But if it’s going to be a case of the week, it shouldn’t be one that plods along and will eventually be forgotten. While I think the bigger story has felt rather lacking this season, not every episode has to be a larger mythology hour.

It is nice to get some opening up from a character that prefers to use jokes and one-liners in more serious situations. He’s certainly battling his inner demons, enhanced with the Mark of Cain situation, but he wants to live just a little more deeply. Going from chatting about girls to suddenly getting serious about not wanting to die and still keep on fighting was good to hear. The best part of the hour had to be Dean’s confession. It also seems like with all this magic going around that that might be the one thing that can rid Dean of his Mark of Cain (which I thought would do something when the nun ghost had him pinned against the wall).Įven the case of the week left much to be desired, (Sam and Dean seemed not as hyped up for this case), and I think that the intercutting of Rowena and the ghosts tale really slowed everything down. A season finale showdown against Rowena isn’t the title fight I’m looking for, but it feels like that’s where we’re headed. He’s the King of Hell!Īnd no matter how powerful she claims she can become soon enough, she just hasn’t given off the presence of a big bad.

It’s disappointing Rowena has felt like such a squandered villain, and one that I have a hard time believing Crowley would put up with, even if she is his mother. Really? It just felt like such a forced way to push her story and presence towards the main characters after hanging out at Crowley’s for pretty much the entire season. Was it necessary to show so much backstory for the ghost? I just didn’t really care, and we kept going back to it even when I thought we were done.Īnd then there was the cutting away to Rowena torturing a coven member to learn that she needs to get at Sam and Dean because they happen to be at the one Men of Letters bunker that has what she wants.

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