"Cousin Oliver Syndrome" is the TV term for when a new, young character with an implausible backstory is haphazardly added to a long-running, successful show whose beloved leads *may be* starting to show signs of their age (like there's something wrong with that). The theory behind this forced addition is that this new, younger character should attract a new, younger audience and reinvigorate the show, but that doesn't happen often. Instead, historically the introduction of this new, ill-fitting character has signaled the show's demise (in other words, "Cousin Oliver Syndrome" is a specific form of jumping the shark). It is named for the character who was introduced in the final six episodes of "The Brady Bunch," but it definitely applies to what has happened to our beloved "Supernatural" over the last two seasons with the introduction of the Winchesters' pseudo little brother/foster son Bambi Boy Jack. With this episode, it has been made abundantly clear that Bambi (and to a lesser extent, the Lebanon-townie groupies as well) are SPN's "Cousin Oliver." Apparently, the show runners have sadly lost faith in Jensen and Jared to carry the show themselves and/or run out of ideas. Ironically, way back in Season 4, we had an actual episode titled "Jump the Shark," where the Winchester brothers met their REAL younger brother, Adam. With that very title choice, the show runners flat-out admitted that they knew adding a third, younger Winchester would "jump the shark." Too bad they didn't remember that during the two most recent seasons. And, on the topic of the old seasons...here's an interesting experiment: watch one of the new episodes, and then watch an old (Season 1-5) episode immediately after. Guaranteed, you will not feel like you are watching the same show. Even the lighting and music are different!