Let’s all talk about Defending your Life (S7 E4)
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Osiris puts Sam and Dean on trial. I remember not loving this one. We’ll see how it goes this time!
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Episode starts intriguing enough. Unusual cases. No clear early culprit.
I even like the idea of Osiris and Sam stepping in as a lawyer.
BUT it’s all too labored and heavy-handed.
Of course, Dean feels guilty. I wager every hunter feels plenty guilty. And I don’t buy that Sam has NO guilt.
And WHY is Osiris THERE? WHY is he acting out his job in this random town. I need more of a reason for him showing up there. Like someone summoning him to get to Dean or a Egyptian exhibition in town where something gets broken and Osiris rises.
In Egyptian mythology I don’t remember Osiris to just go around judging people. And definitely not killing people. He just judges AFTER they die.
Once we know we are looking at Osiris, the other deaths feel flimsy. If Osiris MAKES the wronged people kill the people feeling guilty, why is the first guy killed by the CAR and not the girl. And it shouldn’t be Jo coming for Dean, but Amy.
So, the whole things falls apart for me as a gimmick to get us to see that Dean really feels guilty about killing Amy and lying to Sam about it.
Plus, it’s kinda like the episodes with the “First Witnesses” in Season 5 where dead Meg and Ronald come back.
I do love the conversation between Dean and Jo, but I don’t buy the Dean being ok with dying at this particular time.
Some other thoughts:
Are Elizabeth’s bones just in the earth? No coffin? They dug up WAY older bodies still in their coffins.
Why is Sam so chipper and Dean so tired after digging up the grave?
WOW, Bar Lady, pushy much?
Bobby is the only one with sense telling them to get out.
Love the ghost make-up on Jo. She looks amazingly spooky.
Did Sam clonk the Rabbi over the head to steal the horn or convince him to borrow it? I didn’t get why we see Sam being caught and then….NOTHING. (Maybe a scene was cut in editing, but then they could have cut it where Sam FINDS the horn and straight to the car when he drives back.
Sam totally throws the empty beer can in the front seat at the very end. HA. Dean uses the convenient trash can in the middle of nowhere.
I didn’t hate the episode, but it’s not doing anything for me either AND doesn’t drive the overall story forward. Kinda a filler with little substance, but nice to see Jo.
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