# Preacher: Season 3 (open spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558 "2018-06-06T18:22:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/41 "2018-08-28T17:09:40Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Any opinions on the last few episodes of this season? I liked it, although it’s ridiculously gory at times. (The scene in which Jesse and Herr Starr fought over the vial containing Jesse’s soul and what they rolled around in. And of course the shot right before that in which the vial emerged from where it had been placed for safekeeping.) > > And can someone who has read the comic books on which the show is based tell me; is the show still following the comic books, or has it deviated from them? The show and the comics are two completely different animals. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/42 "2018-08-28T22:34:58Z")
I thought the splitting up of the Main Three, in this third season, was smart–they each got to develop in ways they wouldn’t have, had they been together in Angelville the entire time. I’m feeling quite sad that the season is over. (And we don’t yet know if it’s renewed for a fourth). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/43 "2018-09-06T09:15:55Z")
In many ways I’m enjoying the show more than the comic; the show has done a lot more character development on a lot more characters than the comic ever bothered to do. And the show has deviated from the comic plotwise considerably; the characters are the same, the ultimate goal is the same, and there are occasional plot elements that intersect, but on the whole the show appears to be taking a different path to the same end. And that’s not a bad thing. Far from finding this season slow, I thought it jogged along at quite a satisfactory pace to quite a satisfactory conclusion. There were two things I found very slightly questionable, which I will spoiler as they relate to key points: If you know that an extremely fat man is about to explode in an extremely gory fashion, _why would you just keep standing there in front of him_? If I were Jesse, I would have found something to hide behind. and I know the Angel of Death is not the sharpest pitchfork in the inferno, so I couldn’t tell whether Hitler got the job in the end because of his background and reputation or simply because he happened to be standing there.But at least he finally got his plum cake. With extra flaky crust. Also I was inordinately pleased to see that the Rosens survived the vampire massacre. They were nice people, even if she looked a bit like Gary Busey in drag. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/44 "2018-09-06T22:17:32Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > … Far from finding this season slow, I thought it jogged along at quite a satisfactory pace to quite a satisfactory conclusion. There were two things I found very slightly questionable, which I will spoiler as they relate to key points: > > If you know that an extremely fat man is about to explode in an extremely gory fashion, _why would you just keep standing there in front of him_? If I were Jesse, I would have found something to hide behind. Sure, but that would have disappointed much of the audience, who had been waiting for this since the creators first showed a Humperdoo explode. Jesse getting covered in innards hit a black-comedy note that the creators would not have failed to exploit. > [@Gyrate](#): > > and > > I know the Angel of Death is not the sharpest pitchfork in the inferno, so I couldn’t tell whether Hitler got the job in the end because of his background and reputation or simply because he happened to be standing there.But at least he finally got his plum cake. With extra flaky crust. > > Also I was inordinately pleased to see that the Rosens survived the vampire massacre. They were nice people, even if she looked a bit like Gary Busey in drag. I would guess that H just happened to be in the right place at the right time. As for the Rosens—assuming a fourth season happens—who knows but what they’ll play a part in helping to rescue Cassidy. After all, he’s the one who made their dreams (of becoming vampires) come true. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/45 "2018-09-06T22:48:44Z")
Wait, I remember an older woman who I think Cassidy called Mrs. Rosen but I don’t remember a Mr Rosen. Did he appear on the show and I just missed it? ---
**Author:** ![Uniqueorn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uniqueorn/32/2807_2.png) [@Uniqueorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uniqueorn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/46 "2018-09-06T23:00:05Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Wait, I remember an older woman who I think Cassidy called Mrs. Rosen but I don’t remember a Mr Rosen. Did he appear on the show and I just missed it? The son is presumably also called Rosen. ---
**Author:** ![SykoSkotty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/47 "2018-09-07T13:26:33Z")
I really enjoyed this season. I know I’ve said it before, but this show is just outrageous, campy, over-the-top fun. I haven’t read the comics, so I don’t know much about the differences between the TV and comic plot lines, but this season was great for the characters. I’m completely invested now ---- Heck, I was actually hoping TC would go with Jesse and join the team. I really liked him towards the end of the season. I thought the past and present Jesse’s interacting was a nice touch too, especially after finding out it was Jody that killed Jesse’s father! ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/48 "2018-09-07T13:50:31Z")
Regarding the last spoilered point: in the comic Jody did indeed do that and took the lighter (with the same message on it) from him, which Jesse later reclaimed. The show made TC a _lot_ more likeable than he was in the comic. As I said before, comic TC was phenomenally disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2018, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558/49 "2018-09-07T13:55:51Z")
They even made Jody somewhat likable. I rarely say something like this, but all the departures from the comics have been for the better. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/preacher-season-3-open-spoilers/815558.md?page=2)