Series guide
- Black comedy
- Horror
- Drama
- Paranormal
- Fantasy
- Creators
- Seth Rogen · Evan Goldberg · Sam Catlin
- Stars
- Dominic Cooper · Joseph Gilgun · Ruth Negga
Images: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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Seasons 4
Preacher episodes 43
Season 1 · 10 episodes · 10 aired · May 22, 2016 to Jul 31, 2016
S1.E1 ·
Pilot
In a small West Texas town, a troubled preacher named Jesse Custer is suddenly possessed by a mysterious force from beyond, while an old flame and an Irish drifter each arrive in town the same week.
Directed by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg
S1.E2 ·
See
Jesse tries to keep his congregation together as unexplainable incidents pile up around Annville, while Tulip pushes her way back into his life with an offer he doesn't want.
Directed by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg · Written by Sam Catlin
S1.E3 ·
The Possibilities
Jesse starts testing the strange new power he's discovered on the people around him, while Tulip chases a lead on an old partner and two unassuming strangers keep a close watch on Jesse from a distance.
Directed by Scott Winant · Written by Chris Kelley
S1.E4 ·
Monster Swamp
Jesse uses his new ability on the town's most intimidating resident in a very public way, setting off consequences he didn't plan for.
Directed by Craig Zisk · Written by Sara Goodman
S1.E5 ·
South Will Rise Again
Eugene comes to Jesse with a desperate request involving his father, while flashbacks trace a vengeful cowboy's path through the Old West.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Craig Rosenberg
S1.E6 ·
Sundowner
The two mysterious visitors finally explain to Jesse exactly what's living inside him, and why they've been sent to take it back.
Directed by Guillermo Navarro · Written by Nick Towne
S1.E7 ·
He Gone
The fallout from Jesse's secret starts catching up with him, Cassidy's true nature comes into the open, and a flashback digs into a painful piece of Jesse's childhood.
Directed by Michael Morris · Written by Mary Laws
S1.E8 ·
El Valero
Flashbacks reveal what shaped Quincannon into the man he is today, as the thing inside Jesse slips loose and Jesse strikes a new, risky bargain with the local power broker.
Directed by Kate Dennis · Written by Olivia Dufault
S1.E9 ·
Finish the Song
The Old West cowboy's long road of revenge reaches its breaking point, while Jesse makes a desperate attempt to get a direct line to God.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Craig Rosenberg
S1.E10 ·
Call and Response
Jesse puts his community's faith to the test in front of the whole town, with answers that aren't what anyone was hoping for.
Directed by Sam Catlin · Written by Sam Catlin
Season 1 (2016) · Annville, Texas. The setup: a troubled preacher, an old flame, an Irish drifter, and the thing that just moved into Jesse. Ten episodes, the natural starting point.
Season 2 · 13 episodes · 13 aired · Jun 25, 2017 to Sep 11, 2017
- E1Jun 25
- E2Jun 26
- E3Jul 3
- E4Jul 10
- E5Jul 17
- E6Jul 24
- E7Jul 31
- E8Aug 7
- E9Aug 14
- E10Aug 21
- E11Aug 28
- E12Sep 4
- E13Sep 11
S2.E1 ·
On the Road
Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy hit the road together on a cross-country search, and immediately draw the attention of a relentless pursuer.
Directed by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg · Written by Sam Catlin
S2.E2 ·
Mumbai Sky Tower
The trio tries to shake their pursuer at a glitzy casino, where a strange, flamboyant figure drops a piece of information about why they're being hunted.
Directed by Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg · Written by Sam Catlin
S2.E3 ·
Damsels
The search for answers leads to New Orleans' jazz clubs, while Eugene finds himself somewhere far stranger and darker than Annville, and meets an unlikely fellow resident there.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Sara Goodman
S2.E4 ·
Viktor
Jesse has to pull Tulip out of a dangerous jam from her past, while Eugene witnesses how badly the other residents of his new surroundings treat a very famous, reviled new arrival.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Craig Rosenberg
S2.E5 ·
Dallas
A flashback unpacks Jesse and Tulip's complicated shared history, including a painful chapter that still shapes how they treat each other now.
Directed by Michael Morris · Written by Philip Buiser
S2.E6 ·
Sokosha
Jesse finally sits down with his pursuer and offers a deal neither of them expected to be making.
Directed by David Evans · Written by Mary Laws
S2.E7 ·
Pig
A bizarre local incident draws the interest of a sharply dressed investigator, while Cassidy's son makes a request that forces Cassidy to face what his own condition really costs.
