That episode is the reason I often think of Supernatural as the best show on television. Supernatural has done a wonderful job of creating a universe full insane and unbelievable scenarios which I implicitly buy hook line and sinker. Let me summarize this episode.
Sam and Dean hunt the Devil with a gun built by Samuel Colt, given to them by a a demon, that can kill anything in the world. Sam and Dean are accompanied by an Angel and a mother/daughter pair that run a bar and hunt monsters in their spare time. The mother/daughter have to blow themselves up in order to stop a roving pack of invisible hell hounds from killing Sam and Dean. Dean shoots the Devil in the head with the miracle gun, only to find out that it doesn't kill the Devil because the gun, that can kill everything on the planet, actually can't kill 5 things and the Devil is one of them. The Devil then makes the brothers watch as he raises Death (one of the Four Horsemen) by killing every inhabitant of a town.
I know it sounds crazy but as I watched this episode not only did that all make perfect sense, I was completely enthralled.
I had thought that Ellen gave up on Jo way too soon, so I felt emotionally satisfied when she stayed with her to light up those good for nothing hell hounds. I will miss Ellen and Jo. They were the one example of recurring female characters that had a long and healthy relationship with our heroes. In a show that tends to overloaded with testosterone (Sam, Dean, Bobby, Cas, Chuck, Daddy Winchester, and most other hunters) Ellen and Jo were always a welcome breath of fresh air on this series. Ellen especially, was the closest thing that Sam and Dean had to a mother and her absence will be felt.
Speaking of strong male characters Crowley is a welcome addition to the Supernatural universe. Sure he's not as attractive as the last crossroads demon, but Mark Shepard is one of the best actors floating around today and while we wait for Joss Whedon or Ron Moore to build a show around him, his presence will help continue to raise the bar for Supernatural season five.
Crowley is evil, that was made clear as he sat joyously watching footage of the Third Reich (normally I hate allusions to Nazi's because they are so cliche, it was appropriate here because Crowley sees Lucifer as his own personal Hitler). While his evil is obvious, his sense of self preservation is also apparent. He's no idiot, he managed to give Sam and Dean the gun and not get killed by it. That was a wonderful interaction by the way.
I would like to complain about Supernatural taking two month break now when it's on such a creative roll but I feel that is a silly thing to do considering this is the internet and you could be reading this in 2014 after picking up the complete Supernatural series on a special edition Blu Ray. If that is the case its pretty impressive that I knew that right?
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It was sad, and I, too, was completely enthralled. I thought it was by far the best show they have ever done!
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