let’s be positive: 11x14
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF WORK BY ROBERT BERENS. The writing in the submarine was great, Lucifer treating Crowley was a dog was interesting, and Sam and Dean finding out that it isn’t Cas was just…ahdlguhow;gbhhal. I cannot. Now, let’s get into the details!
- First piece of business, how amazing was Delphine? From that opener, I knew that she was going to take that bastard down, and ‘The Men of Letters send their regards?’ TOO COOL. We’ve only seen Josie as a Woman of Letters before, so knowing that Delphine was considered one too is refreshing.
- It was tiny in comparison to the entire episode, but Dean and the coffee was a good bit to offset the intenseness of the rest of the episode.
- Getting Crowley into a position of Casifer’s lap dog was really interesting. If you think about it, Crowley is usually the one putting people in chains. We got Samandriel in chains during s8. Back in s9, Crowley had Gadreel chained up to get him out of Sam. In s10 and 11, we see Crowley chaining Rowena up constantly and using the term ‘bitch’ a lot. He’s always seen other people as his pets, but now Lucifer is calling the shots and has Crowley ‘whipped,’ if I may put it that way. Changing the tables like this is actually a nice change, and I’m always a fan when villains get a taste of what they dish out.
- Back to Delphine, can I just again iterate how influential a woman she must’ve been to get an entire ship behind her? At the end of the day, the captain is willing to sacrifice his entire crew for her artifact and her, even though she was not willing to reveal the true importance of it. Respect, girl. Respect.
- Casifer was on point this episode. He’s a really bad actor, by the way (Lucifer, not Misha!) and was pretty abysmal at keeping up the Cas act. When he turned to Sam and realized that he wasn’t the one he needed, I just gaped at my TV. I didn’t expect Casifer to just give it up that easily, even though I understand why he did after watching the episode.
- CAS BREAKING THROUGH TO SAVE SAM I CRY. Again, Cas’s devotion to the boys is astounding. He would not let Sam get hurt by Lucifer, and he broke through long enough to warn him and tell Sam that it was his choice. Try to argue that Cas doesn’t care about Sam. TRY. I’LL FIGHT YOU. This friendship is legendary.
- Also, we cannot forget that Cas fought not only to save Sam, but agreed to go back because Dean was in danger. Cas cares about both boys a crapton, and I can’t wait to see the boys returning the favor later on when they save Cas (and a thousand points to the writers if this includes both boys convincing Cas that he isn’t just useful, but is family.)
- Finally, that brother’s conversation at the end of the episode also made me want to cry. Sam and Dean cannot imagine why Cas would agree, and now they are gonna do whatever is in their power to get him back. Dean’s face in particular is wrenching, because not only is he trying to comprehend Cas, he is also dealing with watching an entire crew go down while he got to live. Poor child.
Next week, we’ve got wrestlers AND Casifer?! IT’S GONNA BE GOOD, PEOPLE.