Another good episode. The angry spirits attack hunters who made mistakes. The angry spirits are the ones the hunters could not save. I love Bobby's spirit panic room. The best part of the show. Bobby seems to be miles ahead of the Winchesters. Is Bobby's experience showing here? He seems to have taken the role of father figure. Dean is given more info from the angel about the upcoming spiritual war. Can Dean trust the information he is receiving from this angel? Evil is abound. What is happening with Sam? This is another question the episode leaves. Another question: what is Ruby up to? I give the show 8 out of 10. The episode leaves the viewer wanting more. The viewer is left anxiously waiting for next week's episode.
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Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester (2008)
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Rising of the Witnesses
claudio_carvalho15 May 2010
The skeptical Dean tells Sam and Bobby about his encounter with Castiel and questions the existence of God and angels. Ruby meets Sam and she tells that she is scared with the presence of an angel on Earth. Bobby unsuccessfully tries to contact his hunter friend Olivia and the trio heads to her house. They find her slaughtered and they try to contact Jed and other hunters; they find that they have also been violently murdered. Sam is attacked by Victor Henricksen but he is saved by Dean; Dean is attacked by Meg Masters but Sam saves him; and Bobby is attacked by the ghost of the twin girls. Sooner they realize that the hunters are attacked by the spirit of people that they had not saved before. Bobby brings the Winchester brothers to a ghost proof panic room and he discovers that the phenomenon, called Rising of the Witnesses, is a milestone in Revelations and a sign of the apocalypse. Bobby prepares a spell to rest the souls of the witnesses and later Castiel tells Dean that several of the sixty-six seals that lock Lucifer have been broken by Lilith.
"Are You There, God? It's Me... Dean Winchester" is another great episode of the Fourth Season of Supernatural. In this episode, Dean, Sam and Bobby meet the angry spirits of those that they have not saved that uses the remorse to lower the defense of the hunters. Dean begins the show absolutely skeptic but the information of Castiel shake his beliefs (or disbeliefs). Bobby is presently another great attraction of Supernatural with his great culture and knowledge in demonology. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Deus Está? Sou Eu, Dean Winchester" ("Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester")
"Are You There, God? It's Me... Dean Winchester" is another great episode of the Fourth Season of Supernatural. In this episode, Dean, Sam and Bobby meet the angry spirits of those that they have not saved that uses the remorse to lower the defense of the hunters. Dean begins the show absolutely skeptic but the information of Castiel shake his beliefs (or disbeliefs). Bobby is presently another great attraction of Supernatural with his great culture and knowledge in demonology. My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Deus Está? Sou Eu, Dean Winchester" ("Are You There, God? It's Me, Dean Winchester")
Breaking the 66 seals
zombiehigh1819 November 2011
Warning: Spoilers
It was established before that Dean certainly has faith issues while Sam is a strong believer.(Ironic that it is Dean who gets to be saved by the Angels whiles Sam was supposed to be "The boy king" of the daemon army) After what he has been through lately, Dean still can't wrap his head around the truth on Angels, He believes in what he can see, he believes that the world is in a lake of random chaos.(Besides the low self esteem Dean doesn't think himself to be worthy of saving, this idea just scares him) In between Sam and Dean, Bobby stays in an equal distance of the whole issue, he concentrates on the current problems, on the meaning of what is happening and the end game.
On this episode, We know a bit more about the daemons plans and that end game. The daemons are planing to bring down the apocalypse and free Lucifer from Hell by breaking the 66 seals, one of which is the rise of the witnesses. The witnesses are nothing but the ghosts of the people whom hunters could not save, they go after the hunters and some are killed in a gory way during the process. Sam and Dean are attacked by the three ghosts of Meg (see "Devil's trap"), Hendriksen (see "Jus in Bello") and Ronald Reznick (see "Nightshifter") while Bobby is attacked by two twin little girls he couldn't save before. (It was nice to bring Nicki Aycox and Charles Malik Whitfield back, but I can't say the same thing about Chris Gauthier)
I enjoyed the ghost fight scene when Bobby was doing the spell. The panic room is awesome. Castiel is intimidating. And Sam, You always forget the pie! and why do you get to sleep on the couch and Dean on the floor? the man just got out of Hell, he needs some rest! :(
On this episode, We know a bit more about the daemons plans and that end game. The daemons are planing to bring down the apocalypse and free Lucifer from Hell by breaking the 66 seals, one of which is the rise of the witnesses. The witnesses are nothing but the ghosts of the people whom hunters could not save, they go after the hunters and some are killed in a gory way during the process. Sam and Dean are attacked by the three ghosts of Meg (see "Devil's trap"), Hendriksen (see "Jus in Bello") and Ronald Reznick (see "Nightshifter") while Bobby is attacked by two twin little girls he couldn't save before. (It was nice to bring Nicki Aycox and Charles Malik Whitfield back, but I can't say the same thing about Chris Gauthier)
I enjoyed the ghost fight scene when Bobby was doing the spell. The panic room is awesome. Castiel is intimidating. And Sam, You always forget the pie! and why do you get to sleep on the couch and Dean on the floor? the man just got out of Hell, he needs some rest! :(
Why Me?
ulrikekalb20 January 2020
Ghosts of past
shwetafabm11 June 2020
Angry ghosts attack hunters, Dean has self-esteem issues, Castiel says something big is going down.
