I think this episode is a huge let down after the (imo) wonderful start last week. Last week had been great in giving everything -the characters and the world they live in- some substance. There hadn't been much action, not a lot of jokes and not many effects, but it was big in grounding the show. It felt serious and honest, as if there was a backbone growing. You could tell there was someone who knew what they were doing.
Then came this episode, and it was as if nothing had changed. It felt daft. They even used the annoying comedic music that they seem to use in every goofy scene since S3. The tragic aspect of Kevin's sacrifices didn't touch me at all because most parts of the episode were light- hearted garbage. Kevin's mother? Why is it so hard to write characters that live, that feel real, instead of trying to make them 'entertaining'? The whole concept of the auction, 'right hand of god', Thor - I'm fed up with these idiotic figures. They bore me. They make this show a farce. The writers need to focus on the small stuff. Kevin's mom could have touched my heart if she had had one herself, but she was empty, the typical bossy SPN female. Yes, sometimes it's funny, yes, we all love to laugh, but this doesn't serve the show. This kind of humor may entertain you for a second, but it takes away from the 'real' feel of the world and it's characters, and in the end it's making Supernatural silly.
Last week had nothing of this, and that's why I'm left feeling somewhat cheated.
Crowley - he is such a great character, but they just don't manage to do anything good with him. I mean, do they just put him there because he's cool? Well how about writing the cool character a good story for a change, maybe one that we will actually remember. It's almost amusing to think about how long he's been on the show and never been given anything of significance, anything that actually made a difference.
The scenes with Castiel made me cringe, I thought the dialogue was horrible like something from a bad fanfic (no offence meant to those who liked it, it's just how I felt while watching) - and what happened to Misha Collins' acting? The guy is normally a very fine actor (even spectacular in some scenes) but here I found him really hard to watch, his voice sounded completely off. And apart from that, the character of Castiel still feels like dead weight to me. I hope this will change soon.
The only thing that worked for me in the flashbacks was Benny, there's just something serious and grounded about him, something fresh in his manner, that I welcome with open arms. I loved how he was going forward immediately and taking position in that scene, even if he was wrong about Castiel's motives. He and Dean make a wicked team, and I'd be happy to watch them ravaging their environment some more. But well, let's see how long until they turn him into a caricature like they did with all the others.
Maybe I would rate this episode higher if I hadn't seen so much potential in the season opener. I avoid spoilers, so I don't have a clue about anything that will happen, and I go into a new episode with the expectations that the last one left me with. The opener had left me with a feeling of wonderful change, and this one put me right back into everything that makes me weep for the old SPN.
4/10
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