This is Castiel the angel.
I think last week's episode was one of my favourites in season 4 so far. The prophet idea was really cool as they crank up the religious 'mythology' if you want to call it that as the weeks go by.
Ofcourse Lillith would not be pacified by Sam giving her one and she lives another day to break more seals.
I loved Castiel again, almost being the third big brother to Sam and Dean, watching out for them. And at the very end when the old guy angel, I've forgotten his name, prevents the prophet killing himself, was a cool touch as he is forced to live in his own living hell.
We've got no Supernatural next week for some reason but they're back in a fortnight. Can't wait!
We were really impressed with last Sunday's episode. It had everything we wanted! It was like a mini movie or a season finale.
Not only was Castiel in it but Sam was getting into his demon side and a revelation was laid before poor Dean.
I think Dean could have been a bit more brutal with Alastair though.
Not hot: the voice of Alastair started to grate and seemed overplayed but I got used to it towards the end.
Boring Anna being boring.
Hot: the 'human' side of Castiel, Sam sucking Ruby's blood
After the episode we went to see Wolverine at the flicks. What a great night! xx
OMG! How hot was this episode - a continuation of the anna the angel stuff. I was hooked and then Dean took his shirt off - I couldn't take my eyes of that hunky torso. Anna - what a waste and how unrealistic - I thought Dean would have some discrimination but I guess it would spoil the cute parallel of having Sammy dating a demon and Dean dating an angel. I also loved the brilliant character of Alistair. Hope he comes back. And I like Pamela the medium being the new Ellen figure.
I prefer these dark, delving episodes rather than the seemy standalones. what do you think?
can't wait till next week!! xx
Yes! 'I know what you did last summer' put things back on track. The ep was compelling, dark and delved deeper into the boys' past. I loved it and hated it when it said 'to be continued'.
The best bit? Castiel's return.
Worst bit? Ridiculous 'sex' scene between Sam and brunette Ruby. The girl is terrible at acting and Jared can't really do sex scene with all that hair pulling and tousling. Nevermind!
Roll on this Sunday...
Sorry I haven't blogged as soon as I usually do. Supernatural forces - or not - have taken over my life at work and I almost forgot what last Sunday's was about.
Again, it felt like we were in one of the episodes missed out from season two. It was a pretty much predictable standalone. Yes I know every single ep can't have Castiel, his mates and their nemises turning up but if this is how season five is gonna go then please let's end it after season four. 
It was cute, but I want something as slick as the season opener. Let's see what happens tomorrow night...
Ok, so this was more like it. Or at least it was towards the end.
The Halloween theme was an excuse for the producers to get cheeky with girls in silly outfits but once things got back on track with the serious business of raising demons I could breathe easy.
And praise be! Castiel was back. I love the relationship between Dean and Castiel. The last scene just cut through that so well with C confiding in the boy he has doubts too. Now it's not just Sam keeping secrets from his bro, Dean's gonna have to play the same game.
I also liked the suggestions of flashbacks Dean had when he saw that ghoulish mask in the school. This is the best kind of episode - not a purely standalone story but going back to the boys' history.
See ya next week.
Dean was so cute in the latest episode when he got ghost sickness. But it seems the series is going soft - why so much comedy and not enough scares or mind-bending weirdness? We want frights and apocalyptic prophecies-to-come.
Bring back Castieland his shadow-wings!
Hey. Been away for a while in Hell. Have returned now to continue blogging...
Caught the black and white episode of Supenatch at the weekend and I have to say I wasn't impressed.
The boys can do no wrong but I found the lack of colour distracting and the episode was somewhat boring. There were amusing bits like Dean in Lederhosen and the comedy lines from the shapeshifter. The only time I felt it was Supenatch was when the shapeshifter came out of Hammer House of Horror character and spoke about the abuse from his dad when he was a baby shapeshifter. It was also obvious the monster was that bar wench and not the nutty witness to Dracula bloke.
Nevermind, maybe next week Castiel will return.
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ok...... thought about alot last night in bed after the 10/09 episode . Pretty sure Jack killed himself by attacking Sam . He knew his life was over and the only way to end it and all the pain he would inflict on others was to make Sam kill him . Sam has chosen not use his powers anymore even though it makes him feel better about who he is , Dean has chosen to believe that Castiel is really an angel and there is a God . Lots of choices being made .
Also thought alot about why the hell I am so addicted to this show . I am a professional working mom of two young kids , just turned 40 and should be watching DH or ER or CSI or something , right? Why do I have a schoolgirl crush on Jensen? God , feel like I am in high school again ! Still , hot babes aside , a well written show with humour - sweet.
SUPERNATURAL
Episode 4.01
Lazarus Rising
Written by: Eric Kripke
Directed by: Kim Manners
Guest Starring: Genevieve Cortese, Misha Collins, Traci Dinwiddie
Plot Summary: Dean has fought his way out of the grave, but he looks awfully good for a man four months' dead. The question of who sprung him out of hell is just the beginning.
