Fantastical Musings

The new boss is the same as the old boss, apparently.  Man, was this ever a tough episode to slog through. I mean, talk about demoralizing! I hope the whole season isn’t going to be like this because this episode was ROUGH on an emotional level.  First of all, I am both furious and concerned about Castiel. I mean, I know that Levithan said at the end that he was gone, but that can’t be true, right? Castiel can’t go out like that! If he is going to die, it should be more meaningful, not that horrible and disgusting death. All I can say is that they’d better find a way to fix Cas and bring him back, trenchcoat and all. On the other hand, I’m also FURIOUS with Cas. I mean, I’ve been angry with him for like half a season now, but now I’m really starting to lose my temper. HOW DID HE THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO TURN HIMSELF INTO GOD? Any idiot could have told him that that wasn’t going to work. Whenever someone tries to become all powerful in a TV show or movie, they immediately ...

Well! I think we had quite enough psychoanalysis, Freud type stuff for one episode in this finale. In all seriousness though, I thought the writers of this episode did a really good job exploring what was happening with Sam’s psyche in this episode, which was certainly the most interesting part for me. Of course, it’s vital that Sam is able to reunite the two halves of his brain, and I’m glad he had the strength to do that. His journey with the ghost girl was a bit trippy, but I’ll forgive it because Sam confronting himself was a very powerful part of the episode. Sam plot aside, however, I was really disappointed in how Castiel chose to behave in this episode. First of all, killing Balthazar was WAY out of line. I wasn’t so bothered that he killed Raphael, but I am pre-tty concerned that Cas is now calling himself a god. Sounds like he’s getting a bit too big for his britches! Seriously though, Cas did scare me in this episode, and I’m really wondering what he’s going to become in the...

Wow, this episode really broke my heart. I’ve been critical of the writer’s during this season, but I have to hand it to them, I really felt this episode on a deep and authentic level. In case you need a reminder, in this episode Lisa and Ben are kidnapped by demons controlled by Crowley. Crowley tells the boys that he won’t release them until Sam and Dean back down and stop looking for Purgatory. Frankly, I’m amazed that Crowley thought this would work. I imagine he knows the boys well enough by now to understand that they don’t quit that easy. But, maybe he just wanted to play with them. Anyway, Sam and Dean arrive and discover that a demon has taken up residence inside Lisa. They manage to exorcise her, but not before she seriously injures Lisa’s body. They manage to rush her to the hospital, and she survives, but Dean decides that he must ask Castiel to remove her memories of him, as knowing him has brought her so much sorrow. The fact that Dean had to make the choice to have Lisa ...

Now that was an interesting episode. Interesting, but also kind of sad. In case you need a recap, in this episode Castiel explains to the viewers (under the pretext of talking to God) that he’s working with Crowley in order to open purgatory. This was hinted at in the previous episode, but now we have confirmation. Castiel reveals that he was forced into a heavenly battle with Raphael after the non-Apocalypse; when he found himself losing the battle, Castiel discovered that he needed more souls and went to Crowley for help. Crowley and Castiel planned to open the gates of purgatory in order to use the monster souls that are stored there. Thus, Castiel finds himself in a situation where he must constantly betray the Winchesters in order to defeat Raphael. I can summarize this entire plot line in one phrase: the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. I think it’s the first time we’ve ever seen an entire episode from Castiel’s perspective, and you have to admit that it puts a differe...

So, is that it for the Mother of Monsters? If she’s actually dead, I have to say that it’s a rather disappointing end for her character. I mean, she was on the show for what, seven episodes? I don’t want to be judgemental, but that’s a pretty pathetic showing from someone who is supposed to be a major villain. Like, if the Winchesters got rid of all their enemies that way, it wouldn’t be a very interesting show, now would it? I actually think killing the Mother of Monsters so easily is a pretty major failing in the plot of this season (no wonder this season isn’t very well liked among fans!). With Eve dispatched so easily, the overarching plot of the season is a bit murky. Like, what has been the point of all of this? In case you need a recap, in this episode the Mother of Monsters creates a new breed of creatures and sets them loose on a town. Sam and Dean arrive to deal with the situation and learn that Eve (the Mother of Monsters) has come to Earth because Crowley is killing her chi...

Okay, so this was a FUN episode. Seriously though, I was all about Dean in those super tacky cowboy clothes. It was a fashion disaster, but in a fun way. So, in case you need a recap, in this episode Sam and Dean discover a way to defeat the mother of all while reading a journal from the Campbell family library. They learn that the ashes of a phoenix can burn the Mother. Of course, the next problem is that they don’t know where to find a phoenix. Fortunately, they find a mention of a phoenix in the journal of Samuel Colt, and Cas is able to send them back in time to retrieve the creature. They arrive in a stereotypical, old-West town, where they learn that the phoenix is a person and he is a fugitive from the law (although, it seems like he was kind of framed for his crime). Various twists and turns take place, ending with Dean killing the phoenix in a Western style shoot-out. Unfortunately, Dean isn’t able to get the ashes before Cas brings them back to the future. Samuel Colt, howeve...

So, this episode was kind of a weird one. In case you need a recap, in this episode Sam and Dean investigate a string of suspicious deaths. They learn that all the dead people are descendants of men and women who survived the sinking of the Titanic when they shouldn’t have. They survived because the Titanic didn’t sink. Of course, Sam and Dean don’t immediately recognize that this has happened because they don’t know that the Titanic should have sunk (this is why time travel episodes always give me headaches). The non-sinking of the Titanic also means that Ellen and Jo are still alive, which is utterly HEARTBREAKING. With Castiel’s help, Sam and Dean learn that the Titanic descendants are being killed by Fate and that the angel Balthazar un-sank the Titanic because he didn’t like the movie and he wasn’t a fan of the song “My Heart Will Go On.” (To be fair, the whole thing is kind of melodramatic.) In any case, Cas forces Balthazar to put everything back to normal, and all the people wh...