Preacher Recap: ‘Call and Response’
Ryan E. Johnson on the season finale of AMC’s ‘Preacher.’
Ryan E. Johnson on the season finale of AMC’s ‘Preacher.’
“In many ways, the first season of AMC’s ‘Preacher’ has led to a slow descent into damnation for its characters.”
“As it’s proven in its previous episodes, ‘Preacher’ is not a show that markets in hope, and all that Jesse has left in his wake so far is a boy sent to Hell, a lost church, broken relationships and a dead dog.”
“Viewers surely know that it’s not God behind Jesse’s powers, and ‘Preacher’ is about to unveil what evils Jesse will allow himself in order to save his land, and his life.”
“The episode provides plenty of darkness, but what it also provides is a sense of understanding.”
“It’s the denial, the lack of judgement and the lack of consequences that run so rampant in the city which make the episode’s climax so powerful.”
“With most of the series’ major villains now in play, if not all, it’s only a matter of time before Annville becomes the ‘Monster Swamp’ Root so fears.”
“It’s clear from the early stages of ‘Preacher’ that Rogen, Goldberg and Catlin are going to be taking a deliberate pace with the material.”