Talk about an intense start to the episode! A little stigmata and screaming in tongues in the middle of a church from a woman who screams “I belong to a cult.” That’s one way to distract from the fact that their mom left. It didn’t take long to figure out she wasn’t speaking in tongues, but was instead speaking Aramaic. She was saying something along the lines of, “Save me, Oh God.” That doesn’t sound good… The fact that her brain was also turned to mush doesn’t seem too good either. They discovered Olivia the victim, worked for Child Protective Services. One doesn’t make too many friends in that line of work, so that didn’t really narrow it down. Olivia’s office was now home to a witch, so of course the guys didn’t rule her out of their suspect list either. After dealing with Rowena, I can’t blame them for their lack of trust with witches.
It didn’t take long for whatever this invisible force was to take a second victim, this time a male working at a store. And it seems there was a connection to Olivia. The guy had delivered groceries to a very religious, cult-like family Olivia had a case on: The Peterson’s. They seem nice enough, but the people with the most to hide will often put on the best disguise. And I have to say, the mother creeped me out by the way she spoke about herself and her family in third person. She seems so disconnected and un-phased by death, instead hiding behind the idea that it’s all God’s plan. Not even the death of her own daughter, Magda, phased her. And that could be because, as we quickly learned, she wasn’t dead. We see her laying on the ground in what we can only assume is a basement in front of an altar adorned with a thorned cross and candles. She’s bare backed, with what looked like whip marks.
This poor woman’s crazy mother has her whipping herself for her sins. She thinks pain purges sin… that’s intense. She’s convinced her daughter has released the devil and was responsible for the deaths of the delivery boy and Olivia. Of course Sam makes the discovery on his own, and he was caught by the brother and father shortly after. Can he have one episode where he isn’t captured or tortured by something? He’s lucky that Dean was on the phone when the capture took place. With Castiel working with Crowley and their mom wherever she took off to, they’re on their own.
I think it’s quite funny that the Peterson’s would put Sam in the basement with Magda. He did after all declare to her brother that he could help her. She confides in him that she thinks she is the devil. She doesn’t understand that she’s psychic. In an attempt to get help for herself she killed the delivery boy and Olivia. It’s quite sad, really. All she wanted was to reach them somehow so she could be free. She had no control of her gift, and if she was shown how to control it she could be happy.
But her crazy mother had other ideas. She laced their dinner with rat poison, which was nice of her. The first victim was the father, who succumbed quite quickly to the poison exposing the mother’s plan. She wanted them all to go to Heaven together. And when Magda tried to save her brother, her mother stabbed him. How cold hearted! I agree with Magda, her mother is closer to being the devil than she is. The Winchester’s should thank their lucky stars the only worry they have about their mother right now is not knowing where she is. At least she isn’t a homicidal creep like Magda’s mom.
Something tells me this won’t be the last time we hear from the witch that works at the CPS office. And can we talk about the creep on the motorcycle, Mr.Ketch? Was it really necessary to kill Magda? I understand the threat of someone who can’t control their powers, but come on. Not cool. I just hope that it was really Mary who texted Dean back at the end of the episode and this Mr.Ketch guy doesn’t have her somewhere. I guess we will have to wait to find out.
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 http://www.youtube.com/c/tiedyesmurf