(mini) Review | 9x06 | Heaven Can't Wait

[galathea_snb]

Okay, that was perfectly - boring. Heaven Can’t Wait by new writer Robert Berens is not a bad episode per se, it is just not relevant to my interests. I mean, monologue-ing angels and squabbling demons are just not my idea of fun, and the Castiel centricity of the plot does not help either. Obviously, the fact that the episode has no Sam-and-Dean

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[sherrilina]

Oh is that what he was injecting himself with at the end? I was confused about that, and where the syringe had come from, lol. Hmm...

And I enjoyed this episode far more than some of the other ones this season (the first episode might still be the worst for me, or Slumber Party), but then again Cas doesn't bore me on the same way, and like you said it treated his character with dignity, which is always a welcome surprise. And Crowley's snark provides much of what little remaining entertainment exists on this show. *sigh*

[galathea_snb]

Yeah, I can understand that the episode is quite a treat for the Castiel fans. I wished I could love his character more, but the past couple of seasons have killed every last bit of appreciation I ever had for him, so Castiel centric episodes are a chore to watch for me. /sigh It works better when it is like in I'm No Angel, where Sam and Dean have their own story alongside Castiel's, so I have something that holds my interest, but well. It is what it is.

Crowley has lost most of his charm for me last season, where they reduced him to an evil villain without layers or sensible strategies. He bores me, too, nowadays, and I find that sad, given that I once truly loved his character and still adore Mark Sheppard. The show could do with some new blood, but I guess that's what Abaddon is for.

[spnmonster]

Given what we now know post 9.09, the idea that Kevin isn't completely human is interesting. I mean, speculation is that Chuck was God. Perhaps prophets in general aren't human? Maybe they are all "God" in disguise, perhaps might not even know it at first? Hm, maybe Kevin isn't as "dead" as we think. On the one hand it is intriguing. On the other, I wish they'd quit bringing everyone back to life.

[galathea_snb]

Kevin's heritage is another storystrand that lead nowhere in the end. /sigh I doubt they'll bring Kevin back - his death was obviously designed to create angst for Sam and Dean - and I really, really don't want them to. I hate the way death has been reduced to a mere annoyance in the show. Not to mention that the constant resurrections diminish Sam and Dean's uniqueness.

[spnmonster]

Yeah, I kind of wonder if they intended to address prophet lore. We've long speculated that Chuck was God, but maybe not. Maybe prophets are nephilim -- half angel, half human? I don't know, but it might have been interesting to find out. I mean, why shouldn't they be angelic -- the reapers are now. *sigh*

I agree though that I don't want them to bring Kevin back. Death has certainly begun to lose it's sting with the way that they keep bringing Bobby and Castiel back. I get that Cas is an angel but still, and Bobby hasn't been "alive" but just being present in some way undermines the "finality" of death and Sam and Dean's uniqueness as you say.

[galathea_snb]

Bobby hasn't been "alive" but just being present in some way undermines the "finality" of death

Hm, I don't mind the way they brought Bobby back so far. I mean, in the S9 opener it wasn't even really Bobby, and in Taxi Driver I was more annoyed about the poor characterisation for Bobby than about his spirit making an appearance. The thing is, death in the Supernatural universe is never truly 'final' - in the sense that people cease to exist entirely - since there is an afterlife. But as long as characters stay dead and are not resurrected, I am good. :)