After 13 seasons, “Supernatural” is still going strong and only getting better. What first started as two brothers fighting monsters and looking for their dad is now two brothers fighting even the highest entities and trying to keep the world in one piece.
Dean, played by Jensen Ackles (“My Bloody Valentine”), and Sam, played by Jared Padalecki (“Friday the 13th”), have lost everything and are figuring out how to deal with the birth of Lucifer’s son, Jack (Alexander Calvert, “The Edge of Seventeen”). Viewers expected a new, evil villain, but instead got an awkward teen that was basically a mirror image of Castiel (Misha Collins, “Over Her Dead Body”) in looks and personality.
“Supernatural” has a reputation of killing characters and bringing them back to life. With Castiel and Crowley (Mark Sheppard, “Sons of Liberty”) dying at the end of last season, fans were left to wonder if they will be back, because no one ever really dies in “Supernatural.” There have been few characters who have remained dead. If this is not the case, some fans may think that even with Sam and Dean, the show will not be any good without Castiel and his quirkiness. Castiel has become a major character for the show, and it will definitely be different without him. But, with the son of Satan around, a “Castiel” role could be filled. Jack has the same quirkiness and naivetés Castiel had when he first appeared in the show, showing no true development in the main characters. With how things are right now, audiences could end up really liking Jack.
Sam and Dean spend a majority of this episode doing what they do best. Dean, who is usually more aggressive, tries to rid the bad guy from the world and argues with Sam because of his passiveness. Sam spent the episode trying to save everyone, because what else is new. Despite the sameness of Sam and Dean, the episode was exceptionally well done compared to last season’s premiere.
In relation to last season’s men of letters theme, viewers see a reoccurring theme of Lucifer. What is exciting about this is that it is not as repetitive as people would think. Lucifer (Mark Pellegrino, “The Trials of Cate McCall”) is once again trapped, but instead of the cage, he is trapped in another universe with Sam and Dean’s mom, Mary (Samantha Smith, “The Devil’s Dolls”). Hopefully, their mom does not come back, because she has become an annoyance on the show and a seemingly unnecessary character. While viewers enjoy the boys having some conflicts to overcome, issues with their mother are not ones audiences like to see. Their mom was supposed to be a more genuine character, but she ended up completely betraying them. Lucifer is far more interesting and is meant to cause Sam and Dean a lot of issues. Mary and Lucifer will be trapped in the other universe, it seems, until Jack figures out how to create the portal, since he created it the first time. Instead of Lucifer himself getting a lot of screen time, his son Jack gets the spotlight.
The season premiere was everything audiences expected it to be. Leaving viewers questioning what will happen next and wondering if this will finally be the end for Sam and Dean.
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