Supernatural (TV Series) Paint It Black (2015) User Reviews

Hobbled by a bad script.

[CubsandCulture · 6/10 · 5 October 2020]

The show doesn't do Catholic iconography all that much but the few times it does the director(s) usually get the most of it. That's true here. The story works much better than it has any right too because of the mood the nuns, priests and church brings to it. The script is among the worst of the later seasons It is built on coincidence, has baffling character motivations (why did the nun lie to Dean?) and overstuffed with exposition. Worst of all Sam and Dean feel like guest stars in this episode because there's no time in the script for the brotherly melodrama.

Good tho slow paced

[shwetafabm · 7/10 · 3 July 2020]

I thought the end was good. As much as i love witches and love the idea of spn bringing in witches as more prominent characters its such a departure from what this show used to be to give us so much screentime to a minor character that gets some relevant info. I like Rowena but i think just her without Crowley isn't working at this point.

Brad and Eugenie Continue To Destroy SPN with Terrible Writing

[bmacoms1 · 1/10 · 28 March 2015]

Would someone kill Rowena already. She is the worst, most annoying, and completely worthless, from a plot perspective, character to ever be introduced into the show. I hate every scene that she is in and just listening to her whining is more than I can take. Crowley and Castiel are brought on as season regulars and their characters and roles have been so diminished that I don' even recognize them anymore. Crowley is now a meek mama's boy hiding out in a warehouse that is supposed to be hell but isn't scary enough to make it at a Halloween carnival. The demons are no longer scary and are utterly laughable and just dumb. Sam and Dean - who are they now? I'm so tired of the 3 years of Carver induced tearing the boys further and further apart and so changing their characters that I don't even connect with them anymore. Eugenie and Brad are the worst writers on the show and if Eugenie were not married to Robert Singer I doubt she would even be working on the show - please get rid of these two as "Paint it Black" is a perfect example that they do more to destroy the show than anything else. "Paint it Black" was the straw the broke the camel's back for me. I have been struggling with Season 10 - there have been a few good episodes but there is no structure to the season the arc seems barely present - episodes seem to ramble and are just presentations of the writers POV that don't tie together in a way that creates a season. Season 10 is completely disjointed - is the MOC important or is it a parlor trick? Did they turn Dean into a demon just for a "wow" effect and then didn't have a plan or know what to do with his character? It seems pretty obvious the writers wrote themselves into a corner and they keep getting deeper and deeper in this abyss where they have completely lost perspective on the show, canon, characters, flow, etc. Carver needs to go - I'm sorry but I am so depressed over this season I don't watch the show live anymore - I sometimes forget it was even on. I used to LIVE to watch SPN live. I watch it on DVR or HULU and after "Paint it Black" I'm not sure I even want to watch it at all anymore. Why is this happening? Is the show pushing ahead just to make money with little or no regard to the fans who have supported the show for a decade? I feel like I am losing an old friend - like the show is dying. I'm beside myself and I am powerless to do anything but express my feelings on boards like this and hope something will change. After the mid-season round-table where prominent bloggers gave feedback on the show which was less than positive to be kind I thought that might be a wake up call to Carver but apparently he didn't listen or didn't care. Carver's legacy at SPN may well be that he is the man that killed the show that no one thought would ever die.