Supernatural Season 12 Episode 20
We’re gearing up for the season finale by revisiting a couple of characters from episode six this season: Alicia and Max Bane, the twin siblings from the hunter-heavy episode “Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox.” Supernatural does like the occasional random-character-name episode, doesn’t it? Our villain in this episode was a twist on the classic witch I’m glad she wasn’t like the average witch on Supernatural. We can’t keep getting repeats of villains like werewolves, vampires, witches, and shifters without there being some unique angles thrown in to keep us on our toes. We’re twelve seasons in here, people. Variety is the spice of life. The villain, “Demon Borrower Witch” as she is called on IMDB, uses her power in a unique way, delaying her own ride to hell with a complicated borrowing ritual that rips the hearts and memories of her victims and places them in Blair Witch-esque twig puppets. Mad props to the sound department and Foley artists for the bone jarring crunching and cracking sounds produced by these puppets. I will hear that in my nightmares for sure. The moral dilemma presented at the end of the episode, when Max needs to make a soul-selling decision, reflects the impulse decisions Sam and Dean have made to save each other, time and time again. Max, however, isn’t lucky enough to be the main character of a TV show. His decision could have lasting consequences.
