For anyone that has yet to watch
last night’s episode of Supernatural,
titled ‘Devil May Care’, I suggest you do so now. This is not, and will likely
never be, a spoiler free blog. THIS
REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.
Maybe it’s because I went into
this episode not wanting to watch it all that much, but it actually wasn’t all
that bad. Sure, it’s no early season Supernatural,
but I am glad that the Winchester brothers are finally back to a place where
it’s about family first – and that includes the people they’ve brought in as
family. Which is why I absolutely adored the speech Dean made near the end of
the episode to Kevin. They’re family, and that’s all they’ve got. Sure, they’re
in a field of work that’s dangerous, they’re sacrificing a bit of themselves
daily, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be there for each other as much as
possible. They have each other’s backs, that’s really what the message of the
show has become.
That’s not to
say that I don’t miss the old days of the series, where the boys would travel
to a town to solve a monster problem, meeting new folks that would reflect
their own lives. These episodes they travel too much in one episode, only
really meet new people every so often, and have it a little too easy with the Men
of Letters bunker. Sure I like that they have access to all this knowledge, but
it used to be their dad’s book, and Sam’s laptop, and then researching in the
town’s library or something, now it’s too easy. But I suppose it’s too much to
ask to go back to the days of the series that were better.
Another thing,
Abbadon is so much better than Crowley as a big evil. While I prefer monsters
over the focus of angels and demons, I’m curious to know the whole situation
with the Knights of Hell. Where did all the other ones go? Obviously there’s
some way to kill them. Still, the Mother of All was a better foe; it was stupid
of the writers to kill her off after only a few episodes, in preference of
Crowley.
As always, there
were some funny moments to episode. Any time Dean speaks sarcastically to a
villain when he’s in peril, it’s hilarious. Kevin can also be pretty damn funny
at times, like with the military lady in this one. And then there was that
moment in the beginning of the episode, after Crowley says hello, and Dean just
hits him. The face he gave was spectacular.
Basically, this
series is no where near as good as it was in its first few seasons, even as far
as the fifth season when Kripke made his farewell as showrunner, but it still
has its moments. I will always love Dean, and the brotherly relationship
between Sam and him. But they don’t have as much humour between each other
anymore, and they don’t do the ‘Bitch’ ‘Jerk’ thing anymore. So, I’ll keep
saying it, this series needs to come to an end soon, please don’t run it
further into the ground.
My rating: 6.5 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“Then we all go out for ice cream
and strippers.” – Dean says.
“Cause I’m Kevin fricken Solo.” –
Kevin tells the military woman.
“We gonna fight, or make out?
Cause I’m getting some real mixed signals here.” – Dean remarks to Abbadon.
“Hey, look, Zeke – I’m gonna call
you Zeke.” – Dean tells the angel Ezekiel.
“Oh, and uh, I’m awesome, so there’s
that.” – Dean informs Sam.
Okay, folks, I’m off to go shower,
but check back in about an hour and a half for my review of The Originals. Stay tuned.
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