And Cotton Marcus, the literal son of a preacher man conducting the supposed last exorcism, certainly isn’t short of charisma. Several years before playing Better Call Saul’s pompous pin-striped attorney Howard Hamlin, Patrick Fabian delivered another multi-faceted performance that continually shifts your sympathy. Why did Cotton, a man who’d spent years engaging in grotesque showmanship, instantly accept the spectacle as proof of God’s existence? In the original ending, Cotton did battle with Abalam, and having emerged victorious on camera for all to see, was hailed as the evangelical scene’s new golden boy. Still, while he botched the blazing finale, Stemm can take heart from the fact that he nailed the slow burn.