We start off back in Hell, where Eugene and Hitler have landed in the Hole. As they go into another running of Eugene's personal hell, Hitler reminds him that he has to work his way out of it so they can get out the back door. They run through a couple of iterations - Eugene kissing Tracy and her shooting herself; Eugene turning her down and her shooting herself; the two of them agreeing to just be friends, Tracy asking to see his penis and then her shooting herself - before Eugene figures it out and gets through a scenario that doesn't end with her shooting herself. Hitler tries to open the bedroom window but it's still stuck, so Eugene hasn't worked through everything yet. Next: Eugene's scout leader in a furry mascot suit (who apparently abused Eugene on a camping trip (unnecessary) so Eugene shoots him); and then Eugene's dad (with a ass-face from shooting himself). When Eugene and his dad work through their shit and tell each other "I love you," Hitler finally can get the window open and he and Eugene scarper. I'm just really not sure how all this Eugene in Hell with Hitler stuff fits in with the larger Preacher story.
Back in Louisiana, we spend a couple of weeks with the Saint of Killers as he's stuck in that truck at the bottom of the Angelville swamp. In flashback, we get to see him happy with his wife and child, then their deaths that sent him over the edge, etc. etc. In the now, eventually, the Grail hauls the truck out of the swamp - replacing it with an empty one which Jesse and Tulip found last episode - and takes it to an empty warehouse. Hoover is in charge and he leaves the Saint in there for another week, until the killer is willing to listen. The Grail says they can't get him what he wants (entry to Heaven for eternity with his wife and daughter) but he agrees to work with them anyway.
In the New Orleans apartment, Cassidy finds Dennis poking around in his bedroom, looking for something. The older vampire kicks his son out, then opens the wardrobe, where he has hidden the chihuahua puppy. He gives the puppy an ear rub and tells him he'll be safe there. I knew Dennis would want to eat that dog! Cassidy wanders out to the kitchen where (1) Tulip is moping about Jesse and (2) Featherstone and Hoover are watching them - bored - over the CCTV. Cassidy and Tulip are developing a nice rapport, giving each other massive amounts of shit, although Cassidy does get a little distracted by the pulse of blood coursing through the vein in her neck. Jesse finally comes back. He doesn't want to talk about the search for God but he's looking for a drink. Luckily, Cassidy has a homemade "potash" in his room.
The boys head to Cassidy's room while Tulip takes out the trash. On her way back down the hall, the Saint shows up. She quakes for a moment then regains her mojo and launches herself at him. Unfazed, he swats her away, knocking her into the wall and knocking her out. The Saint stalks through the apartment (you can hear Cassidy and Jesse talking from a couple rooms away), pausing to pick a knife out of a kitchen cabinet. He takes a smaller one than you might expect. He pulls down a blind, then stands in the shadows, observing his quarry. Music is coming from Dennis's room, however, and he goes to investigate.
On the balcony outside Cassidy's room, the boys are sipping at a bright green concoction in a mason jar. Jesse chokes down a mouthful, spluttering. Cassidy: "What? Too much Neosporin?" Heh. They decide to switch to beer and go back into the apartment. Jesse notices the adjusted blind. Behind him, Cassidy squeals as he gets tossed down the hallway. The Saint comes in and confronts Jesse but when Jesse tries to use the Genesis Voice on him, it doesn't work for some reason. Cassidy attacks the Saint from behind and the killer nonchalantly throws him headfirst into the built-in bookcase. Jesse holds his own for a while with some fisticuffs, then a reawakened Tulip goes after him with a fireplace poker. He tosses her aside again, grabs Jesse and forces him to his knees. The Saint is just about to scalp Jesse - yikes! - when the cavalry arrives. It's the administrators from Hell, called in by Herr Starr, and here to take the Saint back to his Hell cell. He doesn't put up a fight because they tell him his cell is empty and must be filled - if not by him, then perhaps by his wife or daughter. "You can't do that," he growls but the administrator shrugs: "God is gone. Who's gonna stop me?"
As the Hell wagon drives off with the Saint, Tulip and Cassidy go off to the hospital in an ambulance. But the logo on the ambulance reads A DIVISION OF GRAIL INDUSTRIES and it takes them to Starr's office instead. Starr tells him the situation: Jesse is in position to become the Messiah and they're just holding him back. "Given that the fate of the universe is at stake, how shall we proceed?" he wants to know.
On t.v., the Pope tells the faithful that God is gone, really gone. But the Messiah, or a reasonable facsimile thereof, is poised to step up. Jesse shuts off the television and when Tulip and Cassidy get back, with WTF looks on their faces, asks them if they want to go get breakfast.
They go to a diner and after Cassidy spins some yarn about seeing a unicorn, they get down to asking Jesse WTF. The problem is, Jesse thinks he can do it, thinks he can be the Messiah. And Cassidy is all, I'm not really down with this - following you around and being all glory to Lord Jesse and all does not sound that fun. Tulip is biting her tongue but can't stop rolling her eyes. She looks at him sadly. "I love you, Jesse, 'til the end of the world. But you gotta be honest with me. What do you need us for?" And he can't answer her.
As the Saint walks into his Hell cell, he tells the administrator, "Tell Satan I want a word." She replies, "He'll want a word with you as well." So that could be fun!
Jesse leaves the diner - Tulip and Cassidy already long gone - and goes to Starr's office. He asks Starr what happens next. Starr gets up from behind his desk and kneels at Jesse's feet, placing the preacher's hand on his bald head in benediction. Oh, that's just going to feed Jesse's ego big time.
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