Supernatural Season 11 Episode 18
“Back to square one” must be a favorite phrase of the writers. The Winchesters make major headway in their plans to defeat Amara, only to have it all taken away in an instant. Rowena, surprise-surprise, returned this episode. She was pretty obviously dead when Lucifer killed her for the hell of it. Bad choice of words. Anyway, Rowena explains to Amara how she retconned her way back to life. Something about a spell hidden in her leg… I dunno. It wasn’t teased before and felt really last minute, like the writers had written themselves into a corner and needed a way to bring Rowena back. I rolled my eyes at Rowena’s resurrection, but was at least amused by her buddying up to the Darkness like a leech. Lucifer is also playing the odds on both sides. Three sides if you count his own. When he approached the angels in heaven, it was like a new CEO greeting a nervous boardroom. He even reinforced this imagery when the angels leave and he tells one hesitant angel, “He who hesitates, disintegrates!” mocking a motivational boss speech. The new boss in the company imagery worked well, since Heaven for the angels has always been depicted like a snooty corporation, complete with idiotic corporate structure. If Luci gets the chance, will he attempt a hostile takeover, or have the angels been cowed enough by his eagerness to explode them? I wish there had been more time to expand upon the Castiel/Lucifer/Crowley trifecta inside the same vessel. That could have been an episode in itself. I feel a missed opportunity. Imagine the bickering. The battle of titans. The hilarious moments of Crowley desperately trying to get Castiel to stop watching re-runs and contribute to the fight. It should be interesting, folks.
