After watching the first season of "The Missionary" a few days ago , I was not in a hurry to start chasing after the second season, but first wrote a review of the first season.
This new AMC drama is even better than I originally thought. There are a lot of interspersed and flashback stories about religious beliefs and human nature’s good and evil. The music, video, light and shadow, and other large and small elements, are all excellent works . The rhythm is a little slow but it is very comfortable to watch. It does live up to the many recommendations of opllx readers in the past two months.
For friends who have watched the show, this article regrettably discards a lot of details, but for those who have not seen it, this article is too detailed—reading the article first and then watching the show may make the viewing experience slightly compromised. ...But anyway, I strongly recommend this good show.
【Long text with more than 8600 words, if you are impatient, you can just pull the second paragraph from the bottom to see the conclusion. 】
Black childhood
This is destined to be a fucking age of lack of faith and depraved morality.
In the small town of Anville, Texas, the missionary John Custer took his only son Jesse to preach a sermon.
Odin Kuncannon, the owner of the leading business in the town, had his family accidentally died in Weir’s ski resort. After a mental breakdown, he dug out the intestines of his daughter and the cow and found that there was no difference, no spirit and soul. The so-called "belief" is just falsehood .
Of course John's solace failed, and he could only drag Jesse to flee...
Yes, this is Jesse’s childhood memory, living with his father in a declining small town, and helping out in the church after school—but John, who has been teaching everyone "God will save you", said this time Discouraged words.
You know, John is very strict with Jesse on weekdays. When he discovered that his son was smoking, he took a belt and smoked it in public... In the misplaced double standard environment, Jesse Custer became a rebellious child.
But there is also a light in Jessie's life, that is, Tulip, the lonely girl of the same age who was taken in by John, and the two children who lived together in a fight and made a vow of "until the end of the world".
However, after John took Tulip in, he planned to send her away. When Jesse realized that it was too late, he tried his best to stop it but was still powerless.
"She is from the O'Hare family." Tulip's mother was in jail and her uncle was drunk. Even after being taken in, she has been very well-behaved, but her background is destined to cause trouble sooner or later.
John was scared. After all, he still can't avoid the vulgarity. The "God saves the world" that he keeps talking about all day long is a nonsense that he doesn't believe in himself.
When his father took Tulip in, Jesse also thanked God... But now, Jesse prays that God will kill his father and send him to hell, if God really exists.
How kind is Jesse, how surly at the moment ... The father and son were really taken away soon.
Before he died, John asked his son to promise him "must be a good person, because there are too many bad people in this world", and Jesse, who was deeply self-blaming, also promised his father with tears.
Subsequently, John was headshot in front of Jesse.
Jesse, who was completely orphaned, had only one promise left with his father.
Male and female robbers
But since there is no restriction from his father, how can Jesse, who has bad tendencies, not take the wrong path?
After growing up, Jesse and Tulip became extraordinary "robber couples". They joined Carlos, and the robber trio was rampant all over the world.
Jesse and Tulip have always been very happy , and Carlos's behavior of "sprinkling dog food" at every turn hurts Carlos.
While robbing the bank in Dallas, Carlos was temporarily obsessed, and under the trend of jealousy, he released the guard and drove away alone, leaving the two in crisis.
Killing the guard and betrayed his life debts, and the money he robbed was all cheaper for Carlos... More importantly, under the intense stimulation, Tulip's child fell.
This fatal blow left the two of them restless... especially Jesse, who suddenly remembered the vow he made when he was a child, and returned to his hometown frustrated, picked up his father's mantle and became a half-hearted missionary .
Welcome to today’s Anville town, where there is a lack of faith, and there is also a very strange principle: the more normal people look at, the more problems they look at, and the more problematic people look at, the more humane they are. Everyone looks forward to it. Is the coming of God.
Rogue missionary
Jesse Custer was undoubtedly a failure in inheriting his father's business. The preaching in the church was just based on the scriptures. In his spare time, he smoked and drank. Apart from a uniform, he did not look like a missionary at all.
And the townspeople are not so much to worship, as they are to enjoy the open space outside the church to have a picnic party... There is no sense of existence, and there is no way to redeem anyone. The dispirited Jesse intends to give up.
Jesse may have never believed in God. He snorted at the cross while drinking wine. At this moment, a magical invisible energy flew in front of him.
