Supernatural - "Lily Sunder Has Some Regrets" - Season 12 Episode 10 Review

February 7, 2017

From the second the episode began I knew the woman playing the arcade game was an angel of some sort. And when the redhead came in yielding two angel swords, an eye patch, and a major attitude, I knew she had to be more than the average angel. The first angel, whom we learn is Benjamin, finds himself in a compromising position. Angel sword pressed against his heart, he calls out to the rest of the angels. And something says, this is just what this redhaired mystery vixen wants. But, it certainly didn’t save Benjamin.

With the way the last episode ended it was nice to see I wasn’t the only one bothered by Billie’s cosmic threat. Dean seemed just as concerned by her words. After all, considering all they have encountered, none of that has really been on the cosmic scale, regardless of how crazy. So who knows how much is at stake from Castiel’s latest uh-oh. But something tells me Castiel isn’t done making silly choices, after all, he is known for that. And when he is bummed out, his decision making skills tend to be even weaker. So it’s concerning to seeing him set out to find the cause of Benjamin’s call for help.

When the trio arrives at the scene of Benjamin’s demise, Castiel is over taken once again by emotion. He can’t seem to wrap his head around how this could have happened to such a strong soldier as Benjamin. And that’s when they find the angel sword, which further confuses them I am sure. What kind of angel would harm another? Though we have seen it before. Once Castiel holds the found sword he can tune into who it belongs to. A skill that would come in handy for lost objects you may find, but I guess that’s a skill left to the angels. Unfortunately, he wasn’t the only one to tune into energy, as our vixen also felt his energy.

Whoever this vixen is, Castiel feels the need to call on another old angel friend he fought under, Ishim. And it doesn’t seem Ishim is a real fan of Castiel. As we have heard before, he doesn’t agree with the sacrifices Castiel has chosen to make. Putting humans above his angel brethren doesn’t sit well with them. So when Dean storms into their meeting with Sam in tow, it again doesn’t look good for Castiel. But, he did warn them these angels don’t like humans. I guess Castiel isn’t the only one who makes selfish choices, is he Dean?

What looks even worse is when Ishim sends his lackey Mirabel out to see if Castiel brought along anyone else and turns up dead. Not cool, vixen lady, not cool. When Ishim finds Mirabel in the alley, our mystery vixen takes advantage and strikes. Luckily for him, Castiel was still around, and steps in. As Ishim is yelling for Cas to her, he tries to place her; he knows her somehow. This is where, as always, Sam and Dean step in to help out. Maybe this will change Ishim’s mind about humans? But I doubt it. This mystery woman tells Sam and Dean she doesn’t want to harm any human, she just wants to finish what she has started. This peaks my interest even more. Just who is she? And why does she want to smite all these angels so badly? She obviously has some deep grudge. Before we can get any answers, she blinds them with her bright light and takes off. Now that’s a cool party trick, am I right?

When we learn the story of where Ishim and Castiel knew this red-haired mystery woman, Lily, it makes sense. They were sent to kill her family, who wouldn’t want revenge? But if she had birthed a nephilim, how is it she had power now? And what is with the patch? I have so many questions watching this, I hope they all get answered. And then Ishim drops a bomb that answers my biggest question, the source of her power. She made a demonic pact; that is not good, at all. She is immune to angel power. They are indeed up for a fight. And moms will fight hard for their children, so I’m sure it’s going to get messy. I am surprised at the guys’ naive decision to confront Lily alone. Regardless of her declaration not to hurt humans, it’s still a reckless move. I was shocked by the bomb Lily dropped when they arrived. The nephilim that Cas, Ishim, and the other were sent to kill, wasn’t a nephilim after all. Lily’s daughter’s father wasn’t the angel Akobel as they had thought. So they had taken two innocent lives. Talk about depressing. If we thought Cas was in a bum mood before, wait until he hears the truth of his mission. Ishim had known the truth the entire time and had acted on jealousy. How messed up is that! I knew he was a grade A jerk, but holy moly, that’s so cold. Knowing this information puts Sam and Dean in a compromising position. Castiel was involved in some shady business, whether he was aware of it or not. He has risked everything to protect them in the past, are they going to have to do the same for him? Castiel being one of my favorites, I really hope Lily doesn’t have her mind set on killing him and keeps it to only Ishim. Again we find out another lie Ishim has told. Lily isn’t using dark magic, she is using angel magic. But with a price. With each spell, she sacrifices a piece of her soul. That’s deep.

