Instead, this episode actually breathed new life into this series history, as Crowley (Mark Sheppard) arrived to explain just what makes yellow-eyed demons so special.Īpparently, Crowley wasn’t the next in line for the “King of Hell” throne. Since then, the brothers have defeated the “mother of all monsters”, Lucifer, whatever “The Darkness” actually was, and Death itself the fact that one little demon caused this much trouble back then seems kind of quaint. Many Supernatural fans, including myself, argue that the show’s most threatening villain was its very first, as it was the yellow-eyed demon Azazel (Fredric Lane) who killed Mary Winchester, Sam’s fiancée Jessica (Adrianne Palicki), and John Winchester (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), all in the first season. This average day for the Winchesters soon goes bad, as the rugaru reveals himself to be a yellow-eyed demon. She was also there to take a special object for the Men of Letters, something that once glowed like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction. We opened with Mary’s story that they were all on the hunt for a rugaru (a monster who dines on human flesh) hiding in a secluded cabin. Like Reservoir Dogs, “Stuck In The Middle (With You)” used non-linear storytelling that is, the same scenes were shown over and over again from different characters’ perspectives. Perhaps, like this week’s episode, I need to go back to the beginning before I fully examine the end. Of course, I was relieved to see him live to see another episode. No matter how many times this show fools us into thinking that a major character is going to die, at some point, I still wondered if this was going to be the end of Cass.
Yes, this was the week that Castiel almost died. Ketch (David Haydn-Jones) that “one of her sons almost died”, meaning that she considers Castiel as one of her own? Before you dislike her too much, however, did anyone notice that at the end of the episode she actually tells Mr. Throughout the episode, she’s given plenty of chances to come clean and actually help the situation, but she stays silent. That really doesn’t sound so bad, until you notice that on this particular mission, she’s roping in an inexperienced new hunter Wally (Donavon Stinson) and lying to her sons (and Castiel ) about what’s really going on. The audience, at least, learns the extent of her dealings with them, destroying the monsters and taking the powerful weapons that she’s ordered to, in exchange for favors and information. Previews and episode synopses made viewers think that this was going to be the week that the brothers discover that Mary (Samantha Smith) has been collaborating with the British Men of Letters, but (spoiler alert!) that didn’t happen.
Will it all come down to the final battle against Lucifer? Are the British Men of Letters this season’s “big bad”? Will the impending anti-christ lead to another apocalypse? This week’s episode, however, led the Winchesters to another potentially epic challenge. More so than in any of its eleven other seasons, the CW’s Supernatural has kept us guessing as to what this season’s main plotline will be. Let’s get rambling.” – Dean, “Stuck In The Middle (With You)”