Various elements of the episode will be discussed in this review, so beware spoilers. And watch the episode bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e you read on, lest you face the wrath of the almighty. Or Cassidy…###Well. If you were at all apprehensive that the last two episodes saw Preacher slow down, then this week… Compounded the issue. After a solid embark on the season, it's starting to appear that the boosted episode count (13 this year) is giving the creators a touch of Netflix Syndrome, where dramas tend to waver midway through. Dallas, far from having anyone wake up in a reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue er with the realisation that it was all a dream (kids, ask your parents), travels back and in/with regard to’concerning’regarding ward in time to explore Jesse and Tulip's thoroughly troubled (and, at times, rotten) relationship. Following on from last week's revelation that Tulip used to be married to Viktor (Paul Ben-Victor), we at least acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure some interest in the early going as House Of Cards' Michael Morris directs the hell out of Custer confronting Viktor, ending with the latter hanging in harness, seemingly not long in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the world.###Yet all that is simply the curtain-raiser in/with regard to’concerning’regarding a long, and intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully predictable look at what happened between Miss O'Hare and Mr. Custer in the time between their betrayal on a job by Carlos (glimpsed in the last season) and almost where we meet them at the beginning of the series. It's a long-winded look at the issues between the pair, and saying "'Til the end of the world" until the actual end of the world won't convince us it's a trip worth taking.###The scenes set in Dallas are peculiar ly hard to watch, and partly that's because the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue is used to portraying the central pair as tough’challenging’demanding’awkward but varyingly devoted partners. We've had hints of trouble in the past, but what unspools here feels like a low-rent domestic drama where eintensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully beat is the sort of tropey romantic hiccup we've seen many times bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e. Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga do what they can to sell it, but there's just not a lot of rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent material to be found there. One or two moments hit (it's hard not to feel sympathy in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the pair as they try to conceive again), but even those are undercut by a reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue that just can't stop with the excess, even when it should probably cut it out in/with regard to’concerning’regarding one episode. The montage of Jesse buying beer and pregnancy tests, smoking and having sex, a little likeGame Of Thrones' poop patrol, goes on a bit too long.###One bright point is that Cassidy isn't utterly sidelined this week. While Joe Gilgun still isn't acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure ting the amount of chances to reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue off he deserves (peculiar ly after Mumbai Sky Tower), his little heart-to-hearts with Tulip and then Jesse at least give him something to do other than mope. And he's a quietly wily one, that vampire, even if he's just trying to keep the peace.###No mention of Eugene this week, with the episode keeping its focus on Jesse, Tulip and Cassidy (with a few scraps in/with regard to’concerning’regarding Viktor). We do at least possess’own’nurse some connectivity with the previous season, as Dani (Julie Dretzin), the pair's criminal handler reappears in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the first time since episode 3 last year.###The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous problem with Dallas is that it takes an entire episode to lay out little in the way of story. A lot of what you see (and feel) here could possess’own’nurse been handled much more economically, and you end the episode with the idea that you don't know much more with regards to’concerning’with respect to Jesse and Tulip than when you started. The enormous’vast’massive’tremendous theme of in/with regard to’concerning’regarding giveness is out there in bright flashing neon, but Preacher does intensely’extremely’extraordinarily’enormously’awfully little with it. It's a enormous’vast’massive’tremendous disappointment after the season launched in such kinetic, spectacular style. Not e grossly hour of the reveal’illustrate’demonstrate’indicate’present’display’argue needs to be that chaotic, but if you're going to go deep on your characters, make sure you really say or discover something.###Highlight: The one heartbreaking moment between Jesse and Tulip upon realising they're not pregnant again in/with regard to’concerning’regarding the first time.###Lowlight: Sweet merciful Zeus, why does Jesse decide that he'd look rosy’remarkable’fabulous’terrific’preeminent with a mullet or a mop? If anything needs divine intervention, it's that.###Kill of the week: Thanks to the Cowboy's visit, Viktor's men are dispatched quickly bein/with regard to’concerning’regarding e the man himself is shot through the heart (and the Saint Of Killers is to blame. He gives love a wicked’dreadful’undesirable’adverse’vile name…)###MVP: Cassidy, in/with regard to’concerning’regarding his "I'm with you" speech.###Random despite’in spite of’albeit t: Are we going to acquire’obtain’attain’procure’secure a drawn-out origin story in/with regard to’concerning’regarding how Jesse meets stoner buddy Reggie? Hope not…###Airing on AMC Monday nights in the US, Preacher is available weekly on Amazon Prime Tuesdays in the UK.