And of course when Dean tells Cas the information he was given, Ishim overhears. Given the fact this jerk just got his power restored, this is not looking good. When a fight ensues between Ishim, Castiel, and Dean I wasn’t too surprised. But to see Lily show up with Sam… I wasn’t quite betting on that. But seeing he is the one she wants revenge on most, I shouldn’t have been too surprised. When Lily took her eye patch off I couldn’t help but think of X-Men’s Cyclops. But before this Sheclops could execute her revenge, Castiel steps in just as he had done with Billie. Has he not learned his lesson? I can’t imagine she will be too pleased; she sacrificed her soul and didn’t get to be the one to kill Ishim. Over one hundred years of imagining that moment, gone. Though, Castiel’s apology was spot on. I guess we will see if she accepts it. Something tells me we will see her again. I hope for one she comes as an ally, not a foe. Even after all this, Cas knows he still needs to hunt down Kelly and her devil spawn. That kid needs to be dealt with. Maybe he’s the cosmic consequence? I can’t wait to find out.

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The Path - "The Father and the Son" - Season 2 Episode 3 Review

February 7, 2017

We find our faithful followers at a meditation retreat of sorts as the episode starts. When we see Cal he is clearly still a hot mess. How people constantly ignore the warning signs with him will never cease to amaze me. He looks like a serial killer trying not to snap to me. Mary, of course wanting to show she embraced The Movement is the first to share with the rest of the followers during this meditation retreat. Will she also share about the affair she had with Cal and the possibility her child is his? Doubt it. But I’ll have to watch on to find out. She does talk about the pregnancy and fear she has associated to it, but not of being found out. She is scared of failing. With her background, I can’t say I wouldn’t be scared as well in her position. As the group is sending strength to the baby, the cops pull up to the gate outside the compound, and you can see Cal freaking out inside. Has he finally been figured out??

Agent Gaines and Mary are the only ones who seem to notice the cops and Cal’s reaction. As Cal is talking to the officers Sarah arrives back to the compound, clearly freaking out. She is the only one to know his secrets after all. She couldn’t hide her concern as she goes up to Cal to see what had been discussed. Little does she know her son and his new friend Noa are the reason for the visit, not her crazy friend Cal. Of course Cal tries to squeeze his way in when telling Sarah the news about Hawk and Noa’s indiscretion. He will use any opportunity to try to dig his claws into her, it’s so gross.

I was so happy to see Hawk going to visit his dad Eddie at the construction site he works at. If anyone understands him, it’s his dad. As I watch I am waiting, hoping he opens up to his dad about what happened to him during his retreat. Levitation doesn’t just happen to people on a regular basis, so he needs to tell someone and NOT CAL. When he tells his dad, I was so disappointed in Eddie’s reaction. For someone who has seen first-hand that magic exists, he sure is in denial. I fear that this is going to push Hawk further from his dad and closer to the creeps in the movement like Cal. If anyone can save these blind followers from themselves, I really believe it will be Hawk and Eddie. When Hawk says exactly what I feared, my heart drops. He refuses to see his dad now that he’s ascending the ladder knowing his father is a denier. I really hope this doesn’t last long. Hawk and Eddie are my two favorites!

After Hawk sees his father, Sarah takes him to the DeKaan’s. He has to apologize for throwing the rock through their window. I know he was the one who actually threw the rock, but I can’t help but wonder why Noa isn’t there as well. After all, she was with him. But, I digress. I will leave that question and continue to watch and see how this all unfolds. At first Ms.DeKaan comes across so sweet, but as with a lot of people with power, that was just to draw them in so she could get what she wants. She wants them to stop fighting for the water to be tested, and she claims it’s safe. She hands Sarah a stack of papers that is supposedly the results of the water being tested. But the look on Sarah’s face says she knows she is full of it.

When Agent Gaines sneaks away from The Movement to see his wife. It’s clear that once again, part of him is actually invested in the movement. As it seems the retreat really helped him work through some past issues. But his wife had some issues of her own to bring up, and I don’t blame her. With her leaving town to stay with her mom, I can only see Gaines falling into the movement even deeper.

Speaking of those falling in deeper, Hawk talking to Cal scares the heck out of me. Does it scare anyone else? And the fact Cal compares himself to Hawk, ew. It seriously gives me the creeps! Hawk as a pure spirit, and Cal is pure evil. No comparison there. And I was so freaking happy to see that Eddie saw this creep Cal moving in on his kid. He knows what’s up. Hopefully he can at least talk to Sarah and make sure Cal doesn’t get a chance to stick his Devil claw’s into Hawk. But, seeing as Sarah is a totally dummy when it comes to all things Cal, I doubt it. Eddie may be on his own fighting this evil jerk.

