Supernatural 10x20 Angel Heart

 

It’s been awhile since we last saw Claire Novak, the daughter of Castiel’s vessel Jimmy, and to be honest during that time I almost completely forgot about her. She was one of those characters that I really wanted to care about because I sympathized with their situation a lot, but there was something about her that just never clicked for me. Nevertheless, I was happy when she and Cas ended the episode she last appeared in in what I thought was a good place, with Claire taking off on her own but asking Cas if it was okay if she called him sometimes. I can only guess that she never actually called because in this episode she acted as if they never made up, so initially I wasn’t looking forward to yet another episode of Castiel trying to get closer to a grumpy Claire. Oh how things can change in only 40 minutes!

Supernatural 10x19 The Werther Project

 

After last week’s Mark of Cain-centric episode, not to mention its very much cliffhangery ending, I expected this episode to be a continuation of that storyline. So imagine my surprise when it started out with the kind of typical Supernatural opening sequence which usually is a sign of a standalone, Monster of the Week episode. Now, I’m one of those weirdos who actually love those kind of episodes, not just on Supernatural but on most similar shows as well (and yes, The Flash is an exception, but that’s only because for some reason they are unable to make any of their villains interesting in any way). I keep telling the complainers that there simply has to be a break from the main storyline every once in a while, otherwise we would never be able to let any steam out, especially if the current storyline is as dark and depressing as Supernatural’s usually is. Or, say, the last two seasons of Person of Interest. As much as I would love to get along with the story and find out whatever Samaritan is up to, sometimes you just gotta have an episode where Reese has to catch the perp on a plane while Finch is trying to land it from his office using a joystick, you know? Okay, that was a long time ago, but so many people complained about that episode being „too light” and „out of place”, while I thought it was one of the most fun episodes of the show ever and it came at a time when we desperately needed some fun, so yeah. That has nothing to do with Supernatural but you see what I’m trying to say here, right? Standalone episodes are important too. All that said, I was a bit baffled by the writers’ choice to have such an episode right here, right now, just as we’ve finally managed to find a way to maybe remove that bloody mark once and for all. So thank God it was a false alarm, and the episode turned out to be very important in terms of the greater plot, and it was also very Rowena-heavy, which is always a good thing in my book.

Supernatural 10x18 Book of the Damned

Before I get started on this, I have to admit something: I kinda lost track of the main storyline on Supernatural a few episode back, so this episode was full of surprises and „wait, what?” moments for me. It’s very possible that I’ll be using the phrase „wait, what?” a lot throughout this review, simply because I didn’t remember that any of these things were supposed to be happening. Now, I would hate for anyone to get the wrong idea so let me just say this right now: I love this show. It’s one of my favourites, and I kinda want it to go on forever even though I’m well aware of the fact that the potential for new storylines that are actually interestint and entertaining to watch is getting smaller and smaller each season, and I’m really looking forward for the prospect of seeing these wonderful actors try themselves in something non-Winchester related after the show finally ends... and yet I still hope it gets renewed at the end of every season. So please understand that I only mean it in the best possible way when I say that this Mark of Cain storyline is boring my ass off and as far as I’m concerned it can’t end soon enough, and that is the reason why I’ve been kinda phasing out the last couple of weeks whenever something Mark of Cain-related  came up, and I always let out a sigh of relief whenever I see that an episode is going to be a standard good old-fashioned Monster of the Week one.

That said, this eisode was plenty entertaining, even with all the Mark of Cain (which I’m just gonna calll MoC from now on because typing Mark of Cain every ten seconds is about as boring as hearing about it all the time) stuff going on. Most of the entertainment value came from the fact that Charlie was involved, and she always brings a kind of lighthearted fun to whatever episode she is in, even if said episode would be pretty dark and doom-and-gloomy otherwise. I can only guess that Metatron’s presence was also supposed to provide some comic relief, but I’m so sick of the guy that I could only roll my eyes whenever he was cracking jokes, rather than being actually entertained. But let’s not get too ahead of ourselves, and let’s see what Charlie was up to first.