This group of energy flew to the earth from outer space, ran around the world, possessed various missionaries, but all of them exploded and died... This time, it rushed into Jesse's body...
Jesse fainted on the spot...When he woke up, there seemed to be nothing unusual, but in the subtle, he changed.
Jesse, who was supposed to announce in public, "quit it" gradually changed her words: "...I shouldn't just leave like this, I want to save everyone... I am the pastor, this is my answer, this is my home The reason for coming, come to save you ."
As everyone knows, Ted, who had been looking for him all day long, was sent away by Jesse's "heart-opening" words again. He really traveled far to his mother, told the truth that he had never dared to tell, and then opened his chest with a knife. He took out his heart... Jesse suddenly had the power to make people obey.
But at this time Tulip came back to look for him and asked Jesse to kill Carlos with him. However, despite his girlfriend's frustration, Jesse agreed. As a result, he encountered Downey, who had broken his hand in the bathroom of the gas station. He wanted to shoot Jesse, but he risked suicide under the words of the other party...
"I understand (this is God's will)!" Jesse changed his mind, and despite Tulip's anger, turned to continue to be a missionary.
He used a flat-screen TV as a prize, bet with Kun Cannon, and tried his best to get everyone to go to church. More and more people began to believe in Jesse. It has changed... Jessie said: I have become like God.
In this process, there is a person who is very important- "Chrysanthemum Face" Eugene Root.
According to rumors, Eugene beat the "campus goddess" Tracy into a vegetative person because of his love for life and hatred, and he became like this when he attempted to commit suicide. Jin is the only kind and humble person in the town.
Eugene, once again trapped in a dilemma, could only come to Jesse for help, and the missionary who was intoxicated by power at this time waved his hand and said: I will help you once and for all.
He took Eugene to Tracy's house, and regardless of Mrs. Roche's excitement about killing Eugene, he forced her to forgive the murderer who hurt his daughter.
Afterwards, the two angels Ferre and Di Blanc finally talked to Jesse... The other party admitted that this energy is called "Genesis", which is the product of the combination of angels and demons . They are administrators and want to secretly take it back... …
As a result, the "first-order angel" of Seraphim appeared, and the two sides fell into chaos.
What followed was a humorous hotel melee... After it was over, Jesse made it clear that he was unwilling to hand over "Genesis" and "Let God take it by himself."
As the miracle happened, some friends gradually started to befriend Eugene, which is also in line with Jesse's idea: the result is good, the method is not important. But Eugene came to him and said that he didn't want to be forgiven, God didn't like that, and Jesse was cheating.
"What I do belongs to God's will, not cheating!...I want to save our town."
Speaking of this, Jessie understood why he came back to be a missionary, not because he really believed in it, but because he wanted to fulfill his promise: "Yes, I am a missionary, I promised, this is the purpose, I want Open the door, let them see the light, fulfill my promise, and then I will be free."
Jesse has been suspicious of God since he was a child. It was the guilt and promises of his father that made him persist until now. If he can force the townspeople to believe in God, he will complete the task and have a result.
After Eugene heard this, he firmly opposed Jesse's actions: " Everyone needs to choose. It is a sin for you to do so ."
He still didn’t understand that Jesse possessed “super powers.” Mrs. Roach , who hates him, suddenly forgives herself is an act contrary to human nature. Does goodness still make sense?
Jesse couldn't manage that much, he shouted: I will choose for them!
Accompanied by the voice of "This is sin", Jesse excitedly shouted " Go to hell! Eugene! "
After a whistling, Eugene disappeared without a trace. Jesse understood that he really put Eugene to hell.
In the beginning, nothing happened to Jessie, but Khun Cannon, who was supposed to be a religious believer, came to reclaim the land. Companion Cassidy angrily accused him of being confused, and Tulip, who was close to him, was also driven away by himself...
It sucks. Jesse couldn't turn a blind eye anymore, so while digging to find Eugene, he bravely fought against Khun Cannon's demolitions team, and said to God, "In order to get Eugene back, I promise not to use Genesis . "
In order to solve this problem, Jesse asked two angels to take the "Genesis", but when they took out the energy, it broke out of the tank again and flew back to Jesse's body-even the container was broken. This time the two angels can't help it.
