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I’m literally crying. No, really. I’ve got tears in my eyes and every time I think about the ending I want to cry some more, because besides The Man Who Would Be King, that was my favorite episode of all time. Hands down. Robbie, you are by far the most talented writer I’ve ever seen on a TV show and I adore your work. 

When the theory popped up that Chuck was God, I fully supported it. After Swan Song, there really was no denying it in my mind, at least. The character of Chuck had a different tone, which suggested what we learned in today’s episode: God was playing as Chuck on Earth this entire time, turned off the amulet so he couldn’t be found, watched the Winchesters save the world firsthand, and let humanity run it’s course. 

What’s interesting about this is that the theory of a “hands off” God is very popular in religious circles (and as a Christian, I know this firsthand from going to Bible school for basically my entire life). Essentially, there are people who believe that God is there, but he is letting humanity run it’s course on its own and is no longer intervening. I don’t agree with that in real life, I feel like the Lord is involved in ways we cannot even imagine, but on the show, it works wonderfully. “Chuck” was witnessing the world firsthand by partaking in his creation: learning guitar, dating (men AND women, thank you, Robbie), living everything firsthand. He runs a blog about cats, he watches humanity, he is living as one of us, unknown. He doesn’t answer prayers, he only helps when convenient, and is letting free will reign. He is a God who is letting things run it’s course, and now that Amara is going to destroy what he formed, he doesn’t care. From what we’ve viewed over the entirety of the show, I’m very glad this approach to God is the interpretation they went with, because it is just very clever. 

I never thought I’d say that I like Metatron, but in this episode, I adored him. Part of that was from Curtis’s acting, which was the best I’ve ever seen out of him. I enjoyed the version of Metatron who dropped the douche act and presented his pain and disappointment to God when given the chance. He wasn’t afraid, but he was angry. He admits to being  a loser god, one who didn’t do anything and only cried out for attention from his father. And yet, he got none. God ignored him, as per usual. Of course, Metatron is pissed about this fact. I loved the pure anger I got from him, the unapologetic, ruthless review of God’s work, once he got past trying to please him by lying. I loved that in a way, he is the one who convinces God to rescue humanity from Amara, the angel who thought humans were just pawns in his game as an angel, now appreciates humanity as a human man. It reminded me a lot of Gabriel’s speech to Lucifer in his last episode, actually. I loved it. Ugh. A C T I N G. 

Note: all of the acting in this episode was phenomenal, but the episode goes to Rob and Curtis for rocking those Chuck/Metatron scenes. I was frightened of Chuck a bunch of times this episode, while also laughing at the comedic lines. Our cast is way too talented, guys. 

Random thought, but ironing Sam’s shirt with beer was AMAZING. The timing on that was perfectly done by Jared and Jensen, as per usual. It was gold. 

Chuck taking Metatron to that landscape to ‘enjoy it one last time’ really put into perspective that he really is going to let Amara take down everything, and that is when Metatron first realizes that yeah, he’s gotta intervene. Perfectly written, and that landscape can’t be beat in beauty. 

THE LITTLE JOKES ABOUT THE OLD EPISODES. Like ‘That’s was my editor’s face when I turned in Bugs’ or ‘Supernatural. Revolution. You’re not great with the titles.’ BLESS YOU, ROBBIE.

Metatron talking about God being a coward TOOK BALLS. I never thought I’d be cheering on Metatron, but I was today. 

And Chuck’s reaction about being all powerful was ugh, amazing.

Back to the brothers, I loved that we got a glimpse of Sam holding a baby because TALK ABOUT ADORABLE. Dean was also great with duct taping the walls and windows with that ‘blue steel’ face he had on. Jensen, really now? Too good. 

It’s not unusual by any means, but I loved that Dean wasn’t going to leave Sam in the fog, even if he couldn’t be affected by it. (Not thrilled about trying to take in the fog to go down with Sam again, but it’s SPN; codependency is expected at this point imo.)

CHUCK SINGING AND THE AMULET APPEARING IN DEAN’S POCKET AND CHUCK INTERVENING AGAIN TO RESCUE THE TOWN WHILE THAT SONG IS PLAYING JUST TAKE MY TEARS, ROBBIE. I’LL BOTTLE THEM UP FOR YOU. 

No, literally, I was crying real tears when that happened and they found Chuck at the end. Beautiful. 

Guys, everything about the episode is what I would’ve hoped for. Robbie, thank you for making me cry AGAIN. Beautiful. 

Well, those creatures were...interesting? It was like The X-Files met Ben Edlund’s brand of weird and had a baby. Definitely one of the weirder episodes of SPN I’ve watched, but that does not mean I didn’t enjoy it a ton and glean a lot from it. Let’s go! 

When the rumors about this episode began going around, a lot of people thought that Jessy and Cesar would be lovers or brothers. Interesting that they were indeed lovers, because that means we got an interracial, gay hunting couple on the show who DID NOT DIE FOR SHOCK VALUE. In a land where LGBT characters are being written off left and right I need to thank you, Nancy Won, for not only writing well rounded characters who are gay (on top of not making it gimmicky or a big thing either), but also giving them a happy ending on top of it all. (On top of the ladies from ‘Safe House’ that Robbie wrote a few episodes back, that makes two LGBT couples who got happy endings this season on SPN. I’m very pleased, and I wish that this pattern could be the norm.) 

Getting back to the creatures in the episode though, they were weird, but I liked that they were something new. 

The woman they interviewed about her ex-husband trying to hit on Sam was too funny. 

I liked the parallels between Sam/Jessy and Dean/Mikey. We’ve come across brother parallels before, but I think this one could mean a bit more than the others. With the end of the season coming up, there is a lot of rumors flying about what will happen and who will “take the fall” per say. If Dean ends up locking himself away with Amara (an idea that’s been around a lot lately), it makes a lot of sense to parallel Jessy, a man who lost his brother and couldn’t do anything about it, to Sam, who may also be losing Dean to Amara (even temporarily) in the future. 

Another thing I loved: when Dean and Sam find out that Jessy and Cesar are together, there is nothing big about it. They are just like oh, okay, and move on with the case. Normalizing this type of reaction in television is great, because it can be a guide to others about how to act around a person who “comes out” to you. They are treated no differently after Sam and Dean know, and they’re both glad that Jessy and Cesar are done with the hunting life when they end the Chitters. 

I really enjoyed Jessy in particular, and how even though I think he’s a parallel to Sam, I think he could also relate to Dean, too. Both brothers have gone through loss, of course, especially losing one another. Jessy never got over his brother’s death, just like Sam & Dean can never let the other die without fighting to get them back. I need to wonder if Jessy will fully be able to move on now that he’s “avenged” his brother’s demise, or if he will forever hold on to that resentment like before. 

I guess the last thing I need to point out is, of course, Dean’s concern over Cas. This is not lessening as the weeks go on. Instead, it’s getting greater. Dean was up all night trying to research ways to get Cas back. He is not going to let it go until he gets his best friend back, and I am very pleased that the writers are telling the audience that Cas is important to the Winchesters. They are going to get their friend back, even if it takes calling on God to do it. 

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A little late, but this was from the other night <3 enjoy.

Links to things I talked about here:

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FanFic Recommendation page

Bookmarks on Ao3

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