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ROUGH episode!!
The tension is SO THICK in this one! Great cast of characters, bringing Samuel, Gwen, Rufus, Bobby and Sam and Dean together! We all know hunters are paranoid sobs on the best day, but THIS situation really ramped it up to 100 between them all. The past hurts and mistrust surfacing amongst them is painting a great picture at how hard and rare it really is in hunter circles to trust anyone fully.
How quickly everyone is willing to be at each other’s throat even without the khan worm being a factor gives us added appreciation for Sam and Dean’s bond and repeat cycle of forgiveness.
Of course, we still want to know what happened in Omaha that has Rufus telling Bobby he can never forgive him. GREAT scenes between Bobby and Rufus!
HATE losing Rufus in this one!!! The character was sadly underutilized, but I am grateful we had him at all and that Steven Williams made him such charismatic and memorable presence!!!
And as much as I hate Samuel as a character, I will never not admire Mitch Pileggi’s portrayal of him. However, I am FINE with him being gone now!
WOW, CREEPY Bobby monster! Great job, Jim Beaver! His delivery of the exposition about Eve and what she has planned was chilling and not at all a drag as exposition sometimes can be.
Funny how Eve’s and Dick Roman’s plan about making Earth’s inhabitants food matched so nicely. They must have had a chat in Purgatory. LOL
GREAT misdirect at the end where we think for a moment that BOBBY didn’t make it when Sam and Dean are standing somberly at a gravesite!!
I really love how we find out new important info about Rufus being Jewish and having saved Bobby from his demon possessed wife and being the one who introduced him to hunting thereafter from just the short scene by Rufus’ grave.
Tight, tense, interesting and geniusly acted episode!
ROUGH episode!!
The tension is SO THICK in this one! Great cast of characters, bringing Samuel, Gwen, Rufus, Bobby and Sam and Dean together! We all know hunters are paranoid sobs on the best day, but THIS situation really ramped it up to 100 between them all. The past hurts and mistrust surfacing amongst them is painting a great picture at how hard and rare it really is in hunter circles to trust anyone fully.
How quickly everyone is willing to be at each other’s throat even without the khan worm being a factor gives us added appreciation for Sam and Dean’s bond and repeat cycle of forgiveness.
Of course, we still want to know what happened in Omaha that has Rufus telling Bobby he can never forgive him. GREAT scenes between Bobby and Rufus!
HATE losing Rufus in this one!!! The character was sadly underutilized, but I am grateful we had him at all and that Steven Williams made him such charismatic and memorable presence!!!
And as much as I hate Samuel as a character, I will never not admire Mitch Pileggi’s portrayal of him. However, I am FINE with him being gone now!
WOW, CREEPY Bobby monster! Great job, Jim Beaver! His delivery of the exposition about Eve and what she has planned was chilling and not at all a drag as exposition sometimes can be.
Funny how Eve’s and Dick Roman’s plan about making Earth’s inhabitants food matched so nicely. They must have had a chat in Purgatory. LOL
GREAT misdirect at the end where we think for a moment that BOBBY didn’t make it when Sam and Dean are standing somberly at a gravesite!!
Tight, tense, interesting and geniusly acted episode!
HISTORIC episode of TV. Going completely meta like this was such risk and paid of SO brilliantly!
Packed full of easter eggs. Chuck full of behind the scenes humor and just a delight!
This is an episode that gets funnier to me every time I watch it because I know more about the real people involved now. Both from conventions and the Supernatural Then and Now podcast I have a much better insight into the actors and production staff and crew and that makes the whole thing even better and I can really appreciate how overexaggerated they are being portrayed here.
The PREMISE of the episode with Balthazar using Sam and Dean as decoys to distract Virgil is also really well thought out.
Another episode Jared proves WELL capable of being funny! The scenes with Gen alone are perfection! Acting like you don’t know your own wife and being so stiff about it was exactly right.
And them “acting” will forever be THE BEST. HAHAHA.
