This is the first of the of horseman episodes and they really nail the concept. They got they got the right actors. They got the right cars. They plotted the episodes correctly. This is a nice illustration of mistrust is the primary cause of war. Add in the choice brother melodrama and this is a great all around episode. And it was nice seeing Jo and Rufus and company again.
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The Horsemen of the Apocalypse War
claudio_carvalho12 December 2011
Warning: Spoilers
Sam and Dean are visiting Bobby, who is catatonic after learning that he will be paraplegic, and Castiel comes to his room. Bobby asks Castiel to heal him, but the angel tells that he lost his powers and he needs Dean's amulet to locate God.
Bobby receives a phone call from Rufus asking to help since he is in River Pass, Colorado, under siege of demons. The Winchester brother heads to the small town and they meet Ellen, who tells that her daughter Jo is missing and the town is crowded of demon. Sooner Sam and Dean discover that there are no demons in River Pass, but the people are under the spell of War, who is one of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
"Good God, Y'All" is an excellent episode of "Supernatural", with the reunion of Ellen and Jo with Sam and Dean. Titus Welliver is hilarious in his double role of Roger and War. Bobby is crippled and Sam still has demon's desire for blood and is not healed. Will Dean hunt demons without his brother and tutor in this season? My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Good God, Y'All"
Bobby receives a phone call from Rufus asking to help since he is in River Pass, Colorado, under siege of demons. The Winchester brother heads to the small town and they meet Ellen, who tells that her daughter Jo is missing and the town is crowded of demon. Sooner Sam and Dean discover that there are no demons in River Pass, but the people are under the spell of War, who is one of The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
"Good God, Y'All" is an excellent episode of "Supernatural", with the reunion of Ellen and Jo with Sam and Dean. Titus Welliver is hilarious in his double role of Roger and War. Bobby is crippled and Sam still has demon's desire for blood and is not healed. Will Dean hunt demons without his brother and tutor in this season? My vote is nine.
Title (Brazil): "Good God, Y'All"
Good intentions, quick slide to Hell buddy boy.
zombiehigh182 December 2011
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The hardest thing about addiction is that you don't only have to fight the physical cravings but the psychological ones too. Sam might have been healed physically, no fever no shivers, but he still wanted the power the daemon blood had given him. At first he dismisses the idea and wants to be professional not letting that stand in his way but when he had to kill two teenage boys he thought they were possessed and saw the blood dripping from the knife, he knew he has been lying to himself. When Dean talks to him, Sam expresses his desire to save people not killing them as he did to those boys but Dean slaps him with the painful truth and says "if he means when he was hopped up on demon blood" and later when Dean talks him against going out again with Ellen and asks him if he really had learned his lesson. Sam shoves Dean against the wall but he is not angry with his brother he is angry with himself. Things get worse, Sam is captured and War confronts him with the painful truth. Even after the situation gets resolved Sam has to stop lying to himself, he tells Dean how messed up he is, how much he still desires the power the daemon blood had given him, how much he is scared and how much he doesn't trust himself. He says he is in no shape to be hunting and that they have to go separate ways. Sam's confession is the first step towards healing, he abandoned his denial and we can see he began to act more mature and began to regain his humanity. (so his soul wasn't gone after all)
On the other hand, Dean clearly still cares about his brother but he can't trust him either. He is reluctant to giving Cas his amulet, his most cherished possession besides the Impala and the sign of how much he valued his brother, he spends most of the time in this episode worrying about keeping Sam away from daemons and hence from the temptation of daemon blood. When he walked in the convenience store right after Sam killed those boys, he saw how stressed out Sam was and how hard he was fighting against his inner daemons. Dean realized how distracted he became, he spends more time worrying about his brother than worrying about doing the job right and as a result it took him very long to figure out the real threat in town. He knew he had to let his brother go and he even offered him the Impala but letting go still was a hard thing for him. He couldn't look his brother in the eye and his eyes kept lingering with him as he went away.
Titus Welliver gave a very nice portrayal of War and I loved the sweet cherry mustang. Good to have Rufus and Ellen back, can't say the same about Jo unless the writers try to do the character right and stop messing her up.
I enjoyed the Ellen reunion with the boys. Holly water in the face then taking them out of harms way, a heart warming motherly hug (Dean needed that at the moment, but I wish she gave Sam one too) and then a slap for not even caring to assure her Dean was alive. All in all, don't miss this episode.