On the other hand, Kun Cannon’s armed demolition team has been attacking the church for a long time, and it is over only by surrendering the deafening Donnie to Jesse’s weapons...
Before signing the land deed, Jesse asked Kun Cannon to give himself one last chance: I will bring God, if not, I will spurn him with you!
Vulgar vampire
There is a good buddy beside Jesse, a vampire who has lived for hundreds of years.
Don’t look at him killing the vampire hunter on the plane when he first appeared on the stage. When he jumped off the plane with an umbrella, his shape was revealed... Cassidy’s body was shattered after he fell into the small town of Anville, if it weren’t for curiosity. The beef cow with a strong heart, it is estimated that he will not be able to get out of the ground.
When Jesse beat Downey severely in the bar, Cassidy helped, but was arrested by the sheriff and squatted together. Through this friendship, Cassidy temporarily stayed in the church.
He wanted to find a chance and went away. He mistakenly regarded the angel who was about to take Jesse's "Genesis" away as a vampire hunter, and killed them with a hard fight.
Cassidy not only saved Jesse's life, but also cleared the scene by the way. When he wanted to leave again, it was already dawn...
Cassidy, who had lived in the small town unknowingly, knew about Jesse's power and the identity of the two angels. He promised to help be a middleman, but he needed some funds for activities.
As soon as he turned around, Cassidy took the angel's money and went and prostituted .
After getting to know each other better with Jesse, Cassidy saw the scene where he cast Eugene to hell. He watched Jesse try to pretend to be a okay person, and also tried to define Eugene as a "deserved sin" person, Cassidy. can not watch anymore.
"You should return that thing, you have been controlled by it!" Seeing Jesse still clinging to his mind, Cassidy decided to fight with his life: "I am also a sinner, so should I die?" After giving the other party a fire extinguisher, He walked into the sun...
After a while, Cassidy burned into a fire man in front of Jesse...Later, we learned about Jesse's choice.
——You quickly put out the fire on my body.
——Not fast enough.
——The key is that you helped me put out the fire.
The vampire redeemed the missionary.
The two who abandoned their previous suspicions buried the corpse together, and took out the angel's severed hand to summon God...
Resent and Violent Woman
Tulipe's first appearance was also quite cool. He nearly defeated multiple chasing soldiers and returned to Anville with his domineering attitude.
She came back with only one goal, so that her boyfriend should stop being foolish and be a missionary, and should follow her to find his enemy Carlos for revenge.
But apparently Jesse was "very sick", and Tulip's repeated efforts were unsuccessful.
During this period, Tulipu often gambling and fooling around in the brothel... But she is still different from others-a slaughterhouse thug and a prostitute played a chase and escape game, and only Tulip feels sincerely. Sadness and anger.
This scene simply kills three birds with one stone, which not only reflects the difference of Tulip, but also reflects the insensitivity of the townspeople, and it also hints at a potential safety hazard that will destroy the town in the future...
Seeing that the "murderers" didn't have the slightest sense of shame or guilt after the incident, they were only sorry for "losing a hip". The more I thought about it, the more upset Tulip became, so he went upstairs to beat someone, and ended up hurting the card who was working hard. Sidi—it just doesn’t work.
At this time, Tulip was uncharacteristically vowed to be a good person, willing to pay any price, just because she thought she had hurt an innocent person.
Cassidy took this opportunity to cheat and kissed him. After he went to the hospital, he drank blood and was fine. The two had an appointment before they knew their relationship with Jesse, and then the "relationship" ended without a problem .
In addition, Tolipp also protested against Emily, who was "chasing" Jesse several times, and was finally reconciled...
But so what? There is only one uncle in the small town who has relatives with him, who gets drunk all day long and is stripped of his pants by little rascals ... In this place, Tulip sees no hope.
After being stimulated by Jesse, she rescued the half-dead Cassidy, and also captured Carlos from Albuquerque while her boyfriend apologized to herself.
Killing him will not help-but at least it will cost him!
Jesse agreed, but when he was about to do it, Tulip stopped him: you were right.
In the end, the two let Carlos die, but they still gave him a severe lesson and beat him beyond recognition before they stopped... The two "kind" thieves were redeemed at the same time.
Anville Town
The above four people are all "alien" in the town, let's see what the real "ordinary" townspeople are like.
