Supernatural S11E09 - O Brother Where Art Thou?

In the winter finale of season 11 of Supernatural Sam and Dean decide to finally follow Sam's visions to the Cage.


So this is super late... Ooops. I'm blaming this on my job and general holiday stress. Anyway, let's talk about the winter finale!

I'm going to keep complaining about this until the writers address this: where the fuck is Cas??? But other than that, for an episode written by these two, this was an enjoyable episode and I'm excited to see more. That does not mean I don't have complaints, because I do, but I like the direction this episode lays out.

Wait, so Amara spent weeks studying the Earth and its history but didn't learn anything about religion? Really? She really has no idea how christianity or praying works? Yeah, I'm not buying that.

I knew Mark Pellegrino was coming back, so that wasn't a surprise, but damn it is such a joy to watch his portrayal of Lucifer. I am so happy Lucifer is back. "Hug it out?" Amazing delivery on that line.

Dean, you're asking Crowley for a key to the Cage? Shouldn't you have a key, or did you just lose the Horsemen's rings? Also, Sam's right, you can't exactly let Lucifer out just like that.

Also, Rowena's taunts at Sam and Dean and about their trust issues are getting old. If her only game is to drive the brothers apart, maybe get some new insults. This is starting to sound like a broken record.

Why show, why, do you insist on making Dean and Amara's connection sexual?! It is not necessary, so why? Just stop.

So the angels decide to try stopping Amara by sending three angels to "arrest" her? And they thought this would work? I know angels are dicks but I didn't think they'd be absolute idiots. So now that the wrath of the whole host of heaven (except Cas, he is still not around) has fallen on Amara, does that mean she killed all the angels (except Cas)? I doubt the attack did any damage to Amara, so the question is how much damage did she cause?

So the sigils failing, was that Rowena and her plan (cos she had to have been planning something) or Lucifer? I see no profit in it for Rowena, but there was no way she was helping the boys without an agenda of her own. And I don't know if Lucifer is actually powerful enough to break spells from the Book of the Damned. I need answers!

Was it supposed to be a big surprise that the visions where from Lucifer and not God? At least I wasn't surprised. The real question here is, was the young John vision Sam had Lucifer or Michael? The line " I never could fool you" would suggest Lucifer. But the fact that it was Matt Cohen and not Jeffrey Dean Morgan makes me like the idea that it was Michael and that he and Lucifer have worked out their differences (they've had time after all) and are maybe working together.

I like the possibilities Sam being back in the Cage brings but I just hope the writers can stick to it and not do what they usually do aka reuniting the brothers by the end of the next episode. I'm actually excited about the rest of this season!