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4.22 Lucifer Rising Dean: "You can take your peace and shove it up your lily-white ass. Because I'll take the pain and the guilt. I'll even take Sam, as is. It's a lot better than being some Stepford bitch in paradise." They did it. They actually did it. Lucifer rose. I shouldn't have been surprised after Dean actually went to Hell in last season's finale. The writers/producers of Supernatural will apparently dare anything. They finally paid off the Azazel plot in a great big way. And I loved that Ruby was killed with her own magic knife: petard hoisted, check. I'm so glad that Ruby is finally gone. She irritated the crap out of me, and I wasn't surprised she turned out to be bad; her "humanity" never really worked. (Well, it sort of did when Katie Cassidy was playing her.) Azazel is done, Lilith is done, Ruby is done. Fine with me. Let's move on. All that brotherly melodrama last week (which totally sucked me in, I'll admit it), and in the space of two minutes, Bobby reduced it to a spat. Sam acknowledged that Dean was right, and they both apologized. Didn't see that coming. Did the writers decide to reserve the brother against brother until the end of the series? You know, at this point, I don't want it to happen. I want the evil on the outside of the relationship, and the two of them fighting it. Even if Sam just crossed the line and became something else. Sam went all black-eye when he was killing Lilith. Did he finally become a supernatural creature, as we were told he would? That'll make next season interesting. Especially since Sam still seems to be Sam. Except that he tortured that nurse and let Ruby drain her for blood he didn't even need. Bad Sam, no biscuit. Sort of like Dean being forced to torture Alastair, but worse. I loved the gilded, ornate "Green Room" with the renaissance paintings of angels and devils; it gets the prize as quite possibly their most unusual set. (The harp made me laugh out loud.) Jensen Ackles is an exceptionally handsome young man and he always looks good to me, but for some reason I thought he looked even more beautiful than usual in that room. Maybe it was the lighting and the close-ups with the white and gold background. It was like Dean really was the living embodiment of an angel. One that was actually good, though. They've been telling us that angels are dicks for a long time, but I was still impressed by the magnitude of giving angels such an interesting, anti-human motivation. Zachariah said that God had left the building. That must be why the angels got out of hand; the boss is gone and they're making photocopies of their butts and stealing office supplies. They actually *want* an apocalypse? Even though it will kill boatloads of humans in horrible ways? What a fabulous set-up for next season: Dean and Sam on the run from angels *and* demons. May I put in a request? Please add Misha Collins to the cast. Castiel is now an outcast, and Dean and Sam are going to need a powerful ally. I wouldn't mind seeing Anna the angel and Chuck the prophet again, too. And of course, Bobby. Everything is better with Bobby. Bits and pieces: -- We got our traditional finale "previously on" to "Carry on, Wayward Son." I always enjoy that. -- I loved a bored Dean dropping that angel statue on purpose. (I have a cat named Spike who knocks things over just to see them fall.) It was very Dean. He is rarely impressed by anything. -- Chuck's prophecy changed because Castiel jumped ship. That was interesting. And Chuck was going to blow all of his money on hookers because of the Apocalypse. I like Chuck. -- We almost saw an archangel, but not quite. Will we see them in season five? And which side are the archangels on? -- "Nurse Betty" couldn't leave her body while Sam was torturing her, but then she left afterward. Why didn't she leave *during*? And hey. Nurses again. We get a lot of nurses on Supernatural. Why is that? -- When Zachariah finally told Dean the truth, he sat between two mirrors, causing endless reflections. The ultimate in two-faced. This week's Most Obvious Symbolism. -- "Lucifer Rising." Parallel to the title of the first episode of the season when Dean rose from the dead, "Lazarus Rising". -- We saw Azazel's start in 1972 with, of all things, a nun massacre. Again, reminding me of Angel (blood and habits everywhere). Much of this week's episode took place at St. Mary's Convent in Ilchester, Maryland. They were keeping Lucifer in Maryland? Oh, no. Is it a pun? Mary Land? Quotes: Bobby: "You're a better man than your daddy ever was." I'll second that. Dean even seemed to accept it. Maybe because it was coming from Bobby. Zachariah: "Try a burger. They're your favorite. From that seaside shack in Delaware? You were eleven, I think?" Dean: "I'm not hungry." Zachariah: "How about Ginger from season two of Gilligan's Island? You do have a thing for her, don't you?" Dean: "Tempting. (pause) Weird." Zachariah: "We'll throw in Maryann for free." Zachariah: "We want you focused. Relaxed." Dean: "I'm about to be pissed and leaving, so start talking, Chuckles." Zachariah: "This isn't the first planetary enema we've delivered." The second time through the episode, I realized that there were a lot of references to shit. Probably because it hit the fan, huh? Zachariah: "You're going to stop Lucifer. You're our own little Russell Crowe, complete with surly attitude." I liked the first season of Supernatural. I started loving it in season two. During the past two seasons, I've neared obsession level; it's my favorite currently running show. I hope they can sustain this level of innovation and creativity in season five, Billie View all comments or post a comment. |
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