Directed by Wayne Yip · Written by Olivia Dufault
S2.E8 ·
Holes
Eugene faces a brutal new low in his strange surroundings, while back home Tulip discovers someone has been watching Jesse far more closely than anyone realized.
Directed by Maja Vrvilo · Written by Mark Stegemann
S2.E9 ·
Puzzle Piece
The investigator's plans for Jesse shift once he sees firsthand what Jesse can really do, and a sudden attack puts Cassidy's son in serious danger.
Directed by Michael Dowse · Written by Craig Rosenberg
S2.E10 ·
Dirty Little Secret
Long-hidden details about who really set recent events in motion come out, and a strange, closely guarded new figure is introduced.
Directed by Steph Green · Written by Mary Laws
S2.E11 ·
Backdoors
A flashback shows a young Jesse enduring a harsh punishment from his grandmother, while Eugene and his unlikely companion look for a way out of where they've ended up.
Directed by Norberto Barba · Written by Sara Goodman
S2.E12 ·
On Your Knees
Eugene gets help on his escape plan from an unexpected source, while Jesse's relentless pursuer runs into a surprising obstacle of his own.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Sam Catlin & Rachel Wagner
S2.E13 ·
The End of the Road
Jesse is pushed into playing a very public role in front of a room full of people, while a mission to save someone close to him does not go the way anyone hoped.
Directed by Wayne Yip · Written by Sam Catlin
Season 2 (2017) · on the road. Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy leave Texas and head toward New Orleans with a relentless pursuer closing in.
Season 3 · 10 episodes · 10 aired · Jun 24, 2018 to Aug 26, 2018
S3.E1 ·
Angelville
Jesse returns to his family's estate and the formidable grandmother who raised him, hoping she can help him with something he can't fix any other way.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Sam Catlin
S3.E2 ·
Sonsabitches
Jesse manufactures a dangerous distraction to buy time, while Tulip tries to get back something of Jesse's that a powerful organization is holding.
Directed by Michael Slovis · Written by Sara Goodman
S3.E3 ·
Gonna Hurt
Cassidy's condition becomes impossible to hide any longer, and Jesse arranges a confrontation meant to settle an old score.
Directed by John Grillo · Written by Gary Tieche
S3.E4 ·
The Tombs
A high-stakes showdown plays out, and Jesse and Tulip get a rare chance to talk through where they really stand with each other.
Directed by Wayne Yip · Written by Mark Stegemann
S3.E5 ·
The Coffin
Jesse and Tulip find themselves trapped together by captors with a cruel plan, forcing Jesse into a desperate choice to save her.
Directed by Millicent Shelton · Written by Mary Laws
S3.E6 ·
Les Enfants du Sang
Eugene returns to find his hometown changed for the worse, while Cassidy falls in with a new, unusual group of people like him.
Directed by Laura Belsey · Written by Rachel Wagner
S3.E7 ·
Hilter
A notorious figure from the past tries to build a following in his strange new surroundings, while Jesse's grandmother's enforcer arrives with Eugene in tow.
Directed by Michael Morris · Written by Carla Ching
S3.E8 ·
The Tom/Brady
Jesse undergoes a dangerous procedure to separate himself from the thing living inside him, while Cassidy's new associates make an unexpected addition to their ranks.
Directed by Wayne Yip · Written by Mary Laws & Kevin Rosen
S3.E9 ·
Schwanzkopf
Jesse goes after something that was taken from him and squares off against the man responsible, while an identity mix-up causes chaos elsewhere.
Directed by Kevin Hooks · Written by Gary Tieche
S3.E10 ·
The Light Above
A major confrontation at Jesse's family estate comes to a head, and someone close to the group ends up in the hands of a powerful, secretive organization.
Directed by Sam Catlin · Written by Sam Catlin
Season 3 (2018) · Angelville, Louisiana. Jesse returns to his family’s estate and the grandmother who raised him.
Season 4 · 10 episodes · 10 aired · Aug 4, 2019 to Sep 29, 2019
S4.E1 ·
Masada
Jesse and Tulip mount a risky operation against the organization holding their friend, while a flashback traces how they got to this point.
Directed by John Grillo · Written by Sam Catlin & Kevin Rosen
S4.E2 ·
Last Supper
Changes in leadership shake up the organization's headquarters, while Tulip takes a serious risk to get inside.
Directed by John Grillo · Written by Gary Tieche
S4.E3 ·
Deviant
A quiet moment lets Cassidy look back on an eventful chapter of his long life, while things take a sharp turn for several people at once.
