History YMMV / Brimstone

* GeniusBonus: In "It's a Helluva Life", the Devil accusing Zeke of imagining a "Saintly" life that could get him into heaven, and Zeke insists "I never said saintly." The joke here seems to be that Zeke (like most people) doesn't actually realize that anyone who goes to heaven is a "Saint." When a denomination declares someone a "Saint", it merely means that they believe there is proof that person is in heaven.

* HilariousInHindsight: You get exactly one guess [[{{Satan}} whom]] he (go down) plays on that series.

* DontShootTheMessage: While the film received recognition as feminist, some women accused it of being overcrowded with {{Straw Misogynist}}s and too primitive in its criticism of Christianity.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Was Gilbert Jax actually part of the break-out? He was too new to Hell to have any powers, too unstable to control, and had no useful skills of any kind. Sending him back would have been child's play if not for the Devil's interference. It's not hard to argue that the Devil let him go just to mess with Zeke.

* DontShootTheMessage: While the film received recognition as feminist, some women accused it of being overcrowded with {{Straw Misogynist}}s and too primitive in its criticism of Christianity.
* IdiotPlot: Why does Elizabeth say nothing to her husband when she finds out that the Reverend is her sexually abusive and sociopathic father? The plot would be resolved very quickly if she immediately told the truth, and did not arrange hide and seek with him.

* EndingAversion: Some of the people, in their own words, were disappointed that the Reverend was not a mystical demonic villain, but only the AxCrazy father of the main character.

* EndingAversion: Some of the people, in their own words, were disappointed that the Reverend was not a mystical demonic villain, but only the AxCrazy father of the main character.

* EndingAversion: Some of the people, in their own words, were disappointed that the Reverend was not a mystical demonic villain, but only the AxCrazy father of the main character.
* WhatAnIdiot: Why does Elizabeth say nothing to her husband when she finds out that the Reverend is her sexually abusive and sociopathic father? The plot would be resolved very quickly if she immediately told the truth, and did not arrange hide and seek with him.

* BrokenAesop: The Reverend is meant to symbolize the hidden hypocrisy of Christianity, but he is such a mad and obvious villain that many people did not associate his crimes with his religious views directly, preferring to perceive him as an ordinary mentally ill person, who was also an {{Abusive Parent|s}}.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: The general view is that the film is too subtle with its feminist message, repeatedly hinting that "a woman has the right to freedom," but openly saying it only at the very end of the film.

* MagnificentBastard: [[{{Satan}} The Devil]] himself is the one who manipulates TheHero, Zeke Stone, into going to earth to reclaim 113 damned souls who fled hell, holding out the promise of a new hope of heaven over Stone's head. Throughout the series, the Devil is charming, witty and sarcastic, constantly monitoring events and arranging things to have Zeke return his quarry to hell while demonstrating a frightening amount of insight, while always teasing Zeke and pushing him to do his job. While playing Zeke constantly, the Devil's main interest is keeping the status quo, while always willing to welcome the new damned souls into his domain.

* {{Anvilicious}}: All believers are {{Covert Pervert}}s, but in general AllMenAreRapists, understand?

* CounterpartComparison: The Reverend is effectively a blend of [[Film/{{Chinatown}} Noah Cross]] and [[Film/TheNightOfTheHunter Harry Powell]], combining the sexual crimes of the former with the religious fundamentalism of the latter.

ValuesDissonance: In "It's a Helluva Life" one of the crimes which the Devil accuses Zeke of is planting evidence on a drug dealer, resulting in his murder in prison. The Angel tells him that even cosmic law has "mitigating circumstances," and that the drug dealer would have killed a family by driving while high if Zeke had not acted. It's very unlikely that such a blatant abuse of power would have been shrugged off if the episode was made in the 2010s.

* GeniusBonus: In ''It's a Helluva Life'', the Devil accusing Zeke of imagining a "Saintly" life that could get him into heaven, and Zeke insists "I never said saintly." The joke here seems to be that Zeke (like most people) doesn't actually realize that anyone who goes to heaven is a "Saint." When a denomination declares someone a "Saint", it merely means that they believe there is proof that person is in heaven.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the episode 'Ashes', there's an appearance from Creator/MarkPellegrino, who portrayed Lucifer in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}''.