The old and new mascots who have been fighting all day long: prairie dogs and Indian chiefs.
With the declining economic conditions of the town, the municipal department wanted to make some changes, such as replacing the prairie dog, a more popular mascot, but the chief refused...
This is not only a conflict between old and new cultures, but also a contradiction that the townsfolk love to see . Under the trend of the environment, the two mascots will fight as soon as they meet, throughout the season.
School bus drivers with pedophiles and transvestites.
The driver is the person who goes to church most often. He confided to Jesse the evil in his heart-he couldn't forget a little girl. Under Jesse's guidance, he "sweared" that he would forget her.
However, the angry Jessie didn't believe him, and then ran to the driver's house, using his ability to force him to really forget the blonde little Lolita.
Mrs. Roach, who was tortured by her vegetative daughter all day long.
This vegetable is the Tracy who was rumored to be headed by Eugene with a gun. She has since become a vegetable. Mrs. Roach has already shed her tears, and any comfort from the missionary is meaningless.
But Jessie used her ability to make Tracy open her eyes, which rekindled hope for Mrs. Roach-of course, for the bear kid brother Jack, the sister had just changed a style of self-portrait background.
Sergeant Root, who is in pain in the outside world. The sheriff is Eugene’s father. His son did a damaging thing, and finally survived with a strange face, and his wife became a useless person who only watched TV without realizing it... Even so, he still wanted to The identity of the local sheriff is revealed.
When he was out of control and angry with Eugene, he finally exposed the cowardice he buried in his heart ... and after that, he strangled the amputation first-order angel, and when tortured Cassidy to extract a confession, he reflected that he "hoped that his son would die". The dark side.
Downey is disgusting, kind, wise and brave.
When Downey first appeared on the stage, he seemed to be a straight man who liked domestic violence and advocated force. After being severed by Jesse, he tried to kill him and almost committed suicide. Then he seemed to be a different person and cried to his wife Bei. Qi complained.
In fact, Downey and Betsy are just keen on playing SM. This tough-looking man specifically took the opportunity to explain to his son, and has always been afraid of Jesse's power.
During Jesse's "escape", she was instead taken in by the Downeys: "The missionary is very kind to me, so I'm very kind."
It turned out that Downey, who has always been least like a believer, was the most successful one "reformed" by Jesse. The original intention was that Jesse had spared his life .
The manager of the biogas power reactor with a harmonious relationship between husband and wife.
The daily work of the administrator is very simple, that is, staying at the side of the septic tank. If the reactor temperature is too high, he will operate the buttons to cool down.
After marrying his wife for decades, he hasn't pursued much, just want to try SM, but his conservative wife rejected him, and he changed the subject again as usual.
Small town predator Odin Khun Cannon.
The family tragedy many years ago made Khun Cannon abandon his faith, and the family slaughterhouse in Fuja Dezhou has also fallen into disrepair... The conservative Kun Cannon likes to listen to the screams of death of cattle, likes to play Q Bert, and likes land acquisition and demolition. In the face of the menacing "green acre agriculture", he responded to the challenge of new things with a pee.
However, this "sinner" who has been disbelief in God in Jesse's mind since he was a child has become his most ideal propaganda method-Jesse used his own 20 acres of land to bet that Kun Cannon would go to church on weekends, and then use Ability allows him to "convert to faith" again.
It seemed that it was successful. Uncharacteristically, Khun Cannon, who was still alive and well, asked to meet the people of Green Mu Agriculture, and then shot them at them——
"Either develop or die." Kun Cannon only remembered this sentence. Obviously, the power of "Genesis" is not so omnipotent. It contains the power of angels and the power of demons at the same time...
Afterwards, Kun Cannon took the title deed and came to Jesse to sign it. Of course, the missionary who was hit hard refused—so the demolition team came.
Jesse's good fighting turned the demolitions into a siege, and then the siege became a rear-end party... After the victory, Kun Cannon agreed to Jesse's last request, and he wanted to convince the hypocritical missionary.
There are also Emily who has a crush on Jesse and Miles who has a crush on Emily.
Emily is a single mother of three children. Even so, she has always helped the half-hearted Jesse manage the church affairs; Miles is the mayor of Anville, and he has never given up showing his favor to Elie Mi. Repeated failures.
