well done. It shows Jesse fucking up monumentally in a moment of anger/ realization of the negativity and falsehoods the word is creating.
Freewheelin'
Member
As someone who hasn't read the comments, literally everything makes sense to me other than the cowboy. And I am sure that will also soon make sense to me.
mmhmm
The more elements added from the comic (like Genesis and the existence and congress of angels and demons), the more they can hold my attention, but I really am not enjoying this like I thought I would.
Discotheque
Banned
I think it's fairly obvious between cassidy and tulip especially that they're going a far different way with the characters. This one seems like he's so intent on becoming a preacher and "fixing" people's problems and now with Genesis it's emboldened his mission and turned it into a far bigger problem.
Arseface calls him out on it and Cassidy gets frustrated that his divine plan is not working like he thought it would and a few poor choice of words later...
Edit: lol I meant jesse. MvP of the show is too powerful. Replacing other characters names now.
Arseface calls him out on it and Cassidy gets frustrated that his divine plan is not working like he thought it would and a few poor choice of words later...
Edit: lol I meant jesse. MvP of the show is too powerful. Replacing other characters names now.
Napoleonthechimp
Member
Genesis is half angel and half demon, so I imagine there is going to be temptation for both good and evil within Jesse. Perhaps the power itself manifests like that, with it appearing to give Jesse the ability to do good while at the same subverting that by indirectly fucking everything up through the subject's interpretation of the commands.
But perhaps I'm overthinking that.
Also, I like to think Genesis chose Jesse precisely because of his peculiar balance of good and evil.
But perhaps I'm overthinking that.
Also, I like to think Genesis chose Jesse precisely because of his peculiar balance of good and evil.
Mac the KNife
Member
Still liking the show but it's not moving fast enough. I think Better Call Saul has poisoned the pool on American Southwest serial television, here in Preacher there are too many scenes that don't advance the plot/characters.
I think the show's still building toward Jesse's inevitable
but I'd agree that it's bizarre that characters like Cassidy and Eugene got there so much quicker with half the information.
Yeah, this is a good catch. "The path to hell is paved with good intentions." and all that.
I'm liking that Show-Jesse isn't just a
like Comic-Jesse. I think there's more potential for complexity here.
I think the show's still building toward Jesse's inevitable
transformative "A-ha" moment in relation to Genesis and God
Yeah, this is a good catch. "The path to hell is paved with good intentions." and all that.
I'm liking that Show-Jesse isn't just a
Good Guy with a Mean Streak
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Yeah, after the most recent episode there isn't a whole lot that I'm confused about either.
not everyone will call the police everytime there is a problem man, come on.
she saw tulip was troubled and needed to talk.
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
So true.
The creative decisions about Jesse's characterization are utterly baffling.(comic spoilers)
I thought of that too, but I'm not sure what the
tattoo
"mean old lady"
I didn't catch that. Did he say something like that?
So true.
(comic spoilers)
I thought of that too, but I'm not sure what thewould be all about specifically. Somehow though, I don't think that thetattooreference is a coincidence."mean old lady"
I didn't catch that. Did he say something like that?
during the eugene exchange, where hes talking about how he made a promise and seemingly forgot for a second that he was preacher
