SPN 9.19 (I think)
I've lost track of what episode we're on. I feel like I've also lost track of what's supposed to be happening anymore. I have a pretty high tolerance for the meta episodes generally, Monster at the End of This Book is in my top five for the whole show. But I just don't know what they're trying to say here.
[But Why?] What is Metatron's actual plan? Why doe he need Cas to play the villain? Is it just a vanity project, where he's recasting the traditional apocalypse story with himself as Michael and Cas as Lucifer, or does he need dead angels for the spell to re-open Heaven? Or is it a political thing, to flush all his enemies out into one place so he can kill them easier? I have no friggin' idea.
I also don't know why Cas is going along with it. Is he being mind-controlled? Does he think he can beat Metatron? Is he just resigned to his fate?
And while we're at it, what is the deal with Metatron anyway? I mean, if Chuck was an authorial insert of Kripke and his team, then presumably Metatron is that in some way for Carver, yes? (Burning the previous canon - I see you!) So why make him so dull? Why cast someone with negative charisma? What is the point of a meta-episode if you're not having fun with it? I ask you.
I did like seeing Gabe again for a minute, and his little Easter joke was cute. But he didn't really feel like his old self. I guess Metatron just isn't as good at writing Gabriel's dialogue as Chuck was :) And I'm glad he's not back for real. What's dead should stay dead.
The Mark of Cain stuff is interesting, I guess. I did think the scene with Dean and Gadreel had a welcome intensity, and it was nice to see Tahmoh back on the screen.
Sam literally had nothing to do this week but stand around and look worried, though. And that sucks. Gadreel was inside his head for months. There could have been SO MUCH JUICY STUFF FOR THEM TO SAY TO EACH OTHER. And instead Sam gets sent away so that we can have a scene of Gadreel and Dean talking about what Sam thinks, because it's not like Dean could just, you know, ASK. He and Sam have separate rooms now, they're only together like 15 hours a day instead of the usual 24. How could he find the time?
Apparently, the writer tweeted that they had written a line for Sam telling Cas he was worried about Dean, but they cut it, probably because they needed more time for Metatron to blither on like a senile English prof at a third-rate community college. Because god knows if there's one thing there's too much of on this show, it's Sam talking about his god-damn feelings. He never shuts up!
ETA - it's episode 18, apparently.
[But Why?] What is Metatron's actual plan? Why doe he need Cas to play the villain? Is it just a vanity project, where he's recasting the traditional apocalypse story with himself as Michael and Cas as Lucifer, or does he need dead angels for the spell to re-open Heaven? Or is it a political thing, to flush all his enemies out into one place so he can kill them easier? I have no friggin' idea.
I also don't know why Cas is going along with it. Is he being mind-controlled? Does he think he can beat Metatron? Is he just resigned to his fate?
And while we're at it, what is the deal with Metatron anyway? I mean, if Chuck was an authorial insert of Kripke and his team, then presumably Metatron is that in some way for Carver, yes? (Burning the previous canon - I see you!) So why make him so dull? Why cast someone with negative charisma? What is the point of a meta-episode if you're not having fun with it? I ask you.
I did like seeing Gabe again for a minute, and his little Easter joke was cute. But he didn't really feel like his old self. I guess Metatron just isn't as good at writing Gabriel's dialogue as Chuck was :) And I'm glad he's not back for real. What's dead should stay dead.
The Mark of Cain stuff is interesting, I guess. I did think the scene with Dean and Gadreel had a welcome intensity, and it was nice to see Tahmoh back on the screen.
Sam literally had nothing to do this week but stand around and look worried, though. And that sucks. Gadreel was inside his head for months. There could have been SO MUCH JUICY STUFF FOR THEM TO SAY TO EACH OTHER. And instead Sam gets sent away so that we can have a scene of Gadreel and Dean talking about what Sam thinks, because it's not like Dean could just, you know, ASK. He and Sam have separate rooms now, they're only together like 15 hours a day instead of the usual 24. How could he find the time?
Apparently, the writer tweeted that they had written a line for Sam telling Cas he was worried about Dean, but they cut it, probably because they needed more time for Metatron to blither on like a senile English prof at a third-rate community college. Because god knows if there's one thing there's too much of on this show, it's Sam talking about his god-damn feelings. He never shuts up!
ETA - it's episode 18, apparently.