I have to say that both of them have some "cheap bones"...
After Kun Cannon killed the people of Green Mu Farming, Miles, who was an "accomplice", asked Jesse to complain. He could not distinguish between God’s meaning and his own thoughts. Jesse said, “ Either you and God have a choice. It's the same, or you didn't listen to God's voice at all ."
So Miles created an "accident" and began to lie.
After Tulip gave Cassidy to Emily, she began to feed the vampire alive... At this time, Jesse was caught, and she had changed her mind and came together with Miles ... But in a mess, she took This man who had never loved lied to him and fed Cassidy.
In Emily's eyes, the lives of cats, dogs, rabbits and mice are more important than the lives of the man who he hates but needs his help.
When Jesse was taken away by the sheriff, helpless townspeople surrounded the police car, the church was about to be demolished, and their "faith" that had nowhere to put them also lost their homes, and they could only ask the missionaries for help.
The faces longing for redemption and hope are full of hideousness and fear.
"God" comes to the world
It is such a hopeless town, because Jesse said "I want to bring God", and it is full of unprecedented vitality.
The people who could come crowded into the small church, Jesse dialed the phone, and it was dark, "God" appeared-"Tianwei" was issued as soon as he appeared .
Tulip took the lead in resisting, and Jesse took the lead in asking questions:
"Looking down at us, my heart is full of greed, hatred and doubt. If sin prevails, you will lose! If we are your children, why don't you show up as a father?"
"God" comforted everyone. Khun Cannon, who had been antagonistic to Jesse before, couldn't help but stepped forward and asked his daughter Lucy if he had gone to heaven. He got a definite answer.
This person who is least likely to believe in God still has a trace of faith in his heart...
Jessie wanted to know what "God" arranged for him, because he thought he had failed-"You didn't fail, you brought everyone."
Everyone cheered, God really exists! Everyone is happy, isn't it?
But Jesse doesn't want false success, he wants the truth: Eugene was beaten to hell by me! "God" just made a haha and didn't answer directly.
At this time, everyone is immersed in the joy of "God exists" and "belief is valuable". No one cares about Jesse's question... until he once again said astonishing: You are not a God, are you?
Of course "God" was angry, but Jesse relied on "Genesis" to roar a more majestic voice than "God", and the other party couldn't help telling the truth: God is missing.
The counterfeit said, God didn’t know where he was going, and he was taken away after speaking...
God is gone.
Jesse didn't say much, leaving the church he had wanted to defend to the death with Tulip and Cassidy, leaving behind the townsfolk who looked at each other and thought differently.
another me
After learning the truth, the people in the small town seem to have undergone subtle changes.
Emily began to teach her children "We don't need God", and then she said in her heart: We never need it, nothing has changed .
This woman who has been helping in the church all day, who should have believed in God, is actually just to tease the man. There is only the difference between wanting and not wanting in her eyes.
A group of girls left the school bus with the blood-stained weapon, leaving behind the driver's body.
Seeing the trousers that had fallen off, he finally started--but what does killing have to do with indecency?
Mrs. Roach was trembling and suffocated Tracy with a pillow. This time Jack seized the opportunity to take another photo, and was never stopped.
Hope does not exist, the daughter will never wake up again, and ethics and respect are of no importance.
Sheriff Root released Jesse in the church, and began to watch TV in a daze with his wife.
What is the law, peace and order, and what is it? The wife who turned out to be paralyzed in front of the TV discovered the truth earlier than herself.
Downey and Betsy lie down on the bed, even if they subdued the temptation, they couldn't make any sexual interest.
The world that was supposed to get better has gotten worse, and all hopes and beliefs are false and broken at the touch of a touch.
After Kun Cannon demolished the church, he was very pleased to hold his "daughter" made of top-notch meat.
The "God of Flesh" is the real one, so his dead daughter has also "lost and recovered". Can you not be pleased?
The administrator of the biogas power generation reactor recruited prostitutes in the workplace, but he died suddenly while playing SM, leaving only the prostitute wearing a gag to press on the console... Due to too much flammable cow dung, the underground heat exceeded the standard, and the biogas was diffused. In the whole town .
Loyalty and ethics are also unnecessary. Huang Lian Po, who has been married for decades, has no interest at all. Why not find a young chick to have some excitement?