Some of my favorite scenes are the Misha-being-a-whiny-asshole scenes. He is SO different from his character AND so different from how kind we know real Misha to be….what great writing.
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I always forget that I actually like the REST of this episode, because what sticks in my brain the most are the PAINFUL scenes between Dean, Lisa and Ben!!!
UGH! Seeing Dean and Lisa so awkward with each other is really hard to watch! Every time! I always harbored the hope they’ll find a way past the Twihard incident. Ben obviously has and still wants Dean be part of his family…. And Lisa was SO open to try any arrangement Dean can offer, but this is really Classic Dean….standing in his own way of even partial happiness. Makes me want to shake him and kick him in the ass.
This episode really breaks my heart every time seeing that Lisa is trying hard to move on and Dean thinks to little of himself that he gave up trying to make this work. SIGH! The dialogue between Dean and Ben is so well written and sad on so many levels.
The Mannequin case is interesting and so nicely creepy! It keeps us guessing all the way to the end stays bleak and dark beginning to end. Haunted kidney was a new one 😊
I did also enjoy the book ends of Sam coming back from having collapsed at the end of Unforgiven and then at the end of this episode agreeing not to try and pry into his memories and thanking Dean for bringing him back.
HATE IT!
They took Sam WAY TO DARK in this one!!! It doesn’t track with other glimpses we get of Soulless Sam. He is methodical, calculating, more ruthless than normal, BUT not a totally cold killer.
I know we needed a flash back episode in a way….well, this ain’t working!!
I am ignoring this one and don’t figure it into canon – hot bathroom scene or no.
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This episode is a weird one to me. The case is MEH to me because there aren’t real dragons. I know….I know…probably a budget thing but they REALLY could have spent a little more time on the dragon lore and make the dragon/people a little more scary or at least have a shadow transformation or something to convey they are actually supernaturally powerful and intimidating. So, that whole thing fell flat to me.
Also, WHY did they collect so many virgins, when it seemed they really only needed the ONE to serve as Eve’s meat suit. Maybe I missed something there. And what happened to the other girls?
I do enjoy this episode for the brother interactions, though!
I appreciate how this episode directly continues the last one. (Well, after the odd airplane/dragon opener)
Cas’ dire warning of what Sam’s soul felt like is chilling! And you really feel the tension in the room as Dean worries and is anxious and Bobby is cautiously optimistic. Then that flips on its head when Sam shows up, seemingly completely normal, and now Dean is optimistic and straight back to being extremely protective and Bobby taken aback and cautioning Dean that he’s got issues coming when Sam finds out about the wall in his brain.
I love the way Jared plays Sam when he first wakes up, kinda wide-eyed and just so happy to see everyone and the only thing coming to his mind is that he’s hungry. It’s cute and makes him seem innocent and younger for a moment. Like a breath of fresh air.
Of course, all that is quickly overwritten by finding out how long he’d been gone.
I also love that Sam is quickly back to being Sam, investigating, suspicious, smart, worried about Dean’s antics about stealing the virgin’s diary. HAHA. (Also Sam looks AWESOME in this episode)
Very Sam and Dean and pretty heart-breaking exchange about Lisa and Ben, when Sam questions if Dean even tried living a life away from hunting and Dean admits that it didn’t work out. ☹
I wonder what the building is that Dr. Visiyak lives in. It’s main doors open outwards and all that stained glass and dark wood work….maybe a museum? Anyhow, it’s a great location and very suitable to house a dragon sword.
THAT bit, with Dean and the sword is HILARIOUS and I am glad they went all out cheesy sword in stone trope and then twisted it the Winchester way with the dynamite!! GREAT idea.
I really question, why Dean wouldn’t have told Cas to shut up about what he knows. BIG oversight in my book. He totally should’ve guessed that Cas wasn’t “human” enough to see Sam’s subterfuge coming.
The whole freeing of the virgins and fighting the dragons is kinda anticlimactic….really the only thing we get out of it is the gold they need for “Frontierland”. LOL. Also, this pile of gold should have come up a few more times over the years! I mean, what happened to it? Did they slowly cash it in? Was it ALL lost in the old west?
