By Kaylynn Kasandra
So I suppose you could say this episode was a nice fluffy bit to fill out the season. There was murder yes, but not too much to add to the season’s main plot. We saw a few familiar faces, one being a semi-regular, Jodi. Jodi joins in when Sam decides he doesn’t want to help out with the case brought to them by old friend, Missouri. It’s clear there is still a lot of tension between the brothers over Sam’s affections towards Jack. With Sam choosing Jack over Jodi in Dean’s eyes, it didn’t seem like it would be easing anytime soon either.
Dean makes his way to Jodi’s side to help with a Wrath case. Missouri’s protégé had been targeted just for being psychic and the Wrath didn’t want to stop with her. Missouri gets a vision that her son and granddaughter were also going to be targeted and she begs Dean to go to them and save them. That wasn't the only vision she had… she knew the Wrath was coming for her and she bravely took her fate.
Meanwhile Sam was trying to work with Jack on controlling his powers. Unfortunately for Sam he wasn’t aware of the threats Dean had made against Jack previously. And Jack was obviously dwelling on it even after seeing the footage his mom left for him. Sam and Jack seem to have more and more in common the more we see Jack. Jack is just as emotionally impulsive and obscenely sensitive as Sam has been in the past. And given his powers, I have to say I am still with Dean with thinking this is a dangerous combination. Even Jack isn’t sure if he is evil, but I must say knowing he has a connection to wherever Castiel is is a good thing in my book. I am just happy my favorite angel isn’t dead regardless of the Game of Thrones style fire they made with his body a few episodes back. And honestly, this was the highlight of this episode for me.
I didn’t really feel like the whole psychic brain eating Wrath thing was too exciting. I’m not sure if it was the actor who played the Wrath who I didn’t connect to or if it was idea as a whole. I did however think it was nice to see Jodi reach out to Patience after they had killed the Wrath. She has a soft spot for teen girls in need. And Patience not being able to allow her psychic skills to develop under her father’s rule draws Jodi to help.
Speaking of help, we see Sam being called out by Dean for his real motivations behind helping Jack. Dean seems to think he only wants to help Jack for what he can do for them. And for his hope of being an “interdimensional can opener” of sorts. Dean expresses his anger over the loss of Castiel once again, which was the catalyst for Jack finally reaching out to him. But it may have come a little too late, given Jack once again hears Dean express his disdain towards him.
I’m just hoping Dean doesn’t make Jack into the monster he fears him to be. I mean shoot, he’s an over emotional Nephilim! The last thing that needs to happen is for him to be in a constant state of anger or self-hatred. I guess we will have to just continue to see how this all plays out.