The Indian chief and the prairie dog mascots hanged themselves together. Before they died, they smoked a few puffs of cigarettes and fell on the side of the vent of the digester ...
We have been fighting to bring hope and vitality to the desperate town, but what is the point now? Nothing makes sense.
The sparks of cigarette butts ignited the biogas reactor, and the entire Anville town was instantly razed to the ground.
In this small town where no future can be seen, everyone lives up to now more or less by faith in God. They seem to be normal, and they all work hard to live their lives, no matter how painful and sad they are, they still have to go. For them, "belief" is not so much faith or sincerity as a fig leaf for satisfying selfish desires, and the last straw to prevent themselves from being drowned.
Once they lose their so-called "belief", the townspeople are exposed, and they all live as ugly, hesitating, snobbish, shameless, crazy, and desperate. Therefore, this accident that took everyone's life seems to be accidental. In fact, there is a certain sense of fatalism everywhere.
The three who survived are precisely Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy who ran out of town to eat pancakes.
Jessie decided to find God: "God needs our help, we will help him, if we don't...we will beat him up." In response, the other two happily went with him.
Are these three people really innocent and innocent? of course not. Jesse didn’t blink when he was a thief. Even if he returned to the town to be a missionary, it was a negative teaching material for misconduct. Like Tulip, he didn’t blink, he was impulsive and violent. Cassidy was definitely more violent. The first two add up to a lot, and they have all five poisons... In addition, dog men and women have been robbers, missionaries and vampires kill and bury corpses together, and the other two have done a shot...
The three people must have more stains than the townspeople, and they survived precisely because of the diametrically opposite nature of the townspeople: Jesse is still kind after being lost, and would rather lose Genesis but also want to save Eugene, regardless of success. Just ask for the truth; Tulip knows his loves and hates, knows his mistakes and corrects, complains about the vain prostitutes, and rescues Cassidy and Emily who need help; Cassidy knows his favor and saved Jesse’s life, He also spared no effort to correct him when he went astray.
To put it bluntly, even if they lose their "belief", they are still themselves , and their essence...not bad.
At the end of the first season, the three embarked on the path to find God, and the second season will be a more exciting and thrilling road movie .
Saint killer
Do you think the first season is over? - there is still a place in the 1881 story of Anvil town, this same stimulus.
A strong and weather-beaten man, at the urging of his gentle wife, rode to the town to buy medicine for his cute daughter who was sick. On the way, he met a group of outsiders who came to the west to ask for life. They were very friendly, but the man only told them, "This is not here." Heaven". After arriving in the town, the man had to spend the night in the bar because he had to take the medicine early the next morning. During the period, he saw scenes of people being killed and humiliated... When he left the next day, he saw that outsiders were about to enter the town. When he was worried, he turned his head and went back, only to find that the outsider was actually a butcher selling scalp. However, when he came back this time, he was recognized by the missionary in the bar as an enemy on the battlefield. After being beaten up, The missionary killed his horse again... The man had to go home on foot, but he saw the corpse of his wife and daughter being pecked by crows. The man didn't say a word, picked up a knife and gun, went back to the town and washed the tavern in blood, and killed it all. Everyone, he was drinking quietly, waiting for the storm to come.
This tragic story is interspersed for most of the season, and directly evolves into an infinite loop in the ninth episode .
Just when we were incomprehensible, two angels, Ferre and Diblanc, who had their phone stolen and asked for help from heaven, walked into the tavern.
It wasn't until this time that everyone finally understood that this was hell, and this man was caught in an eternal cycle .
The two angels told the man that if he wanted the cycle to end, he promised to do them a favor.
The man shot and killed Di Blanc, who spoke first. This time he did not "resurrect him" again. The remaining Ferrey explained that he wanted him to kill the missionary.
At the end of the finale, a Tier 1 angel appeared in the ruins of Anville town, but she was shot to death immediately, and she was not "resurrected".
The man walked out of the smoke, and the small town of Anville on earth was like hell at this time-he was a saint killer, and he was going to hunt the missionaries.
[Finally started to make up the drama, one week of "Game of Thrones" is really thin...I will make up the second season immediately, and then make up the drama review as appropriate, and try to catch up with the serialization next week. Welcome everyone to pay attention to me. 'S official account "Youai Comment Area" ~ article first published】
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