The Man Who Would Be King
- Episode aired May 6, 2011
- TV-14
- 1h
IMDb RATING
8.9/10
4.9K
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Castiel tells his story in his own words and confesses to some interesting choices.Castiel tells his story in his own words and confesses to some interesting choices.Castiel tells his story in his own words and confesses to some interesting choices.
Mark Sheppard
- Crowley
- (as Mark A. Sheppard)
Peter Brown
- Dead Man
- (uncredited)
Kurt Fuller
- Zachariah
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Cindy Sampson
- Lisa Braeden
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Dispatcher, who is Bobby Singer's demon counterpart, is named Ellsworth. Ellsworth was also the name of Jim Beaver's (Bobby) character in the TV Series Deadwood (2004). A nice bit of symmetry.
- GoofsOnce again everyone seems to conveniently forget that Castiel did not need to go to the trouble of finding and burning Crowley's bones in order to kill him. While it is the only way for any normal human (who doesn't have an angel blade, the demon blade or the Colt) to kill a demon, angels can kill a demon using their blade, or by smiting them if they are a Cherub with access to the power of heaven or are a powerful Seraph like Castiel is. It did not make any sense for Castiel to need to burn Crowley's bones to kill him, he could have either stabbed him with his blade or smite him. The fact that he went to the trouble of putting on such an elaborate and unnecessary display should have made them suspicious from the start.
- ConnectionsEdited from Intolerance (1916)
Featured review
Excellent on its own, corrects for a lot of problems in the season
This largely exists to reshape the heaven storyline in the season to have it make sense. It largely tracks with prior episodes and it does a great job of giving the need weight to the heaven side of the season. Unfortunately, the prior material is so misshapen that there was only so much that can be done with an episode. It is never made clear why Raphael wants to open the cage and that idea is really central to much of what happens in the season. This episode only fills in so many holes.
On its own through it is meditative and thoughtful episode. The show likes to play around with fatalism vs free will and this is a built around exploring what choice means. It is a surprisingly classy and thoughtful episode in that regard. I also think Crowley's reworking of hell is quite on point.
On its own through it is meditative and thoughtful episode. The show likes to play around with fatalism vs free will and this is a built around exploring what choice means. It is a surprisingly classy and thoughtful episode in that regard. I also think Crowley's reworking of hell is quite on point.
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- CubsandCulture
- Apr 9, 2020
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