The end of the episode is nice and ominous, though. Eve is annoying and the actress weak, but I do like the way she is introduced and the cutting back and forth between Bobby explaining what the book seems to be about and the actual action.
Forever one of my favorites and an episode I go to regularly when I need a good laugh.
I know Jared says that he prefers serious/drama to comedic acting, but he’s PERFECT here in his deadpan delivery for the most ridiculous lines!
Of course, we know Jensen is a master at anything and his comedic timing is incredible and this episode definitely gives him room to shine bright in that respect. The “fight” with the tiny fairy alone is a master piece in physical comedy. You actually try and look for the tiny naked lady with nipples because Jensen makes you believe she’s there. HA.
SO MANY funny lines between the two of them. And I love the dynamic of Dean trying to keep Sam more “human” by explaining what a soul does for you and Sam deciding that doesn’t sound so great.
I love the case, too, the correlation between alien and fairy myths and the way each can be interpreted as the other. The misdirection leading us down the alien path first and the nice twist that it’s actually fairies doing the kidnapping keeps us guessing and wondering what’s next. And I really appreciate the lore about first born sons and the many different fairies they bring into the story!
Lots of excellent guest actors as always. The actress playing the Hippie Chick is really sweet and believable. And Robert Picardo (who I always loves as The Doctor on Star Trek Voyager) really plays the mischievous and dangerous nature of a Leprechaun so well, it’s a fun villain to watch.
I could go on and on with minutia but won’t. I rather watch it again.
For me this is a 10 out of 10 episode.
OOOF this episode is DARK, but really good.
The parallel of both brothers going to EXTREME and desperate measures to do what they think is right is clear but not in a belligerent way.
Of course, BOTH are misguided ways to deal with the situation. It’s very disquieting that Sam would even consider the spell he needs to kill Boibby for! UGH. Making it absolutely clear that he cannot go on without his sould, tattered as it may be.
At the end of the last episode I was left with a little annoyance at Dean’s pig headed focus on shoving Sam’s soul back in his body, no matter the cost, BUT in this episode Sam’s cold hearted approach of how to keep his sould OUT of himself is DEFINITELY not the right way about it either. And I am a bit surprised that the writers went THAT far into the dark side for Sam.
I would hope that there is even a shred of feeling left for the fact that Bobby IS like a second father to him. And if not from a emotional angle….wouldn’t soulless Sam at least consider the wealth of information and support he needs Bobby for?
But in any case it makes for a great, chilling, story line in this episode. And also shows again how Bobby still has the upper hand in many situations, outsmarting even Sam, if not in the physical strength department.
For the Dean side of the story: LOVED having Death and Tessa back. Both are portrayed so excellently and always a joy to watch.
I absolutely delight is every interaction between Death and Dean!!! They have found a unique chemistry in these scenes that just keep me on the edge of my seat. Death seems to find Dean mildly interesting and maybe even amusing in his “snarky bacterium” way. And Dean can’t help STILL being defiant and demanding no matter the power Death holds, BUT it is definitely tinged with a healthy dose of respect and hidden doubt. The way Jensen plays that is just incredible! Tight, slightly turned away, body language as if Dean is on the edge of running, just as he makes a crass comment or demand. Surprise instead of relief in his eyes when Death doesn’t kill him for his defiance, like Dean fully expected not to make it out of this. It is ALL so very good.
I also love how the entire “Day as Death” turns out for Dean. OF COURSE, no one counted on Dean to be able to kill people indiscriminately, like the little girl. His whole life’s work is about protecting people from too early death and cruelty of the supernatural world. Dean goes in blind and goes by his gut instinct that has mostly worked for him in hunting and dealing with the world.
