Supernatural (TV Series) The Devil in the Details (2016) User Reviews

Amazing episode of a great season so far

[lamhoangnb-0902 · 10/10 · 23 January 2016]

First of all, I can't believe we can have such awesome plot in the eleventh season of a show! Great job, writers and directors.

This episode has everything a SPN fan would expect: Solid plot development; humor factors even from the darkest time, social media referrals, hot chick, hot-nerdy chick, and most of all, the awesome acting, especially from Misha. I really look forward to seeing his performance in the future. Though it still seems a little pushed in the conversation between Sam and Lucifer, everyone was so convincing with their roles.

There will be major changes in the following episodes and I think they're much needed to breathe new life into the show.

All in all, this is a 10-star quality episode no doubt, worths every minute of waiting from the mid-season break.

There is just 1 thing bugs me.I just hope the cast will stay the same because they're like family to us.

Supernatural is back.......

[ajs1997 · 9/10 · 20 January 2016]

And it is still going strong. This episode picks up right where the last one left off with some great scenes between Sam and Lucifer. All of these scenes are Lucifer trying to get Sam to say yes and these two still work well together. Mark and Jared have always been really great on screen together and this episode was no different.

During this, we see Dean trying to make sure that The Darkness was killed in the angel smiting. He is not able to find out, however, since he learns that Sam is trapped in Hell. In true Dean form, he goes after Sammy.

If you want a lot of action in this episode, there is not very much. This episode hits a lot on the emotional aspect of all the characters and what they have to do to get the job done.

Overall, this episode is a great way to start the season back up again after the break. It also gives you an ending that you may love or enjoy. The actors are still spot on in the roles that they have, with some doing new ones.

Great way to start the rest of the season. 9/10

Superb episodes like this have kept me watching.

[mann0802 · 9/10 · 21 January 2016]

Supernatural came back swinging in its midseason premiere in a season which has potentially been its strongest since Season 5, at least thus far. Plenty to talk about here.

The main focus of this episode was Sam and his always interesting interactions with Lucifer. Lucifer brought up a lot of points and plots that fans and critics alike have been complaining about for a while. A good way for the writers to wink at the audience that not every plot has been a gem in recent years. That abomination of a storyline from Season 8 involving Amelia is brought up. Lucifer summed it up best by telling Sam, "this is the worst thing you have ever done." In a long list of poor decisions, that one's up there for sure.

Lucifer's other big point to Sam is that the brothers' actions involving the mark were not heroic. Lucifer tells Sam that he knew bad things would happen and innocent people would suffer, but that Sam chose to do it regardless. This is a point that should really be mentioned more and at least this season seems to be tackling the issue. In earlier seasons, Sam and Dean were pretty obvious heroes. In more recent years, certain actions have been questionable. Their utter devotion to one another and their inability to let either go has led to the deaths of many. Releasing the Darkness on the world is their fault and props for the show for stating that multiple times more or less this season.

The other happenings in this episode involve Dean obviously attempting to save Dean. It is obligatory at this point because it goes back to the brothers not being the best at letting go. Dean also needs Crowley and Rowena's help. Castiel also had his work cut out for him in his attempt to locate Amara along with the help of a fellow angel who just so happens to have the largest and most interesting pair of glasses I have ever seen. Luckily for us the audience, nothing went as expected. More on that later.

Not that the other things are not interesting, but this episode is truly a showcase for Pellegrino's Lucifer. Pellegrino's ability to blend menace along with humor has always been magic on the screen whenever he has showed up over the years. He truly is a talented actor and his take on Lucifer is one of my favorite TV villains period. He had a number of great lines this episode that involved making fun of Sam, breaking necks, mocking Michael, and poking fun at the new Lucifer series that is starting on FOX. This may have been the most screen time he ever got in a single episode ever and that is a great thing.

This babbling has persisted long enough, but that ending needs to be addressed. Many people seemed worried this Lucifer debacle would be wrapped up very quickly like Demon Dean and God Cas were. Luckily that seems to not be the case and the actual result was potentially predictable to some, especially if one watched the promos leading into this episode. Never the less, this is the best material Misha Collins has had to work with in a while. Many fans have complained about his lack of screen time lately and he has really not had much to do for some time. Castiel watching Netflix was only amusing for so long. Well Misha now gets to give his take on Lucifer, or as he is already being coined...Casifer. That creative name was surely created in some preexisting piece of fanfiction.

