Two part finale this week and I have a lot of thoughts to get out in a short amount of time, so let's get to it.
First and foremost, I have not been a fan of the British Men of Letters this season. I think it's been an absolutely atrocious story arc. Filler story for something better that they are setting up for. And pretty awful filler if you tell me, especially since they've gone around killing so many great characters this season. I get that the point is that we're supposed to hate them, but they did a little too good of a job with that. They're a useless group of turds that do nothing to help the show out AND make me hate them. After the fantastic Chuck/God arc last season, this has been a pretty pathetic way of following up.
That said, I haven't hated this season, because they have done a lot of great things that I'll mostly get to in a second in next episode's review. It's been awesome having Mary Winchester on the show and the Crowley/Lucifer stuff has been great as we build to Kelly giving birth to the son of Lucifer that spells disaster all over the place in a very good way.
But again, more of that later. For now we have to blow the BMOL out of the water because they've trapped Sam and Dean in the bunker along with Toni Bevell and Sam and Dean have had enough. After a few failed attempts to get out, Dean literally yippee-ki-yays his way out by blowing up the wall. And now we're off to war as Sam and Dean organize the remaining hunters to go for an all-out ambush.
Not going to lie, this was absolutely fantastic watching Sam and the hunters take down the BMOL. Was it a bit too easy? Perhaps. But I didn't care. It was super satisfying watching this group just totally blow the BMOL out of the water.
But that's not what made this episode so great. It was a nice bit of frosting on the cake, but the reason I love this episode is because of the Dean and Mary scenes. Thanks to the help of Toni Bevell, who for the first time this season was a tolerable character, Dean is able to go into the subconsciousness of Mary and pour his soul out to his Mom. The speech where he is telling her how much he hates her was incredible. She's ruined their lives and sent them down this miserable path. But then he brings that full circle by saying how much he loves her because she's his mom and he can't help it. This is the point where I feel Dean forgives his Mom for everything that's happened and is willing to move forward as they are. Then admitting to her that it's all worked out for the better because they've become pretty awesome was a great way to top that off.
Fortunately Dean was able to say enough to snap her out of the brainwashing because Mr. Ketch, I believe his name is, has waltzed his way into their place, killed Toni Bevell, which actually made me sad surprisingly, and ended the session in Mary's subconsciousness. He starts wailing on Dean and Dean can't do much to because of his gimp leg. I knew Mary was going to step in and finish the job. And I was happy when it happened.
About at this same time, Sam and Jody have just about defeated the BMOL when the final lady is begging them to save her life because Crowley has released Lucifer into the world and they need the help of the BMOL to stop Lucifer. I was begging Sam to pass on that offer and end this here and now, even though it probably meant bad things were going to happen with the whole Lucifer situation, I mean this is a Supernatural finale, which is why I was super happy to hear the line.
"We'll pass."
Bang.
So satisfying. Now we get to go hug it out with Sam, Dean and Mary which really got to me. Mary has done a lot of awful things this season, but can you blame her? I mean, what's the realistic situation for something like this? If they were to make it all rainbows and butterflies, that would be pretty lame. Which is why I've loved her arc this season. It's felt very human. To see Sam and Dean honestly forgive her for everything was excellent. And a great way to set up the actual finale.
To be continued...
First and foremost, I have not been a fan of the British Men of Letters this season. I think it's been an absolutely atrocious story arc. Filler story for something better that they are setting up for. And pretty awful filler if you tell me, especially since they've gone around killing so many great characters this season. I get that the point is that we're supposed to hate them, but they did a little too good of a job with that. They're a useless group of turds that do nothing to help the show out AND make me hate them. After the fantastic Chuck/God arc last season, this has been a pretty pathetic way of following up.
That said, I haven't hated this season, because they have done a lot of great things that I'll mostly get to in a second in next episode's review. It's been awesome having Mary Winchester on the show and the Crowley/Lucifer stuff has been great as we build to Kelly giving birth to the son of Lucifer that spells disaster all over the place in a very good way.
But again, more of that later. For now we have to blow the BMOL out of the water because they've trapped Sam and Dean in the bunker along with Toni Bevell and Sam and Dean have had enough. After a few failed attempts to get out, Dean literally yippee-ki-yays his way out by blowing up the wall. And now we're off to war as Sam and Dean organize the remaining hunters to go for an all-out ambush.
Not going to lie, this was absolutely fantastic watching Sam and the hunters take down the BMOL. Was it a bit too easy? Perhaps. But I didn't care. It was super satisfying watching this group just totally blow the BMOL out of the water.
But that's not what made this episode so great. It was a nice bit of frosting on the cake, but the reason I love this episode is because of the Dean and Mary scenes. Thanks to the help of Toni Bevell, who for the first time this season was a tolerable character, Dean is able to go into the subconsciousness of Mary and pour his soul out to his Mom. The speech where he is telling her how much he hates her was incredible. She's ruined their lives and sent them down this miserable path. But then he brings that full circle by saying how much he loves her because she's his mom and he can't help it. This is the point where I feel Dean forgives his Mom for everything that's happened and is willing to move forward as they are. Then admitting to her that it's all worked out for the better because they've become pretty awesome was a great way to top that off.
Fortunately Dean was able to say enough to snap her out of the brainwashing because Mr. Ketch, I believe his name is, has waltzed his way into their place, killed Toni Bevell, which actually made me sad surprisingly, and ended the session in Mary's subconsciousness. He starts wailing on Dean and Dean can't do much to because of his gimp leg. I knew Mary was going to step in and finish the job. And I was happy when it happened.
About at this same time, Sam and Jody have just about defeated the BMOL when the final lady is begging them to save her life because Crowley has released Lucifer into the world and they need the help of the BMOL to stop Lucifer. I was begging Sam to pass on that offer and end this here and now, even though it probably meant bad things were going to happen with the whole Lucifer situation, I mean this is a Supernatural finale, which is why I was super happy to hear the line.
"We'll pass."
Bang.
So satisfying. Now we get to go hug it out with Sam, Dean and Mary which really got to me. Mary has done a lot of awful things this season, but can you blame her? I mean, what's the realistic situation for something like this? If they were to make it all rainbows and butterflies, that would be pretty lame. Which is why I've loved her arc this season. It's felt very human. To see Sam and Dean honestly forgive her for everything was excellent. And a great way to set up the actual finale.
To be continued...