This week on Supernatural, Sam tracking a codex to help Rowena translate the Book of the Damned leads the boys to an old Men of Letters project.
I'm going to put a trigger warning here. This episode deals heavily with suicide and this post will have some discussion about the topic, so tread lightly if this is something that affects you.
All in all this episode is very interesting, the scenes in Purgatory were heartbreaking and not at all okay, and Sam is still making horrible decisions.
The cold open is super creepy and not okay in any way. But I have a question, how did Susie know to knock down the wall? Was the Werther Box calling to her or what?
In return for helping Sam, Rowena wants Crowley dead. That came as a bit of a surprise. I know a lot of people have predicted that Crowley will die this season and this does support that theory, but could you not? Crowley is amazing and Mark Sheppard is a delight, so it would be a shame to lose him.
While Sam is making deals with Rowena, Dean has taken care of a vampire nest all on his own. Sam is visibly disturbed by this and I suppose he sees it as a sign that Dean is slipping. But what this whole episode proves is that Dean is a lot stronger than Sam gives him credit for. Killing monsters provides him with stress relief, making it easier to control the Mark, so I'd say Dean's plan works. And Dean is strong enough to resist the spell on the box, while Sam is not.
Sam is determined to keep Dean out of the loop on what he is doing to find a cure for Dean. First, Sam, your plans suck at the moment, and second, you just yelled at Dean for going off by himself and now you're doing the same. I really want to punch you, Sam.
Also, did you not realise it's rude not to knock before you start breaking in into someone's house? Sure, it does not look well kept, but you should still try knocking, you idiot. At least Susie knows how to handle intruders. Good for her.
Anyone else think Dean seemed a bit like demon Dean when he sat in Sam's car and asked what he was doing? I swear, the mannerisms were so similar. And Sam, that was your chance to tell Dean everything. Nice job coming clean....
At least I don't have to worry about yelling at Sam, since Susie is doing it for me. Well, the Susie-shaped hallucination trying to get Sam to kill himself. But still, I gotta say, I agree with everything she is saying. Sam is being stupidly reckless about this.
For Dean, the spell conjures up Purgatory and Benny. I love Benny, I missed him. Even if this is just a figment of Dean's imagination.
I was actually convinced that Dean was going to kill himself. But once again he proves that he is strong and is fighting to win. He knows that killing himself would just bring forth the demon and would not actually solve anything. But I'm still going to argue that Benny was not lying when he said that Dean had been thinking about it. I'm sure he has. And logically Benny's argument makes sense. Except that Dean needs the First Blade.
Also, how heartbreaking is Benny's argument why Dean should do it himself. Dean's plan has been fighting until he can't and then make Sam and Cas kill him. Benny argues that Dean is asking too much of them, that they cannot do it, that killing Dean would destroy them. So Dean should just spare them the pain and do it himself. If only he had the Blade and was at a point where he knew he could not fight anymore. Instead Dean manages to snap out of it just in time to stop Sam, who has been busy trying to get himself killed to get to the codex.
I did not realise that Rowena was not actually there but was part of the spell. Well played, show. But again, this shows that Sam is not thinking rationally. He needs the codex for Rowena so he is going to do anything he can to get it, without noticing that he is also affected by the spell.
Dean telling Sam that they are stronger together than apart was painful. Sammy is doing nothing but lying to Dean, while Dean is being more honest than he's been in years. This is not going to encourage Dean to continue being open about himself and his emotions.
In the end Sam chains Rowena up so she cannot cause mayhem and will actually look for the cure. I do love that she call Sam a giant. But this is Rowena so I bet she is going to do something. Besides, why would you actually trust her to give you the cure? She could just give you some other spell that will do a lot of damage and you wouldn't know because you can't read the Book yourself. Use your fucking head, Sam!! Also, this is going to end so badly.
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