It wouldn’t be a season finale for Supernatural without “Carry On Wayward Son” playing through the intro, glossing over the big events from the entire season to lead to the opener. We come back right where the last episode left off. Dean is practically foaming at the mouth after attacking Gadreel and must be restrained to keep from killing the turncoat angel. Dean calls on Crowley, and they share a lightly amusing moment at a diner. Crowley appears like he needs a buddy to talk to, mentioning he kicked the human blood habit. Dean and Crowley almost look like friends in this scene. Yeah, there’s still that distance between them, but Crowley would never have shared anything personal with a Winchester before. They discover that Metatron now walks the streets as “Marv,” a homeless messiah performing miracles. What he accomplishes is inciting a crowd to kill one of the good angels who calls him out as a fraud. Despite the uber-creepiness of his influence on these new followers, Metatron doesn’t get very far with his quest to become God. The lighting of the building where Dean faces down Metatron deserves mention. Shallow, flat lighting hits Dean’s face and emphasizes his change in personality. The building is steamy inside and glowing red, reminiscent of hellfire. There were a few things I wanted resolved by this episode that weren’t. Why is Castiel suddenly a pop-culture nerd? For cheap jokes? Will Crowley’s human blood addiction have any bearing on his character next season? And just for this episode in general: Why did Gadreel ‘splode himself if the angel Hannah was clearly unlocking his cell door? Was his character that disposable that he couldn’t just threaten to kill himself, wait for Hannah the Angel to open the door, and carry on saving the day? What they finally did different though was enough to make me sit through the rest of the commercial break in a daze. Crowley enters Dean’s room, talking to his lifeless body like an old friend, and he reveals that what Dean is feeling is not death. And that’s when Dean’s eyes snap open, demon-black. Holy crap. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter for all news updates related to the world of geek. And Google+, if that’s your thing!