To find out at the end that the whole experiment was pretty much a lesson from Death so Dean could get a glimpse behind the curtain and see the bigger picture how things are connected was brilliant! To see that even the biggest powers in this universe cannot just wield that power however they see fit, but that there are rules and boundaries on how one effect the other. And that Death actually wants Dean and Sam to keep digging at the mystery at hand regarding souls was a real surprise. And also shows that as annoying as the Winchester’s meddling of the natural order of things is to the PTBs….it is sometimes necessary to shake things up, I guess, to rearrange some of the big players….as we find out soon.
GREAT episode! SO much happening. It gives you whiplash the best way.
You can really feel the tension building. Between Sam and Dean over Sam’s missing soul, the predicament about working for demons, Dean’s panic of being stuck with Sam in this state forever despite all the warnings, Sam’s growing apprehensive about if he even WANTS his soul back.
Love the misleading start where you really don’t know immediately who’s who and what’s happening. Double Crowley is fun to watch.
Suddenly we have Meg back involved. Sam is both scary and impressive here, so calculating and cut-throat smart figuring her out, getting her help and getting the knife back. But I wondered the whole time if Meg will stab them in the back in the end or not.
More tension building between the guys and Samuel over his argument why they are worth less to him than Mary. WTF? Dean is right telling him that he’s a hypocrite talking about “family comes first”. Then Samuel comes through with useful info….just to fuck them over later again….what an a-hole.
The conversation between Cas and Sam is intense, too.
Then you have the entire hilarity with Cas and “The Pizza Man”. HA! “You don’t watch porn in a room full of dudes and you don’t talk about it!” LOL
The scene with Cas telling Dean about what state Sam’s soul might be in and Sam overhearing it is heart-breaking. Dean just doesn’t want to hear it, wants old Sam back so much that he’s recklessly avoiding thinking about that Sam might be in a REALLY awful state afterwards. And how fucked up for Sam to hear all that. We know Dean means well and just want’s “his” Sam back, but it’s also clear that he is at a loss of how to live with, work with this version of Sam and therefore not really thinking clearly. And of course Sam can only see it from the unemotional, logical and practical side here due to his missing soul and it makes perfect sense that he doesn’t WANT to end up in pain and incapacitated.
The scenes in Crowley’s hideout are cool and the location makes for really great cinematography! It’s perfectly creepy with its many dilapidated rooms or cells, peeling plaster, weird equipment and so on.
I was surprised at Meg offering to take the fall for the group to get a chance at Crowley. And I always expected her to flip at any moment…but maybe Cas is just THAT good of a kisser?! HAHAHA.
We learn that the demon knife works on hellhounds. Interesting.
I remember the first time I watched this episode how shocking it was that Cas just seemingly abruptly killed Crowley. WHAT?! I was sad that we “lost” Crowley.
At the end of the episode you have to take a deep breath because so much happened and nothing was really solved. Well, we THINK maybe the guys at least don’t work for Crowley anymore?!
Like I said….Intense.
HAHA, JBB, I see you have no intro words for this one??
I completely understand….it’s….FORGETTABLE. And that’s putting it nicely.
The case is super boring, the “big bad” are simply a bunch of shifter thugs with lots of guns and some nebulous plan to create more skinwalkers. It doesn’t create any ominous tension for me. And the parts about “LUCKY”…..oh man!
The whole “I’m just a nice dog living with this family to protect them” is CREEPY AS FUCK! Skinwalker hiding in animal skin to sleep in a woman’s bed, watch her shower…..STALKER MUCH? It is just all wrong….because the lady has no idea what’s going.
What a total waste of a cool legend! Why not use a Navajo approach to bring in a Skinwalker storyline????? It screams for a good Native American plot. Especially in the big picture of the season of all monster species being “hunted” by Crowley to find purgatory. Being rounded up and persecuted simply for someoneelses advantage….come on, what better opportunity to reflect on Native American plight through a Native American “monster”.
The whole thing just makes me angry. It’s really odd to me that in an “All American” show they really never managed to come up with some good integration of the old stories of the Native peoples.
Anyhow, rant over.
Even Sam and Dean can’t save this episode. Their “conflict” over what to do about Sam’s missing soul seems flat and forced in this one.
