Details From The Season Finale Of ‘Preacher’ That You May Have Missed

AMC’s Preacher wrapped up its first season last night with a phenomenal finale, “Call and Response,” that brought a close to the prequel chapter of the series and brought us to the beginning point of Garth Ennis’ comic series. Overall, the first season had a few lulls, but it was definitely worth it in terms of developing the three main characters — Jesse, Tulip, and Cassidy — before they begin their road-trip adventures.

Before we look ahead to season two, however, let’s take one quick look back at the season finale and surface a few things that viewers who weren’t watching closely may have missed.

“Time of the Preacher”

The episode’s cold open used the same song used in the pilot episode for the first scenes filmed in Annville, Willie Nelson’s “Time of the Preacher.”

Ratwater

As most probably surmised, Annville is sitting on the same land where Ratwater once resided. The Saint of Killers killed everyone in Ratwater in 1881. Annville was established in 1882.

The official story was that it was wiped out by a tornado.

Saint of Killers

Speaking of Ratwater, we should’ve seen the arrival of the Saint of Killers all along. This comes from the first shot of Jesse Custer’s room in the pilot episode.

Penis Coffin

It’s been a week since Jesse Custer shot off Clive’s penis, and poor Clive is still carrying it around in a mini-cooler.

Forbidden Love

All season long, Preacher has been teasing the Prairie Dog and Chief Red Savage. Both have appeared numerous times. The season-long joke finally paid off last night, when we found out that Prairie Dog and Chief Red Savage were forbidden lovers who, ultimately, took their own lives rather than admit publicly that they were in love. What you may not have noticed, however, was that the bucket Chief Red Savage was standing on was from “Grail Industries,” owned by Herr Starr, the man with the hat we see saw watching the Snuff Film Festival way back in episode three (Starr will likely return next season).

R.I.P. DeBlanc

When the Saint of Killers put down the Angel in the end, that was the end of her. She will not come back. DeBlanc, also shot by the Saint of Killers, will not be returning either, which is why Fiore came back covered in brimstone all by himself, looking broken-hearted. R.I.P. DeBlanc, although we may get to see Fiore return again next season.

Sheriff Root

Readers curious to know if Emily and Odin Quincannon will be back should know that they most assuredly will not. Everyone in Annville was obliterated. (Seth Rogen confirmed this on Talking Preacher.) W. Earl Brown’s Sheriff Root won’t be back, either. It was the 27th onscreen death for Brown.

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Closer to God

While Jesse and Tulip were arguing over whether to kill Carlos, Donnie was reading Gorillas in the Mist, the story of an anthropologist who travels to the African mountains to study the rare gorillas. The anthropologist, Dian Fossey, described the paradise as being “as close to God as you can get.” For Donnie, Jesse may be as close to God as he can get. For Jesse, the fake God he called down from Heaven to appear in his church may be as “close to God” as he can get. It might also be worth noting that, in Gorillas of the Mist, Dian Fossey initially seeks justice, but ultimately settles for revenge, which could be foreshadowing the future of this series.

Sadly, Donnie never got very far into the book.

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At least he got to take home some souvenirs.

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Oz

In the scene at the end, when the Saint of Killers returned, the splayed legs in the background were those of Betsy Schenk, who was wearing a Dorothy from Oz outfit before the town exploded.

Tom Cruise Memorial Fund

In this scene, viewers can only see the top half of a sign that reads, “Show Us the Money.”

It’s a sign for the Tom Cruise Memorial Fund.

“No Rain”

Finally, while I can’t confirm it, or find anywhere that offers the song for downloading, the melancholy cover of Blind Melon’s “No Rain” was by an artist named Dave Lichens, according to TuneFind.

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