Saint of Killers: Relive the Origin of Preacher's Big Bad

Before Preacher season two premieres this weekend, relive how the Saint of Killers came to be

With Preacher returning to AMC this Sunday, the network has just brought online an extended video that explores the origins of the Saint of Killers. Comprised of footage from the first season, the 30 minute video reminds us why Graham McTavish‘s straight from Hell killing machine is going to be such a big threat in season two. Check it out in the player below where, naturally, viewer discretion is advised.

Based on the acclaimed comic book series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, Preacher offers a supernatural and darkly comedic drama that follows a Texas preacher named Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), who is inhabited by a mysterious entity called Genesis that gives him the power to make people do whatever he commands. Once this power attracts the attention of two mysterious angels, Fiore and DeBlanc, Jesse, his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip (Academy Award nominee Ruth Negga), and an Irish vampire named Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) are thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.

Preacher was developed for television by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (This is The End, Superbad, Neighbors) and showrunner Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad).

If you never saw Preacher or just want a refresher on the things that happened in each episode, you can read our episode annotations, comparing and contrasting them to the comic book source material.

Preacher returns this Sunday, June 25 at 10:00pm ET/PT with the season’s second episode airing the following night at the show’s regular timeslot, 9:00pm ET/PT.

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Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, W. Earl Brown as Hugo Root - Preacher _ Season 1, Pilot - Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC

Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, W. Earl Brown as Hugo Root - Preacher _ Season 1, Pilot - Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC
Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore - Preacher _ Season 1, Pilot - Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC

Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore - Preacher _ Season 1, Pilot - Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC
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Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Ruth Negga as Tulip O'Hare; group - Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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W. Earl Brown as Sheriff Hugo Root, Ian Colletti as Eugene Root, Lucy Griffiths as Emily, Ruth Negga as Tulip O'Hare, Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Derek Wilson as Donnie Schenck, Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore; group - Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Ian Colletti as Eugene Root, W. Earl Brown as Sheriff Hugo Root; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy; single - Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/AMC
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Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer; - Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Tom Brooke as Fiore, Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc; group - Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Ruth Negga as Tulip O'Hare; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy; Preacher _ Season 1, Gallery - Photo Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
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Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy - Preacher _ Season 1, Episode 1 - Lewis Jacobs/Sony Pictures Televsion/AMC
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Ruth Negga as Tulip O’Hare - Preacher _ Season 1, Episode 1 - Photo Credit: Lewis Jacobs/Sony Pictures Television/AMC
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