'Preacher' Recap: 'Hilter'

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Sometimes, when a television series has been delivering some heavier and harrowing plotlines, it’s never a bad thing for said series to let loose and have a little fun, provided of course that’s something the show is able to do when it comes to its respective genre. Because sometimes, you simply have to lighten the mood, and bringing a smile to our faces is something that AMC’s Preacher has always managed to do, but this year, has been slightly different. There’s been a lot that our characters need to address for their own development and growth, so the usual laughs that this series sometimes sends our way have been somewhat absent, until last night that is since ‘Hilter’, finally allowed for the audience to enjoy a few chuckles with a surprisingly loose and wild storyline.
 
In fact, this particular tale wasted no time in getting to the laughs by allowing for us to finally catch up with the missing Adolf Hitler, who as it turns out, managed to land himself a new job in sandwich shop under the alias David Hilter and wouldn’t you know it? He turned out to be one hell of an employee. He was efficient, good with customers, and he even was so kind as to cover for his boss while the man went next door to…enjoy the company of a young woman and for brief moment there, it truly seemed that Hitler, er…Hilter was a reformed man on his way to one hell of a second chance and well, who knew that part of that second chance included starting a brand new Reich right here on American soil and well…this whole sequence was just ridiculous and hilarious and while it wrapped up quick with the Saint bringing Hitler and Eugene back to Hell, the laughs didn’t end there.
 
Because back in Angelville, Herr Starr arrived with one thing on his mind, bringing the Messiah back into the fold and well, this ended up being one delightful storyline for so many reasons. For starters, watching Starr negotiate with Gran’Ma to ‘borrow’ Jesse was simply the stuff of legend since Starr offered up riches and fame untold by way of his unique brand of dry humor and of course, Gran’Ma’s response was about as ‘pissy’ as it gets and then there was the bad blood between Lara and Tulip since they continued to try to one up one another, to the point where another fight broke out and in order to quell the tension between the two of them, Starr and Jesse came up with the quite the impressive plan on the fly; have both of them head to Osaka, Japan to rob the Soul Happy Go Go warehouse in order to give Gran’Ma everything she could dream of and more, a damn near endless supply of souls, all in exchange for letting Jesse work with the Grail once again.
 
It’s a plan that seemingly brings peace to the whole mess in Angelville and with the Grail for that matter as well, but who knows how long that peace will hold since Tulip can’t stand Lara and of course, Jesse will have to deal with the Allfather to get what he needs as well. But, despite all the chuckles and laughs that came about in this tale, there was one ominous plotline hanging over this story, and that involved Cassidy. Because this tale saw him further trying to embrace his vampire roots, to the point where he converted one of Eccarius’ followers to advance a vampire agenda and he even went so far as to save the ancient vampire’s life since he’s shown Cassidy such kindness and truly, it seems something special and romantic is budding between them. But, Cassidy doesn’t quite know the truth about Eccarius just yet, in that…he’s actually a monster of a vampire, one that kills his own and hates his existence and that puts Cassidy in some serious danger.
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Yet, while that particular storyline was heavy in its own right, it was full of laughs as well since it featured some of the most badass nuns and priests to ever grace the small screen and of course, more awesome antics from Hoover and all the black humor was truly a welcome respite from all the family feuding and dark clouds that have hung over season three and while that sounds like a knock on the series, it isn’t, it was just nice to see the show get back to its goofy roots and as an added bonus, this episode set up some important moments as well. After all, a showdown with the Allfather will have all kinds of consequences for Jesse both good and bad, and it would seem that Gran’Ma has an idea of what he’s after, and that’s no good considering she still has power over Jesse and of course, one has to wonder what will happen with Cassidy and his situation as well, which means we are in for some storytelling treats, as we hit the home stretch toward the season three finale. Until next time.
 

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