What I'm sensing is that there's a big market here for Preacher picture books?

Even when she was off doing her own thing for the first part of the season, Tulip's character is so good. Her opening was probably one of my favorite TV moments of recent history.

That's totally fair, and the first episode does kind of drop you right into things with a lot of action (though I don't know if you got to the bit with the mascot yet or not, but that's probably one of my favorite random show moments because it's so absurd/but also true to life) but it slows down a lot on and off…

The action scenes are VERY stylized (I like it— I thought the airplane scene was great, though, so it might just be a difference of opinion there), but I think the underlying story and the fact that the show gives the characters time to just interact in less high-pressure ways gives it a lot of substance the longer…

He is somehow getting better and better looking each episode? (And he's a great actor, obviously— he might be my favorite part of the show)

Agreed, and I actually like a lot of Seth Rogen's projects. I think he's got a really good grasp on working feelings and emotional moments into some pretty ludicrous concepts.

Yeah, agreed. I think one of the things I enjoy most about the show is that it feels like they know where they're going with it, so even though it's crazy and some episodes meander just a little I have a lot of confidence that they've got some kind of plan and we won't just spend a season sitting with the characters…

That barefoot chase scene in the last episode was amazing.

I DO love the art from the comics I've seen, I will totally agree with that. I'm honestly just not that into comics though, that's the main reason I've never read them.

Me! (Duh). I never read the comics, so I don't have the same issue of what matches and what doesn't, I just think it's an expertly filmed show with really interesting characters that actually manages to surprise me, which I love.

It's not fair to joke about this, because now I'm dreaming of a world where this movie actually exists and I desperately want to go there.

Unless you're Australian.

That's so interesting (sincerely), because I feel exactly, 100% the opposite, but so goes movies and opinions, right?

Thank you for bringing this up. Even if someone argues that this doesn't cater at all into the final outcome (which I think is a stretch), not mentioning it at all (and I've seen barely anyone who does) is bizarre.

It's the show's sometimes 'Prison Summer Camp' syndrome.

If they hadn't stated they were going for the BLM movement angle, I would agree, and I really wish that they'd gone the direction you're describing.

I agree, and I think it takes away from the bigger picture they wanted. Bailey himself is not the enemy, Bailey is the tool of the real enemy, which is the giant, screwed up mess that is the excessive force and (some would argue) limited liability given people in his position, particularly in the way the show has them…

Preach.

I think it's because his characters are generally pretty likable or interesting, more so than others, and so while he uses the same cheap tricks sometimes, they're not really as much of a crutch for him as they are for other writers because the foundation work is there? I'm not sure, that's just my feeling on it.

It's cheap.