Call and Response
- Episode aired Jul 31, 2016
- TV-MA
- 54m
Jesse hopes to follow through on his promise to obtain answers from Heaven; the entire town waits with bated breath.Jesse hopes to follow through on his promise to obtain answers from Heaven; the entire town waits with bated breath.Jesse hopes to follow through on his promise to obtain answers from Heaven; the entire town waits with bated breath.
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Did you know
- TriviaActress Juliana Potter, who plays Archangel Susan, is also an accomplished stunt performer. At 4'9", she often stands in for kids.
- GoofsWhen Tulipa bursts through the door breaking the glass, a clear bump in the whole sequence reveals the (bad) montage of two different takes.
- Quotes
Tulip O'Hare: So what's the plan, Jesse?
Jesse Custer: The plan is simple: find God.
Cassidy: Oh, no offense, padre, but I'm right... I'm tired of the God talk now.
Jesse Custer: I am, too. That's why we gonna go out and actually find God.
Cassidy: What? Like a... like a road trip? With buckets of guns, sex and drugs, and shady characters dressed in bikinis?
[glances towards Tulip]
Jesse Custer: Yeah, I imagine there'll be a bit of that.
Cassidy: I'm in. Done.
Tulip O'Hare: I'm sorry. We're just gonna, like, drive around shooting people, getting wasted and looking for God?
Cassidy: [laughs] Oh, I'm so in.
Tulip O'Hare: And what are you gonna do when you find him?
Jesse Custer: Well, if God wants our help, we'll help him. If he doesn't, we're gonna kick his ass.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Talking Preacher: Call and Response (2016)
Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper) is a former criminal who has returned to his hometown to become their Preacher - as his father once was. Attendances are dwindling and Jesse is unsure of his place in the world, then he receives what he believes is a divine gift. When he speaks, those who hear are forced to act on it, regardless of what it is. With his church on the up, he reconnects with Tulip (Ruth Negga) a childhood friend who has a mission of revenge for them both to begin and meets Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) an Irish Vampire just looking for a good time.
"Preacher" is a funny, daring adult fantasy with wonderful central performances from its three leads and able support from the likes of Jackie Earle Haley, W Earl Brown, Lucy Griffiths and Derek Wilson. The first season is a tight contained story that gives a payoff to all of its various strands before setting the leads free to undertake what will become their immediate quest and setting what I presume will be the chief antagonist after them.
If it has an issue, now it feels like it's another aspect of the very busy "adult fantasy" market. "The Boys", "American Gods", "Legion", "Good Omens" have all come subsequently and all (to some extent) cover similar ground. However, I wouldn't say that I was tired of the genre yet - and this first season of "Preacher" sits around the very top of what I've seen.
Looking forward to pushing on with season two.
- southdavid
- Apr 23, 2020
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- Runtime54 minutes
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