I just want to start with a small complaint. I have hated the music used in these first two episodes, and I hope it was just new music trying to convey the depth and gravity of The Darkness, which it did a pretty good job of, actually, but please, please let this not be a “new direction musically” for the show. Now that we know how deep and dark this is, we can go back to the beloved Supernatural-y style music, right? 

Sam MacGyvers himself a Smokester trap to try and see if he can figure out how to cure the smoke sickness. He finds a dude, but it does not go well. And then we hear that ‘Oh, Death’ song, which is always awesome, being sung by Billie, a reaper. Sam is seeing a reaper? Not good. AND THEN, she tells our sick little Sammy that Sam and Dean are on their last go. No more dying and coming back. Not only that, but once they finally do bite it, they are not going to Heaven or Hell, but tossed out into The Empty. Which sounds pretty dire if you ask me. But, Billie does give Sam an idea, and it turns out to be the way to the cure. Purified by holy oil. NICE. Sam cures himself, and then some of the straggler Smokesters as well. Good job, Sammy! Now, go tell your brother all about it, okay?

Dean holds baby Amara, making ovaries quiver across the land. Amara Jedi Knight’s some blocks to get fed. (I was wondering when someone was gonna feed that baby!) Enter Father Crowley. Seems as though Crowley has a side gig exorcising rogue demons, and while Dean and Crowley are bumping heads over How Evil Is It?, Amara eats Jenna’s soul, which is nothing but bad news, for Jenna. Jenna kills grandma, Crowley kills Jenna, and a suddenly fast growing Amara picks a lovely frock to wear and walks right out of Grandma’s house. Terrible #DaddyDayCare at Grandma’s house.

Castiel is being held by some dick angels, just in case we forgot that angels are generally dickish. And then Hanna shows, in a boy vessel, and seems to run off the angels, seemingly saving Cas. But uh-oh! Hanna is in cahoots with those other angels, freaked out by alarms in Heaven triggered by The Darkness, and Cas figures out that Hanna has betrayed him. Seems as though Castiel has made zero friends by releasing Metatron. And then, Kick-Ass Castiel comes out, and I love it when the show remembers that Cas is a bad ass.

We end in the bunker, with the boys finding a bloody Castiel on the floor, and Crowley picking up Amara with a van full of “candy”, aka souls (It’s people!!!!!).

Quotes!

Grandma: “That weatherman I don’t like, with the big teeth?”

Dean: “Ghostbusters.”

Sam: “What does that mean?!”

Crowley: “Hello, my son.”

Dean: “So you think there’s a demon in there?” Crowley: “Not even a little bit.”

Dean: “Easy, Velma, this isn’t the Scooby Gang…” Crowley: “…I’m more of a Daphne.”

So, we are left with the mystery visions that Sam saw after praying to God. Were those visions sent by God himself, and what did they mean? And Dean called seeing The Darkness as a woman a vision, so are both of those boys having visions? Will Sam ever tell Dean he was infected? Or at least tell Dean how to cure the smoke sickness? And Crowley is once again trying to get in good with the Bad Guy. Very good.

Excellent opening episodes, Supernatural! Next, Mama Crowley is back? FUN!