You Asked for it….it’s SUPERNATURAL!

Here’s the deal. I can’t possibly watch all the shows that GMMR readers watch. It’s just not physically possible. As a result I know I’m missing out on some fantastic TV. It’s always been my philosophy not to blog about shows I don’t watch, but recently I’ve realized that just because I don’t watch it doesn’t mean YOU don’t want to talk about it. And that was the main reason for building out Team GMMR this year. More people to cover more shows.So that being said, I want to introduce you to Nicole, the latest addition to Team GMMR. Nicole will be covering SUPERNATURAL for us this season. GiveMeMyRemote.com might no be the authority on this show (I’ll leave that to Rae and Ducky), but you asked for it so we are covering it.

With that, I turn it over to Nicole…
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Before I begin the review of last night’s episode, how about a shout-out to the awesome season premiere last week?

Seeing Dean rise from the grave and the little glimpses of the pain he was in while in hell, was great and terrifying. His reunions with Bobby and Sam most definitely caused my eyes to well up. Good ol’ Supernatural kept some light moments too to break up the emotion of it all which was great (“Are you guys together?).

Finally though, there were two huge revelations that changed the game completely for Season 4: Sam has been in cahoots with the still-alive (albeit in a different body) Ruby and he can now work some kind of crazy mojo against demons with just a raised hand and a stare! He hasn’t yet shared this little tidbit with Dean though – in fact he’s straight-up lied about what he’s been doing since Dean died. Dean on the other hand, holy hell! He is lying to Sam about not remembering his time in hell, but the major moment of the night comes at the very end when Dean and Bobby summon the thing that brought Dean back (and which has been burning out the eyes of others) only to find that it’s….an accountant. Okay, not an accountant, but rather and angel of the Lord possessing the body of a devout accountant. It seems that the Lord has some work for Dean and couldn’t let him die just yet. Yes, Supernatural fans, there is now officially a Team Good and Team Evil at war on the show and with Sam’s new secret alliance with Ruby, I have a sneaking suspicion that Sam and Dean may be working with/for different teams.

On to last night’s episode, which had me with its title alone: “Are You There God? It’s Me, Dean Winchester”. I love Sera Gamble even more for naming the episode after my favourite Judy Blume book of all time. The show found Dean and Bobby filling Sam in on Dean’s saving grace and Dean still doesn’t buy it. From Bobby’s research, it seems to be a legit story – not just anyone can raise someone from the pits of hell, you know. The show takes an interesting track when discussing whether it’s really possible that God exists – a subject that I thought they handled really well considering how touchy it can be. The way Sam sees it, it follows that if demons exist, so must angels. But Dean can’t see it that way because if God exists, then why is there so much needless suffering? Hmmm….life questions to ponder, presented by the Winchester boys.

The baddie of the week is several baddies; the ghosts of humans who had been wasted by hunters while possessed by various demons. It seems they’ve been leaving a path of dead hunters in their wake and are coming for the boys next. Agent Hendricks, Meg (did anyone recognize her until they explained?? She looked like a completely different person!), and some creepy little girls show up and set their sights on Dean, Sam and Bobby respectively. The little girls paralyze Bobby until the boys can rescue him. I’ve only had a chance to watch once, but did it seem like Sam used his demon-mojo on one of the girls right in front of Bobby? Tell me if anyone saw that or if I just hallucinated. The three hunters manage to take care of the ghosts, but not before they are made to realize the magnitude of what they do when they kill innocent people in their quest to kill demons. It seems that Meg’s little sister had killed herself after Meg’s death, and Agent Hendricks was tortured along with everyone else in the station before being put of his misery by Lillith. I was actually really glad that they covered this topic, because it is a bit of a gray area on the show. We know that a lot of these people die, and that they were all more or less innocents until the demons took over, so how do you reconcile that in your conscience? Well done, Supernatural – you gave us a lot to think about this week.

Not least of which is another visit from accountant/angel Castiel, who visits once again with Dean and informs him that the ghosts, who had each borne the brand of the witness, were one of 66 seals that Lillith is breaking to bring about the Apocalypse and with it, the rise of Lucifer. Holy hell! The show is really pulling no punches this year and I LOVE it.

Do you think that Dean and Sam will end up on opposite sides of the good/evil spectrum? Are you liking the new twists this season? What were your favorite moments of the night? I personally loved the scene in Bobby’s iron panic room – a little levity in a pretty heavy ep. Can’t wait to hear your thoughts!