When Eddie jumped out of the car to confront Cal, I nearly cheered. I was on the edge of seat, there is so much at stake! And the way he checked Cal was perfect; state law overpowers anything the movement believes. But, when he told him he was going to murder Cal if he tried to take Hawk from him, I cringed. He all but put the idea into Cal’s head to kill Eddie. Great. At least two of the elders are catching on to Cal. FINALLY.

And I nearly dropped my drink when Mary told Sarah that the baby may not be her husband Sean’s. It’s about time that she told someone! But I can’t imagine she’ll tell Sarah it’s Cal’s. Maybe that will finally make Sarah not be blind to this creep? I guess we will see. But, Sarah kind of has her hands full at the moment. As does Eddie with Hawk wanting to go with him and Cal’s revenge lingering over him. His breakdown at the casino proved that. And holy moly, when Mary told Sean about the baby, I was shocked! I wasn’t sure she was going to. I can see this blowing up big time though. Just like I see this DeKaan water thing blowing up. And the ending, holy smokes! I bet that creep did something to one of Eddie’s drinks. I guess we will have to wait to see!

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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Supernatural - "First Blood" - Season 12 Episode 9 Review

January 27, 2017

With the Nephilim still on the loose and the boys in government custody, of course Castiel reaches out to Mary for help. But, to be honest, being in the government’s control, especially if they think you tried to kill the President of the United States would be scarier than most things they have encountered.

It doesn’t surprise me at all to see Dean doing the 1,000 mile stare, and not responding when the guy comes to intimidate him. Sam, however, looks scared, as he most always does. Let’s just hope this Mick Davis guy really has their back, and knows where they are. He seems to have a lot more resources than they do. But it seems, he is on a mission to talk to the American hunters to get them to unite with him, unsuccessfully. And of course as the days tick on for the guys in solitary, things are happening in the hunter world. Asa’s daughter called Dean’s cell to tell him about a pack of werewolves they encountered. Mary answers, and asks her location, but it doesn’t go much further. Castiel and Mary seem kind of useless pining for Sam and Dean.

When the guard brings Sam and Dean their chow and finds them unresponsive, I knew something was up. There is no way they’d off themselves, and no way that Billie would help bring them back if they really were goners. She has made it more than abundantly clear her stance on the dead staying dead. So as I sat waiting for the commercials to end and the answers to unfold, I hoped they were faking somehow. The mortician seems perplexed by them dying on the same day, the two jerks in charge of their keeping, not so much; they seem to accept it. Even if they are upset they didn’t get answers. I was not too surprised to see them gasp back to life, but it sucks because they have no idea where they are. They are in a government place that wasn’t supposed to exist.

Being as resourceful as they are, that doesn’t prove a problem. They figure out their approximate location. With their mom coming from Missouri from a case, and Castiel already on the way, let’s hope they get ahead of these government creeps. Because, if they catch them, it wouldn’t be as nice as the sit and wait game they were playing. Cas calls for backup, and as I had suspected, Mick is called in with his associate. Of course these two already know the location of this government facility, as they say, it’s their job. I’m still not sure I trust these guys… I guess we’ll have to wait and see. I chuckled when Dean overtakes the soldier and tells “the man in charge” they are the ones who should be worried, as they are the trapped ones. What we have all learned from Dean in the past: he doesn’t do well with threats, at all. That puts him in fight mode. And they don’t even know Castiel called in backup, so this could get messy. Before Castiel and the rest of them even come to help, Dean and Sam knock down each soldier one by one before making Dean’s promise true. They have the two guys in charge trapped, which again, made me chuckle. I was a little surprised they took this opportunity to tell them the truth of the President being possessed. And I was amused when they end their conversation with the answer, “we are the guys who save the world”. But as we have seen, time and time again, it’s quite true.

Of course, they are surprised to see their mom with Cas when they find them. But even more surprised to see Mick and his counterpart, Mr.Ketch, with them. What shocked me was seeing Billie. I guess she did make a deal with them. They have to give up a Winchester come midnight, permanently. And this deal, is bound in blood. So of course, Mary takes the bullet, or at least tries to. Before she has the chance, Castiel puts his angel sword right through Billie’s heart. And then his speech… right in the feels. But, I guess he forgot what Billie said about having cosmic repercussions. So I’m a little worried what that’s going to mean. Destruction on Earth? And as for Mick’s part with things, he makes sure Mr.Ketch takes care of all the witnesses. And he used this opportunity to make his pitch to a Winchester, Mary. Who knows where this will lead. I really hope she doesn’t drink his kool-aid!

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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