4-episode premiere exclusively on Peacock Thursday April 20
Have you ever been in a comic book store or at a comic convention? You’re talking with friends when the conversation turns to “what ifs” and you wonder what would happen if Damon Lindelof and Tara Hernandez got together to create their own version of Preacher (Vertigo Comics). This time, rather than a priest, there would be a vengeful nun in the lead. Have you ever wondered? Well, wonder no more. It is written. It is made. It is enacted by Betty Gilpin as Sister Simone, Jake McDorman as Wiley, and Andy McQueen as Jay. Which brings me to another question: What in the everlasting hellmouth on earth was going on in that writers room? I’m not bothered by it, but I do want in on that high. Set in an alternate universe, where the Knights Templar were women, and an AI has reshaped the world into a weird but fluffy place, Mrs. Davis was made to define madcap. I want you to think back to Christopher Walken’s cameo in Pulp Fiction. Got it? Crank that up for EIGHT HOURS full of quests, explosions, and perhaps The Holy Grail. Maybe. Mrs. Davis defies genre as much as easy comprehension, like Monty Python got drunk on Bong Joon Ho and snorted Garth Ennis (Preacher, The Boys). I can’t say much else because I refuse to spoil it and, honestly, I’m not sure what is going on. I cannot tell whether the events of this series are real or some kind of head trip for Simone the Nun, but the insanity train of it all is working for me.
Originally posted on the Geek Girl Riot podcast on idobi.com
