So, Supernatural’s tenth season officially closed this week, in an
episode titled ‘Brother’s Keeper’, and I’m not exactly sure how I feel about
it. On the one hand, I love this cast and the characters on this series have
some really great moments. But on the other hand, I’m not even sure how fresh
they’re keeping this show after ten years on the air, when only five of which
were planned. Especially with that ending, which reminded me a little too much
of the way it went when the Leviathans were introduced – and let me just tell
you, I was not a fan of those incredibly disappointing monsters.
Anyways, let’s go for a brief
rundown of this season finale. Dean had gone AWOL as Sam and Cas desperately
searched for him and the ingredients needed to strip Dean of the Mark of Cain. Turned
out Rowena had to kill the one she loved as an ingredient to the spell – and,
even more surprising, she amazed us all by having loved anyone to begin with. Cas
garnered the help of Crowley to retrieve all three ingredients for the spell;
all the while Sam tracked down Dean as he haphazardly hunted down a nest of
vampires. Dean, in the end, summoned Death to help him make it so he wouldn’t
be able to hurt anyone, but ended up killing Death (I mean, how?) when Death
required Sam’s death. Okay, that’s a lot of use of the word death in one
sentence. Anyways, in the end the Mark was rid from Dean’s skin, which (dun,
dun) brought forth the Darkness that came Before. Did I forget to mention the
Mark of Cain was actually a plug that kept the Darkness at bay that God and his
angels had rid the world of? Yup, so, if your town or city gets plunged into
darkness, you know who to blame.
This wasn’t an altogether bad
episode. I mean, we did get to see Dean trash a room, and Jensen Ackles use
those lovely arm muscles he has to do that. What is it about a rugged man in a
black t-shirt that’s so lovely? I swear, even red eyed, Dean looks fantastic.
Jensen Ackles looks better now than he did in the pilot episode over ten years
ago. Not to mention, Rowena. Now, I wasn’t so much of a fan of Crowley falling
for her obvious manipulations (then again, I don’t usually like Crowley), but
I’ve grown quite fond of the three hundred year old scarlet haired witch. And
speaking of Crowley, I do have to say he has some of the greatest lines in this
series, even if everyone seems to forget most of the time how many terrible
things he’s done. Cas “begging” Crowley was just precious, as is the character
so often in this series. For an angel, he can act in such a naïve way that’s
absolutely adorable most of the time – kudos to Misha Collins for that. Oh,
and, while I’ve had my ups and downs with Jared Padalecki’s character Sam, this
week I couldn’t help but think poor Sammy. I mean, did you see that face he was
giving Dean close to the end? It was just so sad. The man may be taller than
Dean, but he looked so incredibly small in that one crushing moment.
In the end, I don’t think I’ll
ever stop watching this series until it actually ends, but it has still become
something of a caricature of its older self. I’m still not over Charlie’s
death, but I do love that the brothers were together in the end, and that Cas
at least shared scenes with half of them – though it’s preferable when they’re
all together. I still am curious how it was possible to kill Death – I mean,
he’s Death – so I greatly hope repercussions of that becomes apparent next
season, otherwise how would that even make sense? Otherwise, I’m just looking
forward to Dean without the Mark next season, and getting all three of them
back together in scenes (Dean, Sam, and Cas), plus bringing Charlie back.
My rating: 6.5 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“What about Crowley?” – Cas asks Rowena, regarding whom she
loves. “Happy to kill him. Let’s not call it love.” – Rowena replies.
“Who summons anymore? Couldn’t you call?” – Crowley asks.
“You’re not in my contacts list.” – Cas responds.
“Brother, I’m done.” – Dean tells Sam.
“The darkness.” – Dean says to Sam, with regards to what the
Mark protects. “What the hell is that?” – Sam asks. “What does it sound like?
Does it sound like a good thing?” – Dean responds.
“Fantastic. I think I just killed Death.” – Dean tells Sam
how he feels.
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