The whole thing’s just unnecessary.
ONLY saving grace are the scene with Crowley at the very start, which is funny, and the last scene and conversation between Sam and Dean where Sam admits he wants his soul back.
2 out of 10 for me on this episode. A sad waste.
NOPE, no separation, the opposite! Dean is REALLY gonna keep an eye on Sam NOW….
A WHOPPER of an episode when it comes to new info!!
I very much appreciate that we are not being led around by the….soft bits any longer, but smacked in the face with the truth about Sam right at the beginning of this episode!
He has NO SOUL…..WOW!
I remember how shocking that was to me the first time around because I had kept hoping that it was more or less a curse or some other affliction that could be removed from Sam once they figured it out. But NO SOUL….how do you even go about fixing that?
LOVE the “Is he even still Sam without a soul” debate! What do you think?
MAN, this is another DARK episode!
I REALLY don’t like Samuel’s crew!
I am very happy that now that the truth is out about Sam’s missing soul, Dean snaps straight back into “protect Sam” mode. It’s a little off and high in tension, but it’s clear that now that Dean knows the reason for Sam’s odd behavior he’s willing to at least have his back and try to help him stay on the straight and narrow.
Including calling Sam straight out on not telling him the truth about the Alpha Vamp being captured. The conversation on the side of the road is giving us the first real deep insight of how different Sam’s thought processes are at the moment. He has a whole new – messed up – logic.
What is most interesting to me is how Sam obviously trusts Samuel – or at least never questioned his status as the “clan leader” and therefor taking his orders and keeping his nose out of things Samuel wants to hide. He is essentially acting very much similar to how DEAN used to act around John!! Samuel is family, therefore Sam does what he’s told. Partially probably because that is what Dean taught him.
HOWEVER, now Dean has the exact opposite opinion here. DON’T trust Family just because it’s blood! Question their motives, ask for the WHY. Don’t take blind orders. Very much like Sam used to act around their dad.
In the end, though, Dean’s resolve just settles back into place in this scene regarding not leaving Sam out to fend for himself when he clearly lacks the ability to bring some compassion and empathy to the actions and see the whole truth about what’s going on.
RICK WORTHY!!! SOOOO GOOD!!! The Alpha Vamp is such great role and made come to life with such elegance and refinement by Rick! He is perfectly scary because you believe him his age and experience as the first of his kind. He doesn’t need to scream and intimidate…..he whispers and it’s SO much more effective. LOVE him!
And, BOY oh BOY, the new info and lore he delivers to the show through his great relevations to Sam and Dean! Perfect delivery and interesting new twist on things. Purgatory is real, all monsters go there after death, Samuel is tasked to find out where it is?! Sheesh that’s a lot.
And BOOM another twist with Crowley’s appearance where we find out about his promotion, new found power, that he has his spies already planted in their midst, that he brought Samuel and Sam back AND he wants to find Purgatory and “develop” it? LOL, what? Demon condos and timeshare? LOADS of new stuff here.
Crowley’s way of speaking and Mark’s delivery will forever be one of my favorite things on the show. He’s so freaking wonderful – both Crowley AND Mark.
I think finding out that Samuel willingly works for Crowley for “his own reasons” is what shocked me the most and made me REALLY not like him – even more. LOL.
REALLY GREAT episode full of impressive performances by amazing cast. It always made me giddy when watching an episode like that for the first time and feeling like a whole new BOOK full of new story opportunities had opened in front of our eyes! Forever grateful.
I often enjoy episodes that bring in Gods and Goddesses from different pantheons and this is no different.
I find the storyline and set up very interesting and well done. ONE human dabbling selfishly in magic they have no business getting involved with and causing SO MUCH destruction in its wake. I also really liked the idea of a diety hiding in the news network to “speak truth to the masses”….HA! Good one….
It’s definitely is a really dark episode between the many awful and sad secrets that spill out of people under the influence of Veritas and the agony Dean is going through with his mistrust in Sam AND the guilt over having treated Lisa and Ben poorly.
