By Kaylynn Kasandra
It seems as though the trend of this season is to dribble a few fluffy cases into the episodes as background to the real issues. Which to be honest, make sense. It would get a little redundant to constantly have crazy action or emo Dean and Sam. So, I won’t even hate on that part. I just wish the cases were a little more attention grabbing. For some reason in this episode I felt like it was stale. Another ghost case involving some old guy, (in this case an old doctor from the time of the plague) and not really anytime to feel connected to those involved in the case. Thus explaining why I didn’t really seem to want to pay much mind to the case itself.
Honestly, I was waiting for the return of Castiel. I was hoping it would happen early on in the episode, but of course, it didn’t. But, that being said, we did get what we needed from this episode regardless. We see the dynamic between Sam and Dean flipped once again. In the start of the episode Sam is handling Dean like he’s going to break. And, I can’t blame him, because he did appear as though he might. Unfortunately for Sam, Dean saw right through him and knew he was playing favor to him. I guess offering to go to the strip club and being willing to leave Jack behind was the giveaway.
Once they were knee deep in trapped ghosts it became abundantly clear that Dean was far more broken than even he may have wanted to admit. After everything they have been through dying and coming to life and breaking cosmic promises, Dean was more than willing to do it all over again. He willingly died once again, and was met by an old foe. Billi, the once reaper, thought dead, is now Death. Snaps. It wasn’t looking too good for Dean given their history. But, despite herself, she needs him.
Dean just as surprisingly needed her too. In more ways than one. It was her pep talk that really opened him up to see his pain for what it was. I can’t be sure that he would have admitted how much he wanted to die otherwise. You could see his desperation and it was such a far cry from what Billi had seen from him in the past. The once fierce and cocky Dean was now sad and weakened. I could tell pretty early on in their conversation she wouldn’t keep him in a state of death, and he’d return to Earth. She knew that he has knowledge she needed, and keeping him alive, she may gain even more insight in the future.
Its seems like Jack may be a blind spot for Billi. She couldn’t see how they were able to gain access to other dimensions. Hopefully the guys see this as an advantage later on, because if the all seeing Death can’t see it, Lucifer probably can’t either. Speaking of, we still have no answers about Mary and Lucifer and what they’re up to. I have a feeling we may not for awhile either, they really want to drag that out. Time can only tell. I just find it annoying. We get this big cliffhanger with them being approached by the archangel Michael from that dimension, then radio silence. But hey, at least we got to see Castiel return at the end. Seeing Dean’s face was worth wading through the fluff. I can’t wait to see Jack’s reaction to Castiel and vice versa. I hope things pick up a little now that the band is back together.
Written by Kaylynn Kasandra. Awkward hippie who enjoys helping people, creating things, reading, sci-fi, fantasy, and Thor. Find more from her at kaylynnkasandra.com and
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