Preacher: The Cowboy's Secret Is Revealed!

On one hand, there's the method popularized by HBO dramas where all the significant action occurs in the second-to-last episode of the season, leaving the finale to address the fallout from that big climax. Both techniques have their strengths and weaknesses, but Preacher just demonstrated that you can take the second track and still deliver a satisfying episode. Amid sending desperate teenagers to hell and being shot at by a meat man's personal army, Jesse also managed to lose everyone close to him. Even if the trio is back on the same page in the finale, they're going to encounter some serious supernatural stuff; things are probably still going to get worse. [...] fed up with Jesse, Tulip, Miles (Ricky Mabe) and the surreal reality of her life somehow involving feeding innocent pets to a recovering Cassidy, Emily lashed out in extreme fashion--tricking Miles into entering Cassidy's recovery/murder dungeon, killing the frumpy mayor in the process. On one hand, it suggests that Preacher is equal parts cynical and depressing in how it views the human condition. Even "normal" characters like Jesse and Tulip seem to leave in a heightened version of reality, and as such, things like vampires or bounty hunters from heaven don't appear that insane to them. The death of a tertiary character like Miles doesn't exactly match the thrills of recent weeks, but it was a noteworthy event that should mean big things for Emily, as soon as next week. Speaking of the source material, the episode's most notable sequence brought Preacher a little closer to its comic origins. "Finish The Song" was bookended by another stop in Ratwater with The Cowboy, who finally dispatched of the mouthy, abusive ex-soldier from the saloon, and murdered the rest of the patrons for good measure. In what was yet another piece of evidence that proves Preacher is one of the most formally ambitious shows on TV, the final segment of the hour replayed