Honestly i am rewatching this and maybe being a bit unfair not rating it higher because i know the mystery and plot, i feel like it builds well, i can't remember much of the episode though i am a bit certain i have seen it, rating this much more on the ghosts which had a presence but didn't think it was too thrilling for a 9
Editing weakens an otherwise great episode.
CubsandCulture1 March 2020
This is a balanced episode that provides everything a good episode does. It has a nice reveal of the ongoing story. it has a few chills...the rapid ghosts are really memorable and creepy. It has a central image that is memorable. The blue fire burst for when the spell is complete stays with you. It has some choice Dean melodrama of him trying to work through the problem of evil. Etc.
Unfortunately the show feels the need to insert flashback material to remind viewers who the ghosts are. It was never really needed but on re-watch it is distracting as it breaks the atmosphere of the set-up. Furthermore, because the episode when Bobby failed to save the young girls doesn't exist there's nothing to cut back to in his case. So it is quite awkward in the overall construction as the scenes explaining who the young girls are missing.
Unfortunately the show feels the need to insert flashback material to remind viewers who the ghosts are. It was never really needed but on re-watch it is distracting as it breaks the atmosphere of the set-up. Furthermore, because the episode when Bobby failed to save the young girls doesn't exist there's nothing to cut back to in his case. So it is quite awkward in the overall construction as the scenes explaining who the young girls are missing.
The twin girls
curse-of-egypt16 August 2020
Evidence
ttapola19 April 2011
As the title would have it, this episode is supposed to be about Dean's if not atheistic, at least agnostic view towards God versus Sam's faith in God - a subject that has previously been touched upon, but never actually explored. Well, now the series must.
The fantastic season opener ended with a jaw-dropping revelation that in the world of Supernatural, the are not only angels, but apparently also God. But here the writers stumble when they decide not to properly follow up. Apparently Castiel disappeared, leaving both Dean and the audience to question Castiel's words - they are not, after all, absolute evidence: for all we know, Castiel might just be one of the many previously unseen supernatural beings. One who happens to *believe* that he is an angel and that there is God. Apparently not confident enough that they can make an entire episode about this and the brothers' opposing views on God, the writers spend most of the running time on a supernatural event of the week. It raises the question: Which plot is supposed to be the main plot? Yes, they connect, but not in exactly smooth way.
So, while the event of the week is nothing to complain about, the more one thinks about the title - with it being a literary reference and all - and the actual content of the episode, the more one is likely to feel a bit mislead. Also, the structure of the episode is a bit clumsy. There is a difference between pleasantly unconventional and clumsy and this errs on the wrong side. The series has triumphantly repeatedly raised the bar over the preceding 61 episodes, but that always has a flip-side: after reaching 9/10 any number of times, any "merely" good 7/10 episodes like this just can't live up to the expectations. Also, Misha Collins is *so* great as Castiel that even on the third viewing this episode's greatest scene remains the single one (!) he appears in. That should be telling enough.
The fantastic season opener ended with a jaw-dropping revelation that in the world of Supernatural, the are not only angels, but apparently also God. But here the writers stumble when they decide not to properly follow up. Apparently Castiel disappeared, leaving both Dean and the audience to question Castiel's words - they are not, after all, absolute evidence: for all we know, Castiel might just be one of the many previously unseen supernatural beings. One who happens to *believe* that he is an angel and that there is God. Apparently not confident enough that they can make an entire episode about this and the brothers' opposing views on God, the writers spend most of the running time on a supernatural event of the week. It raises the question: Which plot is supposed to be the main plot? Yes, they connect, but not in exactly smooth way.
So, while the event of the week is nothing to complain about, the more one thinks about the title - with it being a literary reference and all - and the actual content of the episode, the more one is likely to feel a bit mislead. Also, the structure of the episode is a bit clumsy. There is a difference between pleasantly unconventional and clumsy and this errs on the wrong side. The series has triumphantly repeatedly raised the bar over the preceding 61 episodes, but that always has a flip-side: after reaching 9/10 any number of times, any "merely" good 7/10 episodes like this just can't live up to the expectations. Also, Misha Collins is *so* great as Castiel that even on the third viewing this episode's greatest scene remains the single one (!) he appears in. That should be telling enough.
There is something that bugs me sooo much...
SpookyT19 August 2020
This is an otherwise fine episode of an entertaining program. I simply cannot forgive media representations of events whose primary basis is Biblical mythos, misnaming a book in their primary source material. The name of the book is The Revelation of Jesus Christ to John the Apostle. The only acceptable truncation is The Revelation. I immediately lose respect for writers of Bible themed fiction who don't get this simple fact straight.
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