SN11 EP21: All In The Family
Written By: Brad Buckner & Eugenie Ross-Leming
Directed By: Thomas J. Wright
I’ve done a little reading on social media, and I’m fully aware that there are some fans that didn’t like this episode. Now, I can’t help but wonder what in the hell is wrong with all of you? I mean, I understand that it’s impossible to please all the people all the time… but if anyone or thing could, it would’ve been this episode.
It had it all…. even a guest appearance by fan favorite Osric Chau (aka the Advanced Placement Prophet Kevin) and the (sort of) Redemption of Metatron. Seriously, I would’ve never thought that I would like him (he DID kill Dean at the end of SN9). Several of my fellow fan friends, Lucy and I have called him Metadouche since his stunning betrayal (the murder of Dean) and attempt at God -dom. Now? Well, he did come through for the good guys this time…and I won’t give you the details and ruin it for you. If you’re not up to this episode yet in your watching, just know that he eventually becomes a (sort of) decent .. uh… what was he exactly at the end? …. let’s just say soul. He was a decent soul, even if he did murder Dean… and he DID… murder Dean that is.
The moments in the first half of the episode where Chuck is trying to convince The Boys that he is, in fact, God is classic stuff. Sam is “fanboying” and Dean is skeptical. Sam babbling and Dean’s Single Man Tear (which actually turned out to be two tears this time… I mean, I didn’t think Jensen was capable of two tears at once). There were moments where I said “ouch” because Chuck is good with the zingers…. “Don’t confuse me with your father” and “I never lost faith in you, even if you didn’t return the favor”… those are some hard core zingers right there. But, I’m going to be completely honest here, Readers. I’m a Christian, and The Boys were asking the same sort of questions that I would want to be asking God… when I meet him.
I have to admit a moment of “What the Hell?” when Dean went to meet Amara in the woods (which looked a lot like Purgatory bt-dubbs, but in color) and then we saw Sam and the Posse in Baby going on the rescue mission to beat all rescue missions. I was lost for a second, wondering why Dean hadn’t driven Baby to the meeting. But, then I realized… if you’re going to go all Mission Impossible then you need the best vehicle for the job. And no doubt, Baby is the best vehicle for ANY job.
The best line of the whole thing was hard to choose. It was a total toss up between the whole “most porn I’ve ever seen in one sitting” convo between Chuck and Dean (talking about Dean’s computer) and the first meeting between The Boys and the new prophet, Donatello. He says his name and says “I’m named after him.” And, of course Dean said “The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle?”…. that was funny even though I saw it coming.
This is one of those episodes that had so much happening that I just know it’s gonna take watching it at least half a dozen times to catch it all. You know what I mean, right? Because, Jensen is so very great with the facial expressions that you can read every single one of Dean’s emotions if you watch close enough. Sometimes, there’s even … let’s call them ‘tells’ … that will hit ya hard in the feels, ya know, if you aren’t distracted by a big rescue plan.
I have to go now… I need to watch it a few more times. Just to make sure I caught everything. Ya know, for science and all.
Absolutely, for science! LOL I liked the ep, can’t say I was enamored with it after the absolute perfection that was last week’s ep, but who can compete with Robbie Thompson’s writing? This one left a number of disturbing and frightening questions in my head and I don’t even want to think about them…even after having watched it twice last night. Things like….Metadouche, I mean Metatron, sacrificed himself for the good guys. We all know that Dean is always ready to sacrifice himself…would he, could he, do that to save humanity? Would he to keep God from doing it instead? What vehicle DID Dean drive to the woods? And how in holy hell are they getting Baby out of that room???
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