On the other hand, Dean clearly still cares about his brother but he can't trust him either. He is reluctant to giving Cas his amulet, his most cherished possession besides the Impala and the sign of how much he valued his brother, he spends most of the time in this episode worrying about keeping Sam away from daemons and hence from the temptation of daemon blood. When he walked in the convenience store right after Sam killed those boys, he saw how stressed out Sam was and how hard he was fighting against his inner daemons. Dean realized how distracted he became, he spends more time worrying about his brother than worrying about doing the job right and as a result it took him very long to figure out the real threat in town. He knew he had to let his brother go and he even offered him the Impala but letting go still was a hard thing for him. He couldn't look his brother in the eye and his eyes kept lingering with him as he went away.
Titus Welliver gave a very nice portrayal of War and I loved the sweet cherry mustang. Good to have Rufus and Ellen back, can't say the same about Jo unless the writers try to do the character right and stop messing her up.
I enjoyed the Ellen reunion with the boys. Holly water in the face then taking them out of harms way, a heart warming motherly hug (Dean needed that at the moment, but I wish she gave Sam one too) and then a slap for not even caring to assure her Dean was alive. All in all, don't miss this episode.
Interesting Episode
readonly-262047 January 2021
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The brother relationship is great in this but it does highlight how Sam from the beginning has led a more entitled life. Dean is going the emotions of extreme betrayal, its not even about breaking the seal--it's about the season long lies and betrayal of Sam consistently putting Ruby ahead of Dean and taking the word of Ruby. What makes Dean's reaction so true, is that Sam knows that Ruby is a master manipulating Sam as she did about being able to save Dean. Sam was warned by not only Castiel but Chuck and Pamela that what he was doing was wrong, but again, again he listened to Ruby.
Sam being upset that he's not trusted or forgiven automatically, yup, spoiled child at its best.
Sam being upset that he's not trusted or forgiven automatically, yup, spoiled child at its best.
Good, yet so frustrating again!!!!
dpasq-848-45091711 January 2019
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Ok, what's the score on who's fault it is? Sam, the poor hulking roid nerd, is going through episodes of self depravity mainly due to his belittling brother. Dean is betrayed because he believes Sam was manipulated by a demon which led to some sort of "drug overdose " and him breaking the final seal. Dean was in Hell for 40 years, after being carved for 30, he was manipulated by a demon to do the carving for 10. Throwing those souls on the rack broke the first seal. Yet, this sanctimonious piece of garbage decides to place full blame on his brother. C,mon, are these the lessons we're teaching our children? I remember a time where we took responsibility for our own actions, not force blame on someone else. Who writes this trash?
War
shwetafabm14 June 2020
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A town is possessed by demons, things are out of place, Sam and Dean have things to work out.
Pretty great and entertaining episode, just one problem, when the effect wears off it shouldn't stop them from believing there are demons...
Going up to the spirit in the sky (spirit in the sky!)...
Chalice_Of_Evil18 September 2009
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This season continues to use classic rock songs to great effect, and 'Spirit In The Sky' is no exception. Excellent use of the song, show! Too bad the rest of the episode wasn't as good as that moment. This wasn't necessarily a 'bad' episode, it just left me with a feeling of "Well...what was the point exactly?" - and mostly this is due to the waste of potential in the episode. For one thing, we (finally!) had the return of Ellen and Jo Harvelle. It's a well-known fact that certain people had their issues with the Harvelles (more with Jo than Ellen), and it was for this reason that they were written out of the show in Season 2. It's taken *this* long for us to get them back, and I'm someone who welcomed their return. It's a shame, then, that it feels as if the writers were playing it safe with the return of Jo and Ellen in this episode (again, Jo more than Ellen). Seems they were so scared of any negative reactions to Jo's return that they reduced her role to little more than a cameo - which is a damn shame, because what we saw of her and Ellen in this episode was quite good (and explored their relationship a little more). It would've been nice to have seen Sam and Jo talk about what happened the last time they met in 'Born Under A Bad Sign'.
Ellen's reunion with the boys was a long time coming, and what a great reunion it was (holy water to the face, a hug and a slap - that's our Ellen). It was kind of curious that Ellen left Sam out of all of these and focused more on Dean - but hey, maybe Jo told her mum what happened with Sam previously? Having said that, Sam and Ellen *did* get a moment to themselves, but it didn't really explore a whole lot. The main focus of this episode was Sam and Dean and what direction they're moving in after the events of last season. This episode did a good job of letting us see Sam's torment over what he did and how Dean's treating him now.
