TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×08, “Holes”

The growing pattern I’ve found in this middle section of season two of Preacher is my miscalculation on when the pace is going to pick up. It helps that “Holes” is a terrific episode of television for reasons that I…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×07, “Pig”

This week I somewhat expected a bigger shift in momentum, now that The Saint of Killers has been (presumably temporarily) dealt with. Looking at this week’s Preacher episode, “Pig,” it actually shouldn’t have been much of a surprise to see…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×06, “Sokosha”

Following a couple of weeks that put a quieter spin on things, “Sokosha” is here to get Preacher back on track. Make no mistake, I enjoyed the character focus (and moments of visual creativity) featuring in the past couple of…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×05, “Dallas”

By the end of “Dallas, with” the Saint has come marching in and kills Viktor, a man we hardly knew. Paul Ben-Victor did what was needed for really the role, but he ultimately didn’t matter beyond showing us someone that…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×04, “Viktor”

To say “Viktor” brings things down a notch is not the worst thing for Preacher, but it is evident this fourth episode is one where some reorganization was needed. While a solid character-focused episode followed the one-two punch of the…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×03, “Damsels”

Watching “Damsels” was a good way to acknowledge just how well-realized the central trio of Preacher is at this point. While there will likely always be a debate over how necessary it was to set the entire first season in…

TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×02, “Mumbai Sky Tower”

Two nights of Preacher in a row has proven to be a very good thing, as this second season is showing to have a lot of confidence increasing the pace while making the characters work. “Mumbai Sky Tower” picks up…