The writers clearly tried to make this season darker and more serious. It takes a little bit for them to find the right balance between the prior seasons' goofiness and this more visceral, grounded season. This is one of the episodes that really suffer from the tonal shift. I really dislike the humor that Father Crowley brings. It is too gallows humor for the show and it is too glib given the history of the Catholic church. Everything is just a bit too intense here.
Review of Form and Void
