Sam and Dean Winchester cant seem to catch a break. Sam finds love with a terrified woman only to
find she is the target of a powerful werewolf.
Dean feels like he’s found his luck in Vegas only to learn that his
“lucky coin” could spell his doom. All
the while, the brothers continue to search for their father, John
Winchester. And what of the Winchester
Patriarch? Well he’s on a quest of his
own: to find a gun that can kill any demon with one shot. Will completing his mission lead John back to
his sons or will they get lucky and find him first?
Supernatural is a dark show and im not just talking from
an artistic perspective. This week
delved heavily into the real meat of the central story and it isn’t a time at
the beach for The Winchesters or anyone they come into contact with. From cursed lives from birth to abusive
parents, once again we got to see that sometimes the monsters from the
storybooks can just as easily be real humans.
Though the puppet master behind all of these events is just as scary
too.
The second half of this weeks set deals with the
aforementioned central story of the series in a couple of unique ways. First, there was the story of Max, a child
with an abusive father and a stepmother who did nothing to stop his pain. With a homelife like that, it’s no wonder
that once he found out he had telekinetic powers that Max would have some
issues to work out in a violent way.
Actually, in a way, the theme of neglectful/fearful parents run across
three characters this week. Lily, the
girl with the dark touch, was abandoned by her father out of fear. Max’s dad abused him for the same reason (the
alcoholism didn’t help matters either).
And Sam’s dad…well if it’s anything like the series he just doesn’t like
the fact that Sam doesn’t want to hunt.
It was fascinating to explore all three parental perspectives and the
effect they had on their kids and it could be argued that they had a worse
impact than the powers Yellow Eyes has bestowed upon these unlucky kids. Still, strides were made to make things
better…and didn’t turn out that way for anyone.
Max and Lily’s dad sacrificed themselves to protect their families but
it remains to be seen if either act was in vein.
Which brings us to Sam and his own developing psychic visions
and telekinesis. After seeing the
rampage Max caused with his powers, he does have a bit of a right to be scared
out of his mind as to what he could do with his own abilities. However, something none of the other kids
have that Sam does is Dean. This week we
got to see Dean be the voice of reason and the goofball we all know and love,
all in an effort to make life a little easier for his little brother. Sometimes that means making hard calls like
breaking the news to Sam that a potential (and sexy, man this show knows how to
draw beautiful women) love interest is a Werewolf that cant be saved. Other times it’s a matter of repeatedly
telling Sam that by using his gifts to try and save people, he’s making better
strides no matter how small. We got
debates over who can and cant be saved from the darkness and entertaining
sibling banter in equal doses, just another reason why the Winchester Boys are
so beloved across multiple fandoms.
This week also did a couple of different things
storywise. We got a rare moment of
levity with Dean being the victim of a Bad Luck Spirit inhabiting a cursed
coin. The design of the spirit was
adorable and I never got tired of his chuckling…or the unfortunate spell of bad
luck that fell over Dean. Episodes from
the live action series where the creators could take a break from the darkness
and have some fun with this world have been some of the best and Dean’s Vegas
disaster certainly ranks up there with them.
We also got an episode to focus soley on John Winchester, Sam and Dean’s
dad. We never got to see too much of his
solo activities in the TV Series and, if im honest, I feel like John got a bit
of an upgrade. At the very least we got
to see him in full on bad ass hunter mode, complete with his own version of parental
counseling of Lily’s dad. This is
certainly a Winchester not to be messed with and I can only imagine how much
action is going to unfold when he does (eventually) meet up with the boys.
I cant think of anything to complain about with this
weeks episodes. All of them continued
the strong streak of giving Supernatural an Anime shot in the arms. The visuals were haunting and nightmare
inducing (especially Madison’s Werewolf design and anytime we got a look at
Yellow Eyes’…well Yellow Eyes). The stories were all well handled as were the
tales of all three Winchester Men. Plus
we got some movement made on the central story of Yellow Eyes and his little
league of would be X Men that he’s been setting up for a while now. With this much momentum building up, I’m
thinking next week will finally be the week we see a big family reunion and a
showdown with the demon that tore them apart.
I hope you’re ready. See ya next
week.
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