No recap this week.
Not because I didn’t enjoy the shit out of that last episode, because I did, but because I just got back from a nice vacation where I attended some dear friend’s wedding, and I had five million season finales to catch up on on the DVR. Just ran out of time.
It only gets worse from here, people!
But I did want to make a quick comment about the penultimate episode of season 10, “The Prisoner”.
HOLY HELL
After all season of Sam worried about Dean, and Dean seemingly okay-ish, it took the death of Charlie for us to see Dean submit to the pull of the Mark. And I’m not saying that the Styne’s didn’t deserve to be eradicated by Dean, because they clearly did, but to watch him take out that kid – just like Cain himself would have, with no mercy or regard for his clear displeasure for his family – and then kick the snot out of Castiel. Well, it was ugly and heartbreaking.
Not to mention the massive guilt trip Dean laid on Sammy at the top of the show. Ugly.
I like that they are going there. I like that they haven’t wussed out and have really made this go round difficult to watch. And now that Dean has come thisclose to killing one of his very best friends, I am worried, for the first time in a while, how this could possibly be resolved.
And so we go into the finale, and I have no idea what’s gonna happen. Other than assuming that there is no way this can all be resolved in one episode.
As I ponder season 11 (holy cow, remember when we weren’t sure we would get three seasons out of this show?), I would ask Jeremy Carver, et.al. to somehow bring those boys back together, and give us some of the old Hunting Things, Saving People mojo back to the show. I love the epic storytelling, but I miss having the Winchesters out on the road, saving people and doing good.
Also, for the super fans out there, Jibcon 2015 happened, and there is lots of delicious videos of it on YouTube. It seems Jensen was particularly adorable this year.
CUUUUUTE *thud*