What was interesting at the start of the episode was Castiel informing Sam and Dean that he's been cut off from Heaven (having to resort to contacting them via phone), as well as the fact that he can only do some 'angel-y' stuff now (which doesn't include healing Bobby). Bobby's anger at Castiel for not being able to heal him was understandable. Speaking of Bobby, I would've liked to have known how he went from "Suck dirt and die, Rufus." in Season 4's 'When the Levee Breaks' to being back on speaking terms with Rufus in this episode. Meanwhile, Castiel's mission to "find God" is intriguing (as was his asking Dean for the amulet that Sam gave to him in the flashback from Season 3's 'A Very Supernatural Christmas'). Seems that amulet is more important than we ever thought.
This show's interpretation of War was a neat take on one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was an interesting portrayal and, hopefully, if we ever get to see the other three, they'll be equally as good. The problem with this episode was mainly that it didn't amount to very much. The people of a small town were being turned against one another, believing each other to be demons (when in fact there weren't any demons at all). While it certainly allowed for quite a few shootouts, it didn't actually prove to be that interesting (and was somewhat confusing in the beginning).
The best things to come out of this episode (aside from the great use of that song, as mentioned earlier) were the return of Jo and Ellen, as well as Sam's relationship with his brother changing/developing. They couldn't just keep having these same talks over and over every episode, so I think it's quite a welcome change to have them part ways at the end of this episode (they've done so before, after all, and we know it's not going to last, so really...there's no need to panic). There's only one small flaw with this plan, and that is...given what has been going on with Sam, and what he and Dean have been discussing for some time now...is it really so wise for Sam to be left on his own? Isn't putting a recovering demon blood-aholic out there on his lonesome going to cause MORE trouble, rather than lessen it? I'm not quite sure I see the logic in their plan...but whatever. It should make for some interesting viewing (to see how they manage, separated).
I just wish this episode had had more Jo and Ellen (and if this is their last episode - it was kind of a crappy end for their characters. Jo had much more of a meaningful send-off in Season 2, as did Ellen. On the one hand, I hope the writers bring them both back for at least one more episode, so that they can get a *proper* send-off...but on the other hand, I don't want these two characters brought back simply to be killed off. They deserve better than that, writers!).
Ellen's reunion with the boys was a long time coming, and what a great reunion it was (holy water to the face, a hug and a slap - that's our Ellen). It was kind of curious that Ellen left Sam out of all of these and focused more on Dean - but hey, maybe Jo told her mum what happened with Sam previously? Having said that, Sam and Ellen *did* get a moment to themselves, but it didn't really explore a whole lot. The main focus of this episode was Sam and Dean and what direction they're moving in after the events of last season. This episode did a good job of letting us see Sam's torment over what he did and how Dean's treating him now.
What was interesting at the start of the episode was Castiel informing Sam and Dean that he's been cut off from Heaven (having to resort to contacting them via phone), as well as the fact that he can only do some 'angel-y' stuff now (which doesn't include healing Bobby). Bobby's anger at Castiel for not being able to heal him was understandable. Speaking of Bobby, I would've liked to have known how he went from "Suck dirt and die, Rufus." in Season 4's 'When the Levee Breaks' to being back on speaking terms with Rufus in this episode. Meanwhile, Castiel's mission to "find God" is intriguing (as was his asking Dean for the amulet that Sam gave to him in the flashback from Season 3's 'A Very Supernatural Christmas'). Seems that amulet is more important than we ever thought.
This show's interpretation of War was a neat take on one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. It was an interesting portrayal and, hopefully, if we ever get to see the other three, they'll be equally as good. The problem with this episode was mainly that it didn't amount to very much. The people of a small town were being turned against one another, believing each other to be demons (when in fact there weren't any demons at all). While it certainly allowed for quite a few shootouts, it didn't actually prove to be that interesting (and was somewhat confusing in the beginning).
The best things to come out of this episode (aside from the great use of that song, as mentioned earlier) were the return of Jo and Ellen, as well as Sam's relationship with his brother changing/developing. They couldn't just keep having these same talks over and over every episode, so I think it's quite a welcome change to have them part ways at the end of this episode (they've done so before, after all, and we know it's not going to last, so really...there's no need to panic). There's only one small flaw with this plan, and that is...given what has been going on with Sam, and what he and Dean have been discussing for some time now...is it really so wise for Sam to be left on his own? Isn't putting a recovering demon blood-aholic out there on his lonesome going to cause MORE trouble, rather than lessen it? I'm not quite sure I see the logic in their plan...but whatever. It should make for some interesting viewing (to see how they manage, separated).
I just wish this episode had had more Jo and Ellen (and if this is their last episode - it was kind of a crappy end for their characters. Jo had much more of a meaningful send-off in Season 2, as did Ellen. On the one hand, I hope the writers bring them both back for at least one more episode, so that they can get a *proper* send-off...but on the other hand, I don't want these two characters brought back simply to be killed off. They deserve better than that, writers!).
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