How Misha will compare to Mark remains to be seen, but so far so good. Despite what he did to Rowena in a very gruesome death scene for this show, I'm not sure Misha will possess the same level of menace that Mark has. Time will tell. Seeing an actor tackle a dual role can be endlessly entertaining and really highlight the depth of their acting. Look no further than some of the dual roles found within Whedon's Buffyverse. That is also my poor attempt to subtlety recommend Buffy/Angel to Supernatural lovers.

Overall Supernatural came back quite strong and shows great promise for the episodes to come. For those of us who have been watching for 10.5 seasons, we are witnessing a show that is very much alive once more.

9/10

One of the best episodes of the 11th Season, yet

[villa-fabio00 · 10/10 · 22 January 2016]

Once again we see Sam caged with Lucifer who's try to convince Sam to say "Yes" to the devil with a few flashbacks. Personally I loved the first one because there's young Sam and I can't resist to Colin Ford. In the middle of the time Crowley informs Dean that Sam is in cage with Lucifer. So he goes in hell to try to save him and we discover that Rowena betrayed everyone and works for Lucifer. Rowena, forced by "The "Team" resends Lucifer to hell. But as we know at the end of the episode, Castiel is now Lucifer. This is one of the episode where we finally see the Winchesters Brothers fighting the darkness, a problem outside the two brothers, that doesn't involve Dean to became a Demon or Sam to lost his soul!

I hope Supernatural will produce more episodes lithe this!

The flame is rising

[t-sai771 · 8/10 · 24 January 2016]

I enjoyed this episode because I love how the writers portrayed Lucifer on this show and I enjoy the actor who portrayed him (Mark Pellegrino). I didn't give it a 10 because the final imitation of Misha on Lucifer didn't feel authentic enough to truly be the Prince of Darkness. But I'll give Misha a couple of episodes to ease into it.

This episode was funny, witty, and brutal. It always is when Lucifer is in town. To be honest, the only reason I'm giving this a 8 is because of the subtle joke they managed to put into Lucifer's script.

If you haven't heard, there is a show about Lucifer (which the show is named) who is residing in Los Angeles and is helping a cop solve crime. I'm not sure if a lot of Supernatural fans know about it, but if they did they would have gotten a hardy laugh as I did when old Lucy said that.

Sam: "Well let's say you gank her. Then what?"

Lucifer: "I move to L.A., solve crimes?"

Bravo writers, bravo. For your writing I give a 10. For the episode, an 8.

Just when you think Castiel can't get any more stupid...

[readonly-26204 · 8/10 · 23 January 2021]

I am so frustrated and tired of Castiel making HUGE stupid mistakes over and over again. I started off liking Castiel when he was a badass but then each season he gets weaker and more clownish. This episode is a perfect example of it.

Very Good

[wolfordcheyenne · 9/10 · 22 August 2020]

This was a good episode. I like Rowena, but she made the stupidest decision ever. Of course Lucifer wasn't going to let her live. The guy who plays the devil is great and it was nice to see Billie again. Also Cass meets Amara and says yes to Lucifer. I wasn't expecting that. I wonder how that's going to play out.

Women characters deserve better than this.

[CubsandCulture · 7/10 · 14 October 2020]

This episode along with the one prior to it re-introduce Lucifer as a element of the series. They eventually put that to get use but the actual plotting around the development feels forced, strained. It ends up feeling like fan service and the writers cheating; Cas' actions in this episode are puzzling in context. I did really like the trip down memory lane with Sam but all the steam has left the series.

But by far my biggest problem in this episode is Rowena is once again a woman character that is reduced down to a mere plot device. She literally loses all of her agency in this episode and the way it happens is gross in context as Supernatural has struggled for a decade with women characters. The character deserved better than this.

Lame

[Aries_Primal · 1/10 · 23 October 2023]

This show got so worn out that now we have Winchesters fighting Lucifer in his own cage. We never got the explanation how Sam would save the world from Darkness putting his pretty ass in there in a first place, but anyway.

Lucifer is disgusting, lazy and fat and no thank you. Cas playing him was the worst idea. I literally screamed how stupid Cas would be to take that deal. Like, everything was fine and out of nowhere that happened.

About Rowena, they trapped her too easy out of nowhere, too predictable. And she isn't dead of course, but who cares.

So terrible episode. Starting with Dean vomiting, following with Sam being awesome for a while, ending with Cas being stupid as a toddler someone offered a candy. You are wasting people's time with this, a lifetime that won't be back!

Seriously

[shwetafabm · 6/10 · 4 July 2020]

How many times are we going to see the dumbest and most senseless decisions be made by this one person... Besides that too i found it a drag. I like Lucifer but i didn't care for this. And the sparing my lord, the senseless sparing by villains.