Directed by Kevin Hooks · Written by Sara Goodman
S4.E4 ·
Search and Rescue
Jesse makes his way toward his destination against serious odds, while Tulip gets unexpected help pulling off a rescue.
Directed by Kevin Hooks · Written by Mark Stegemann
S4.E5 ·
Bleak City
Jesse closes in on a place from a recurring vision, while Tulip and Cassidy regroup to deal with Jesse's longtime pursuer once and for all.
Directed by Jonathan Watson · Written by Susan Hurwitz Arneson
S4.E6 ·
The Lost Apostle
A dangerous shipment arrives at a remote location, setting several converging plans on a collision course.
Directed by Jonathan Watson · Written by Gary Tieche
S4.E7 ·
Messiahs
Jesse ends up somewhere he never expected, while Tulip and Cassidy track down someone they've been searching for and consider a drastic next step.
Directed by Iain B. MacDonald · Written by Mark Stegemann
S4.E8 ·
Fear of the Lord
Jesse gets a one-on-one audience that finally puts everything he's been through in a new light.
Directed by Iain B. MacDonald · Written by Wes Brown
S4.E9 ·
Overture
The organization's grand, elaborate plan moves into its final phase in front of a live audience.
Directed by Laura Belsey · Written by Carolyn Townsend
S4.E10 ·
End of the World
Everything converges for one last reckoning that decides what happens to Jesse, his friends and the world around them.
Directed by Sam Catlin · Written by Sam Catlin
Season 4 (2019) · the final season. The story moves to Australia and New Zealand for the endgame. AMC ended the series here, by design.
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The comic went one way; the show went somewhere stranger
Preacher starts from Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Vertigo comic and drifts further from it every season. Jesse Custer, a small-town Texas preacher with a violent past, gets possessed by a being called Genesis that gives him a power he didn’t ask for, and sets off with his ex Tulip and a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy to find out what happened to God. The comic ran monthly from 1995 to 2000 and is one of the defining Vertigo books of that era: profane, violent, and openly hostile to organized religion in a way that got it banned from some comic shops at the time.
The AMC series, developed by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin, keeps the premise and the three leads but writes mostly new plot around them – entire seasons’ worth of story, like the second season’s road trip and the third season’s return to Jesse’s family estate, exist nowhere in the comic. the source material’s own history is worth reading if the show’s digressions work for you; fans of the comic tend to either love how far the show wanders or wish it had stuck closer to the page.
One practical upside of a finished show: there’s no cliffhanger risk here. AMC ended Preacher by design after season 4 in 2019, with the story’s endgame playing out across Australia and New Zealand, so all 43 episodes are a complete watch start to finish. If you want another dark, comic-sourced show that goes somewhere AMC+ or network television rarely goes, our Doom Patrol guide is the closest thing on our shelf, and our Invincible guide covers a different kind of comic adaptation that also refuses to play it safe.
Preacher cast 12
Dominic CooperJesse Custer
Joseph GilgunProinsias Cassidy
Ruth NeggaTulip O'Hare- Lucy GriffithsEmily Woodrow
W. Earl BrownSheriff Hugo Root
Ian CollettiEugene "Arseface" Root
Tom BrookeFiore- Anatol YusefDeBlanc
Graham McTavishThe Saint of Killers
Pip TorrensHerr Klaus Helmut Starr
Noah TaylorAdolf Hitler
Julie Ann EmerySarah Featherstone
- Creator
- Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Sam Catlin
- Director
- Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Michael Slovis, Craig Zisk
- Writer
- Sam Catlin, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen
- Music
- Dave Porter
- Studios
- Sony Pictures Television
Photos via Wikimedia Commons. Dominic Cooper: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Joseph Gilgun: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ruth Negga: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; W. Earl Brown: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0; Ian Colletti: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0; Tom Brooke: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0; Graham McTavish: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0; Pip Torrens: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0; Noah Taylor: GabboT, CC BY-SA 2.0; Julie Ann Emery: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I watch Preacher?
On AMC+ in the US with a subscription, checked October 29, 2026.
Is Preacher based on a comic?
Yes. It adapts Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher, published under DC’s Vertigo imprint from 1995 to 2000. The series keeps the core premise and several major characters but invents much of its own plot, departing further from the comic with each season.
How many episodes of Preacher are there?
43 across 4 seasons, all of which have aired. The series is complete.
Is Preacher finished?
Yes. AMC ended the series after season 4 in 2019, which wrapped up its story.
When did Preacher premiere?
May 22, 2016, on AMC.
