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Hello guys and welcome to the last rant of the week!
This episode of Supernatural was such a roller coaster!
It started out pretty strong (sad, but strong) with the whole Jack dying which, to be completely honest, really surprised me because I didn't think they would go there, as well as with the scene in the banner, which I really enjoyed, and then it ended in a high note as well, not wanting to ruin it for everyone, but with Jack alive again and as close to a happy ending as we'll ever get. But that was basically it. The whole middle part of the episode was a lot, in my opinion, and kind of a mess. I feel like they tried to pack so much stuff and I feel like most of what happened didn't even make sense but then, there was no time to breath so I couldn't think properly about it (and maybe that was their intention). I feel like, if you wanted to kill Jack, spend a little more time with him dead. But anyway, let's break down the whole thing piece by piece.
Like I said, the episode begins with Jack dying and the brothers (with Castiel) mourning his death. The morning after that's when they start to really deal with the situation and that's when Sam contacts angel expert Lily Sunder, now an old woman, who tells them that there might be a way to bring Jack back using her magic and a bit of Jack's soul to sustain him. Now, all of this looks a bit much to me, mainly the whole thing with her being old. I mean, it kind of makes sense but, at the same time, it just looks like they didn't have the other actress available so they had to go with an older one. And then, as I've mentioned before, it looks like they are realizing that they have too many characters on the show so they are trying to get rid of them. I don't know, that's just what I get from all of this.
Anyway, besides that, there's the whole thing where the only thing she asks in return is a way to get to Heaven because she's sure that she's going to Hell and she just wants to be reunited with her daughter in Heaven. And so, in order to make that happen, they summon Anubis who basically says that she's not going to Heaven and that it's not up to him to change her faith, it's the choices that you make while you're leaving that determine where you go.
Once again, I get all of this, in the end, it made sense but... I just feel like it was a lot.
So, even though she didn't get what she wanted, Dean convinces her to help them and so they get prepared to bring Jack back from Heaven.
In order to do so, Castiel goes back to Heaven and that's when we see that a lot have been happening there. We see Jack leaving his 'personal Heaven' and going to his mom's Heaven, spending some time with her, while there's a dark force that is chasing Jack in Heaven and just creating chaos.
In the beginning, I thought it was Lucifer, because of what happened in the last episode, but it turns out it is 'The Empty' which, from what happened next, they are either setting this up for an upcoming season or Michael won't be the Big Bad this season and the Empty is going to take Michael's place as the villain this season.
What happens next is that Castiel finds Jack and that's also when they come face to face with the Empty. We learn that the Empty wants Jack because he's part angel, and so he should go there and that's when Castiel makes a deal with the entity to trade himself for Jack, a deal that the entity chooses not to collect right away, only in a few years, when Castiel has forgotten about this deal and his leaving a happy life (which, from the look of the show, might never happen, to be honest).
Castiel decides not to tell the Winchesters about this deal, which made me really upset, and asks Jack to do the same, which he agrees. Also, as a thank you for saving the angels in Heaven from the Empty, Naomi gives Castiel the location of Michael, which is a pretty big success.
Also a success is Jack's resurrection, even though the effort causes Lily to suffer a fatal heart attack. And, well, as you can expect, she is judged again by Anubis and, this time, she is accepted in Heaven and is reunited with her daughter.
As I told you, this is as close to an happy ending as we'll ever get, which is nice, but there's still so many things going on. We do now know the whereabouts of Michael, but just like they mentioned in the episode, they still have to find Kaya and the Spear in order to kill Michael and then there's this whole thing with the Empty and this spell 'consuming' Jack's soul which I'm sure is going to be a problem in the future.
This makes me happy thought, because it means there's so much content for upcoming seasons but it was just a lot for only one episode.
I don't know... Let me know your thoughts on this episode and I'll see you next week with new rants!
Love,
Daniela.
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