It’s so tough to watch how the harsh truth from Lisa SLICES into Dean!!! UGH. That face he makes at the end of the phone conversation with Lisa seems to say “well, I knew it. It was too good to be true. Of course, I don’t deserve them.” And it’s KILLING me.
Of course, the flip side of that is Bobby’s confessions about his passions! SO SO FUNNY and totally unexpected. I love that.
Dean’s journey in this episode from pretty much ready to kill Sam, to a glimmer of hope that Sam can’t lie to him, back to absolute certainty that this is NOT Sam is damn ROUGH. Poor Dean and the constant whiplash he’s going through since Sam is back.
I also found it deeply shocking that even when Sam finally DOES tell him the truth Dean beats him to a bloody pulp! And then we had to wait for a week what would happen!!
There couldn’t have been a better way to show that Dean was DONE with the whole thing. Finally DONE with listening to one or another person’s reasonings without being able to be sure it IS the truth. DONE with making excuses or keep clinging to hope it was him who misinterpreted the situation.
Sam COST him Lisa and Ben! That’s just a fact. Of course not knowingly, but indirectly. And I can totally understand Dean’s reaction here at the end – as surprised as I was how LONG he kept beating Sam.
Jared also did a GREAT job making us second guess alongside with Dean if Sam IS or ISN’T himself. He let little glimpses of a softer Sam show through, making us hope that he’ll finally get back to normal , but then he looked stone cold in other moments where we expect empathy. It’s disquieting and freaky.
Very good episode with a surprise shocker of a cliff hanger at the end.
I’ve always had a hard time with this episode because of SAM.
YES, it is absolutely great and funny, how they make fun of the Twilight Saga in the first third of the episode. I admit, I did read those books and watched those movies and was always on the Werewolf side, lol. So I can say that I really appreciate how much attention to detail was put into the way they poked fun at it in this episode!!! Down to the pretty damn good likeness of the two actors in the beginning to Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. Some of the same or very close to same lines from the movies and books were used. A lot of the imagery was closely related etc. JUST GREAT!
Also, funny, of course how Sam and Dean would even know some about the Twilight stuff incl. the actors names portraying the main two guys….
I also liked the twisted premise of how romanticizing vampirism in pop culture would be a great opportunity for actual vampires to hunt with ease. HA! I mean, why not pray on the stupid and innocent and poor of judgement girls.
My main DISLIKE for this episode was Sam’s behavior. I know it’s supposed to show us how detached from human emotion Sam is at the moment, but I still have a hard time believing that Sam – even soulless – would go as far as to risk Dean’s life like this in order to find a vamp nest.
It IS effectively chilling for both us viewers and Dean to find out that Sam actually willingly waits before stepping in when Dean is bit. THAT more than anything made me worry when watching it the first time that Sam was possibly lost for good, that what came back from hell is actually NOT Sam.
And the parts with Dean and Lisa are SO PAINFUL TO WATCH!!!!! I did not WANT them to unravel! I did not WANT her to be scared of him. I still don’t want this to the beginning of the end for them. UGH. I HATE that part and don’t like rewatching it. (Even though Jensen is INCREDIBLE at portraying all the inner conflict, the dear and the pain.)
What I did enjoy a lot was watching Dean turn his growing anger and need to feed into an absolutely coldly dangerous killing spree in the vamp nest. That scene where he waits for Sam and Samuel, sitting in the middle of the nest with the vamp leader’s head under his boot is REALLY GREAT in it’s brutality and honesty of what hunters have to be at their core to do the job at times!
Well done episode – but far from a favorite of mine.
I always liked this episode. I thought it was inventive to bring in a classic bible artifact in such a way.
It is TRULY GORY! Great make up effects on all the different plagues.
AAAWWW, Dean missing Lisa. Nice intro with them waking up together, even if just a dream.
And the following montage showing the difference between Dean’s and Sam’s morning routine is hilarious.
