A fourth and final season for "Preacher" wraps things up nicely, but never quite matches the first season.
With Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) held captive in the Grail's stronghold of Masada, Jesse (Dominic Cooper) and Tulip (Ruth Negga) prepare a dangerous rescue plan. Within the walls of Masada, Herr Starr (Pip Torrens) is overseeing apocalypse negotiations between Heaven (represented by Jesus (Tyson Ritter)) and Hell (represented by Hitler (Noah Taylor)). Meanwhile, God (Mark Harelik) himself continues to scheme with all the players to bring his plan for the end of the world to fruition.
I really like the characters in Preacher and have liked spending time with them. Tonally, I still love it's irreverent style and sense of humour, as well as the violence and gore, but if I'm honest much of this fourth season, in fact, all the seasons apart from the first, have felt like they've been stretched thin with repeating story aspects. Here, its Cassidy's escape from Masada and Jessie's travelling that feel like they don't need to take as long as they do. I'm not sure what Eugene really brought to this season too, if I'm honest, as though he gets the redemptive moments the character deserves for his suffering, I'm not sure it really added all that much.
Again, I'm left wanting more interaction between our three leads, rather than isolating one of them from the other two. I feel like the whole series would have deeper meaning if we'd seen them have a few adventures together and behave like friends rather than split up so frequently. The ending of the show was excellent though and oddly emotional given all that had gone before. The cast are still exemplary and Joseph Gilgun is absolutely the best, but the season never quite matches the heights of the first one.
With Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) held captive in the Grail's stronghold of Masada, Jesse (Dominic Cooper) and Tulip (Ruth Negga) prepare a dangerous rescue plan. Within the walls of Masada, Herr Starr (Pip Torrens) is overseeing apocalypse negotiations between Heaven (represented by Jesus (Tyson Ritter)) and Hell (represented by Hitler (Noah Taylor)). Meanwhile, God (Mark Harelik) himself continues to scheme with all the players to bring his plan for the end of the world to fruition.
I really like the characters in Preacher and have liked spending time with them. Tonally, I still love it's irreverent style and sense of humour, as well as the violence and gore, but if I'm honest much of this fourth season, in fact, all the seasons apart from the first, have felt like they've been stretched thin with repeating story aspects. Here, its Cassidy's escape from Masada and Jessie's travelling that feel like they don't need to take as long as they do. I'm not sure what Eugene really brought to this season too, if I'm honest, as though he gets the redemptive moments the character deserves for his suffering, I'm not sure it really added all that much.
Again, I'm left wanting more interaction between our three leads, rather than isolating one of them from the other two. I feel like the whole series would have deeper meaning if we'd seen them have a few adventures together and behave like friends rather than split up so frequently. The ending of the show was excellent though and oddly emotional given all that had gone before. The cast are still exemplary and Joseph Gilgun is absolutely the best, but the season never quite matches the heights of the first one.