Review: Supernatural Season 9, Episode 17: Mother's Little Helper
This episode was actually, legitimately scary! It was kind of surprising to me because we haven’t seen a truly frightening episode of Supernatural since season one or two. These days, the show is mostly about celestial politics and deciphering prophecies, which is interesting but not as visceral as earlier seasons. So, bring on the black demon eyes, the random murder, and the sinister messages written in blood! We could all use a good scare.
Seriously though, this episode was pretty creepy! Any time you’re dealing with demon nuns in a creepy, abandoned building, scary is a matter of course. I commend the writers of this episode for concocting the perfect blend of horror plot elements.
Anyway. Setting the atmosphere of this episode aside, we did learn some important things about the major plots of this season. First of all, we learn how Abaddon came to earth and became involved with the Men of Letters. We also learn that Abaddon is creating her own army through soul theft. I mean, who knew that that was even possible? Decent demons like Crowley would never come up with such a nightmarish idea.
I have to say that I don’t blame Julia for not warning Henry that Abaddon was hiding in Josie’s body. But, wasn’t it freaky to see Abaddon looking out of Josie’s eyes in that nun’s habit? It gave me the heebie jeebies! Seriously though, I don’t know if the Men of Letters could have done anything about Abaddon even if they knew she was around. The Knights of Hell are pretty much indestructible, and they would have had to kill Josie’s body in the process.
Speaking of Josie, let’s take a minute to appreciate the sacrifice that she made for Henry Winchester. That was a noble thing to do, and she didn’t deserve to die being possessed by a Knight of Hell (I’m assuming that Josie no longer exists inside Abaddon, but I could be wrong about that).
This episode also dealt with Dean’s issues with bearing the Mark of Cain. Dean is clearly carrying a heavy emotional and psychological load, and he’s struggling with that, so much so that he’s stalling from killing Abaddon. I have no idea what the Mark is doing to him, but it’s clearly nothing good.
Also, I love how Sam said that he doesn’t want to be Dean’s brother, but now he’s all concerned about him and is acting brotherly. Make up your mind, Sam!
Rating: 8/10
Seriously though, this episode was pretty creepy! Any time you’re dealing with demon nuns in a creepy, abandoned building, scary is a matter of course. I commend the writers of this episode for concocting the perfect blend of horror plot elements.
Anyway. Setting the atmosphere of this episode aside, we did learn some important things about the major plots of this season. First of all, we learn how Abaddon came to earth and became involved with the Men of Letters. We also learn that Abaddon is creating her own army through soul theft. I mean, who knew that that was even possible? Decent demons like Crowley would never come up with such a nightmarish idea.
I have to say that I don’t blame Julia for not warning Henry that Abaddon was hiding in Josie’s body. But, wasn’t it freaky to see Abaddon looking out of Josie’s eyes in that nun’s habit? It gave me the heebie jeebies! Seriously though, I don’t know if the Men of Letters could have done anything about Abaddon even if they knew she was around. The Knights of Hell are pretty much indestructible, and they would have had to kill Josie’s body in the process.
Speaking of Josie, let’s take a minute to appreciate the sacrifice that she made for Henry Winchester. That was a noble thing to do, and she didn’t deserve to die being possessed by a Knight of Hell (I’m assuming that Josie no longer exists inside Abaddon, but I could be wrong about that).
This episode also dealt with Dean’s issues with bearing the Mark of Cain. Dean is clearly carrying a heavy emotional and psychological load, and he’s struggling with that, so much so that he’s stalling from killing Abaddon. I have no idea what the Mark is doing to him, but it’s clearly nothing good.
Also, I love how Sam said that he doesn’t want to be Dean’s brother, but now he’s all concerned about him and is acting brotherly. Make up your mind, Sam!
Rating: 8/10
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