Review: Supernatural Season 6, Episode 3: The Third Man
Yay!!! Cas is back! I missed him and his trench coat.
Despite the fact that he has no people skills and is constantly popping around in a dizzying fashion, Cas is a pretty lovable angel. Plus, I appreciate the “special bond” he has with Dean; someone has to be on Dean’s side now that Sam has decided to be annoyingly smug.
Anyway, Cas shows up in this episode because SOMEONE is stealing stuff from Heaven. Maybe they should install a security system or something. Sam and Dean call upon Cas while they are investigating a series of strange (and intensely gross) deaths; when Cas turns up, he tells them that the deaths are being caused by the Staff of Moses, which went missing after the boys stopped Armageddon. Together, they learn that the deaths are being caused by a little boy who is angry about his brother’s death; the boy traded his soul to an angel named Balthazar for the staff.
It turns out that Cas knows Balthazar, so they go after him. Other angels show up and try to jump Balthazar, resulting in quite the CONFLICT. Anyway, the upshot of all of this is that we learn that there’s a civil war going on in Heaven and that the angel Raphael is trying to start the Apocalypse again.
To be honest, I’m genuinely annoyed by all of this. I mean, come on! Can’t these angels take a hint? Don’t they know when they’re beaten? I seriously hope that we’re not going to spend season six trying to stop the Apocalypse again because that will be a snoozer.
I’m also not interested in a divine civil war. That sounds way too political for Supernatural.
All in all, I wasn’t very interested in the plot of this episode. I don’t mind Sam and Dean tracking down stolen heavenly artifacts now and then, but I hope they don’t make a habit of it! It’s going to be boring if that’s the whole season.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, I wasn’t a huge fan of this episode. The best part was getting to see Castiel again (and hearing about his profound bond with Dean).
Rating: 7/10
Despite the fact that he has no people skills and is constantly popping around in a dizzying fashion, Cas is a pretty lovable angel. Plus, I appreciate the “special bond” he has with Dean; someone has to be on Dean’s side now that Sam has decided to be annoyingly smug.
Anyway, Cas shows up in this episode because SOMEONE is stealing stuff from Heaven. Maybe they should install a security system or something. Sam and Dean call upon Cas while they are investigating a series of strange (and intensely gross) deaths; when Cas turns up, he tells them that the deaths are being caused by the Staff of Moses, which went missing after the boys stopped Armageddon. Together, they learn that the deaths are being caused by a little boy who is angry about his brother’s death; the boy traded his soul to an angel named Balthazar for the staff.
It turns out that Cas knows Balthazar, so they go after him. Other angels show up and try to jump Balthazar, resulting in quite the CONFLICT. Anyway, the upshot of all of this is that we learn that there’s a civil war going on in Heaven and that the angel Raphael is trying to start the Apocalypse again.
To be honest, I’m genuinely annoyed by all of this. I mean, come on! Can’t these angels take a hint? Don’t they know when they’re beaten? I seriously hope that we’re not going to spend season six trying to stop the Apocalypse again because that will be a snoozer.
I’m also not interested in a divine civil war. That sounds way too political for Supernatural.
All in all, I wasn’t very interested in the plot of this episode. I don’t mind Sam and Dean tracking down stolen heavenly artifacts now and then, but I hope they don’t make a habit of it! It’s going to be boring if that’s the whole season.
Anyway, as you can probably tell, I wasn’t a huge fan of this episode. The best part was getting to see Castiel again (and hearing about his profound bond with Dean).
Rating: 7/10
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