Also, HHHHMMM, HHMM, HHMM! SAAAAAMMMM! One FINE looking man. Sorry. Done now.
I remember watching it the first time and thinking that it’s odd Sam would pick up a prostitute (even a classy one) when he was always the one looking for more connection to his sex partners.
BOB SINGER cameo! HA.
The interactions between Sam and Dean in this one are great to watch. The car stuff is funny. Dean does looks constantly slightly taken aback at Sam’s strange reactions, like when he kicks the door down at the cop’s house. And Dean has SO MANY fun one-liners in this episode.
Overall lots of good dialogue. And, of course, CLASSIC lines like “My people skills are rusty” with too many inappropriate air quotes. HAHA.
The young boy actor is really good! I do have to say, though, that I found it a bit of a misstep in the story that they go down the road with a serious racially motivated crime in this episode but then never give the kid or father any closure in the end.
That was a BIG stunt with the angels jumping out the window and smashing Sam’s “plastic piece of crap” car!
I also LOVE the way Cas just pops in and out and just goes about his business without ANY regard for any of the people around him, including Dean and Sam.
The whole thing gives the viewer slight whiplash and keeps us on our toes. And I really like this harsher, scarier version of Cas. He is properly “angel-y” here. A being one SHOULD respect and even slightly fear.
Sebastian Roche is fantastic as Balthazar! He plays the edge between honorable and despicable SO well. We get a lot of naughty, careless rogue angel vibes but then when we think he abandoned Cas to Raphael and curse him for it, he pops back in and we start to wonder if the bravado was all fake and he does still care what happens. Nice roller coaster.
I believe this is the first time we hear about the value of a soul beyond being…well, a soul. Balthazar refers to it as power and basically a commodity with monetary value. Interesting new thought.
How disquieting for Cas to find out that HE might be partially responsible for the chaos in heaven now because other angels use his rebellion as example to follow and break with the order! I feel bad for him.
SOLID episode with new lore, interesting new characters, inching us closer to figuring out what’s wrong with Sam and OLD Cas back. Really enjoyed this one.
What FANTASTIC episode. And what’s NOT to love? Bobby centered storyline, Rufus and Jody are back, funny neighbor, interesting monster….It’s just perfect.
First time for Jensen to direct and he did GREAT with a really complex story involving lots of characters and different locations. That was not an easy episode to direct.
First time we hear Garth’s name and immediately get a sense of his character. I always wondered if it was a throw away line here or if they had Garth already in mind to come in as a real character later?
We find out so much new info in this episode, too:
- Crowley’s real name
- Why he sold his soul. (hehe – double digits are a thing)
- That he doesn’t see eye to eye with this son
- Crowley’s Scotch preference
- Rufus REALLY being an Scotch expert – not just JWB lover. HA
- The fact that you can control a demon’s fate if you get a hold of its bones.
- That monsters are “being weird” in the world.
- First time Crowley calls Sam “moose”.
And probably most importantly – HOW MUCH Bobby does for the entire Hunting community. He is one busy guy, never stopping to provide support for everyone else! And seriously stressed out. And has pretty shitty luck. And never gets to eat the delicious looking cobbler. HA.
The entire episode is strung together so brilliantly, keeping a sense of urgency all the way through with out losing the humor, I never ever get tired rewatching it. It’s just a freaking delight.
Great to see more of Jody and find out that in the end, she WILL put her career on the line to help. Right there, she became part of the family to me.
I could watch HOURS of Bobby and Rufus bantering grumpily with each other. It’s everything. So glad we got a good dose of it here.
I also very much appreciate how Sam and Dean drop everything and go to Scotland when Bobby finally does ask them for help. I mean, for Dean to get on a flight to SCOTLAND…clear sign he loves the guy.
THAT’S really the message of the episode to me. Bobby is hugely important in the Hunting world, but he also has a great bunch of people close to him that will risk career, prison, life to help him at a drop of a hat. It’s a HARD life, but he is LOVED and RESPECTED and not alone in it.
Yup, love it and will watch it again…now.