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It's been a season of ups and downs on Supernatural, so it only makes sense that the finale gave us the beginning of the end. It's a beginning that began in a convent in 1972, when Azazel figured out how to get a call to Lucifer's cage and got the message that Lilith was the only one who could break him out. He was told to find the unholy one a very special baby. Flash to Sam getting a pep talk from Ruby about how he and Dean can patch things up after he saves the world. Meanwhile, Bobby is trying to convince Dean to reach out to his brother. Unfortunately, one thing the Winchester boys have in common is how stubborn they each are.
Also stubborn, are the heavenly host, who zap Dean to a room with no view before Bobby can convince him to find Sam. Zachariah and Castiel tell him there is only one seal left and they want to keep him safe until the proper time comes for him to do....whatever it is he is supposed to do. It's a topic they are still vague on, much to Dean's annoyance. While Dean is cooling his heals, he calls Sam to apologize for their fight but gets voicemail. That's because Sam and Ruby are busy torturing Lilith's chef to get the location of the final seal. They decide to keep her around as an energy drink for Sam, so she pulls a switch by allowing the host to have control while she naps within. As Sam closes the natal nurse into his trunk, we get a view of how far down a dark road he's traveled.
Also on a dark road are the angels, as Zachariah reveals to Dean that they aren't interested in stopping Lilith at all. In fact, Lilith is the last seal, and Sam defeating her will bring Lucifer out of retirement, they'll have a mighty war, Heaven will win and peace will reign on earth. He's less concerned about the collateral damage of "truckloads" of humans. They just need to keep Dean away from Sam in the meantime. Which means Dean needs to try to appeal to Castiel's greater nature to do what truly right.
Sam is struggling with ultimate right and wrong as well, which plays out in the decision to drink the nurse or not. He decides to listen to Dean's voicemail, only what we hear is not what Dean said. Gone is the apology, replaced with a vicious threat denouncing sam as a monster beyond redemption. Sam decides to drink the nurse and save the world. Castiel has come to a decision too, breaking Dean free and taking him to the prophet to find out where the final seal is. Castiel promises to hold off the archangels and sends Dean to the convent.
Dean reaches the convent just in time to see Sam pinning Lilith in place with his mojo and for Ruby to flash him a smile as she closes the doors. He bangs on the doors, yelling for his brother and for a moment it almost seems like he will get through. Until Lilith taunts him about turning himself into a monster and not having the will to bite. His eyes go pitch black and with a few explosions of light, the first demon is no more. As her blood begins to run in a circle, Ruby reveals to him that he just broke the last seal. She tells him that he will be richly rewarded as Dean finally breaks into the room. She tells him he's too late, but he hardly seems to care as he guts her with the demon knife. Meanwhile, Lilith's blood has formed a vortex, which becomes a pillar of light. "He's coming" are the last words we hear.
In the last few weeks, many of us predicted the finale would come down to a conflict between the brothers. Were you surprised not to see that happen, but to have the real conflict be in how heaven and hell used them as pawns? Were you glad to see Ruby get killed? Will Sam be able to handle the guilt of having brought about the apocalypse? Will Dean be able to beat Lucifer? Is Castiel now banished from heaven for going against upper management? And where in the world is God in all this? Playing skee-ball?
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I feel the show is really paiting itself into a corner here. For the last season they will literally have to fight the devil which leaves little room for nonplot central stories that made the show great in the first place. Dont get me wrong i love the main story but how can they exlain the bros. taking thier attention away from Lucifer to fight a baddie of the week. Unless they try to streach his arrival over the course of a few episodes but that would just take away from the significance of this episode
also loved the "Dogma" reference
While I understand the above concern, writers are gods in their own domain. All they have to do is insert a throw-away line such as, "Well, Lucifer has gone of the grid and must be biding his time, so, not much we can do on that front now," and then they can do all the stand-alones they like. Also, I hope season 5 is not the final season!
I can't wait until next season.
I can't wait until next season.
The phrase "jumping the shark" having jumped the shark, in the future, perhaps we should start using "Sam broke the seal."
Of course, that won't happen, because no one watches this show, which is why next year will be its last.
Thank God! Cue the Hallelujah chorus!
Now my opinion might be colored by the fact that I just watched the Decembrists on The Tonight Show, giving what might be the worst performance I've ever seen a musical guest give on a program of this sort.
Or it might be Jimmy Fallon's complete inability to do a monologue, or his wretched Lawst parody. Or perhaps it was Craig Ferguson self-deprecatingly (but truthfully) telling his viewers as his show started that it was going to be a weak effort this evening.
This 1 1/2 hours worth of television viewing confirms--if any confirmation was needed--why the networks are hemorrhaging viewers at a record clip.
Yes, even anticlericalism does not cut it anymore! Pssst! Someone tell Opie!
And for those slow on the uptake, yes, this show was so bad that in punishment McG is going to have Chuck canceled.
Stanch the Wound, go to hell with your stupid non-related news. It seems like you never even watched the show. And if you come back to comment on my comment, then you clearly need to get some self-esteem.
Also this show did not jump the shark. Kripke has been planning this for years, so to use that phrase is abusive. To jump the shark is to find a way to reel in more viewers. That this show has more viewers is a coincidence really.
Back on track:
Some SPOILERS for Lost fans
-The finale, predicted, but I was still a little frustrated since um, they faded to white just like Lost did. In fact, I saw some parallels. Jack and Sam both caused the incident (Actually, I don't know about Jack, but Sam did). Both Jacob and Sam croacked that someone was coming and the shows faded to white, not to black like they usually do.
-Ruby died! Rejoice! She was always evil and we all knew it. Rejoice her death!
-Thank goodness no babies were eaten in this episode
-So now we kinda know Azazel's real plan. I just don't get why he had more than one special kid and he sent them to fight it out Season 2. I suppose that will come into more light next Season.
This is quietly one of the best shows on television. It gets a bad rap due to it's genre, but it's a solid show that has a strong plot, good action, good character moments. It'll be interesting to see where things go next.
Looking forward to season five and where the show is going from here.
I'm glad Ruby's gone, I never liked her character and no it's not because she was the woman on the series. She was evil and was breaking the Winchester's dynamic. Nothing against Genevieve or Katie.
@Heather I'm guessing the reason for more than one child was simply to increase the chances of getting one to actually do it, hence how they were having them fight it out for survival in s2. After all, Sam almost didn't do it, and wasn't he initially not meant to be 'the chosen one'?
Anyway, was a great ep, I'm glad to see it didn't come down to Sam vs Dean, and finally Cas shows his interesting side again :D Now for the long wait until next season....