Review:
Supernatural, Season Four is here! But know this: when Kripke gives us something we want, he's as apt to give us something we don't.
First, though, Kripke's mad genius rocked the early minutes while barely making a sound. We get flashes of darkness and bloody light, rolling eyeballs and fragments of screams - until the click of a lighter reveals Dean, alive but trapped in claustrophobic gloom. His rasping screech for help is scarcely a voice, and there's only one way out. Dean finally claws his way up to daylight and a scorching blue sky, and oh yes, the lighting is harsh and vibrant, full of delicious contrast, the shadows stark and the colors snapping. I like, Eric, I like, I do!
Once aboveground, Jensen's performance shines as a man unfamiliar with a world he used to know. He peers warily about the gravesite, trees now blasted flat as Tunguska, before bowlegging his way down an empty, shimmering road, like a lone gunfighter appearing from a mirage. At isolated convenience store, he breaks in and helps himself to supplies: water, candy bars, and a skin magazine, proof positive that this is truly Dean. A newspaper tells the date: September 18th. We are watching his resurrection in "real time."
Now, I had wondered if Dean would bear hellhound scars, and he obliges us by consulting a mirror. There are none, just his anti-possession tattoo - yay, continuity! - but I was startled as Dean by the bright, angry burn scar on his left shoulder, shaped like a fiery hand. His silent explorations end with the buzzing of the TV and radio, and Dean remembers the signs.
Weaponless, he grabs salt and starts shaking out defensive lines, but an ear-splintering whine blows all the windows in. It bounces him off the walls in a hurricane of broken glass, before silence falls again. Alone is not something Dean does well, and his homing instincts are true. But Sam's number is disconnected, while Bobby hangs up with a death threat, so Dean hotwires a beat-up old 1962 Mercury Monterey and heads out.
The scene at Bobby's door is priceless: Dean standing there with a hopeful little smile, looking about ten years old, until a horrified Bobby attacks with a silver knife. But a little wrasslin', a little dodging around the furniture, and some holy water to the face leads to a rib-cracking, sniffle-inducing hug. Bobby's had it hard these four months past, as evidenced by the small army of liquor bottles populating his library.
Sam, however, is off the grid. He's presumed alive, but he went quiet, says Bobby, real quiet, and disappeared after burying Dean. Buried, rather than salted and burned, because Sam had said Dean would "need a body when he got you back home somehow." It's clear now that Sam has done something calamitously stupid. But how do you find a hunter who doesn't want to be found? Dean just smirks, "What don't I know about that kid?" Remember that question, folks.
In moments, Dean pinpoints Sam through the GPS on his cell phone in Pontiac Illinois, just miles from where Dean popped back to life. He and Bobby hit the road, but we get our first clue how different things are, when a scantily clad Random Girl opens Sam's hotel room door. She's looking for pizza delivery, but Sam, (freshly damp from the shower and awesomely buff) looks like he's seeing a ghost - or worse. His reaction turns explosive and blessed be Bobby's hunter's skills, that he ears Sam down before Dean ends up right back dead.
But finally, finally, fans are treated to the full-body, grappling hug of which we've so long dreamed, the brothers clinging tight as if absorbing the reality through their bones. There's a grin or two, as well, when Sam stammers around Random Girl's inquiry whether Dean and Sam are, you know, "together," and he forgets her name when she volunteers to leave.
However ... something is missing. Sam's simply too quiet, too contained, the only crack in his façade when Dean accuses him of making a demon's deal. For a moment, we glimpse the bone-deep anguish Sam has borne, for it wasn't Sam who freed Dean from Hell. But it wasn't for lack of trying, even to attempting the Devil's Gate, and Sam is sorry, so sorry.
There's hope for the old brotherly rapport when Sam returns a special talisman: Dean's amulet, which Sam has worn since his brother's death. Hope again, in the comedic moment when Sam hands over the keys to the Impala and Dean discovers Sam installed an iPod jack. But when Dean asks how Sam survived Lilith's attack, Sam says he was somehow immune. (Shades of his resistance to the demonic virus in "Croatoan.") Sam swears he's done nothing else, however, and Dean slams the door on Sam's freaky powers, saying grimly, "Let's keep it that way."
Pamela Barnes is, IMHO, one of the most refreshing female characters SPN has introduced in a while. An old friend of Bobby's, she is a gutsy, gorgeous, plainspoken psychic - and an outrageous flirt. Pamela's task is a séance designed to reveal what pulled Dean out of Hell, for which she needs to touch something Dean's monster touched. Sam is visibly freaked at the sight of Dean's livid scar, and it's a sweet, subtle thing how he tightens his clasp on his brother's hand.
Pamela meanwhile proceeds with the séance, commanding the creature to show itself to her. Castiel is the name she hears whispered, and she forges on despite its warnings, demanding its compliance. Instead, the candles whoosh into flame, Pamela's eyes blaze white, and she screams as blood pours down her face. She collapses, and while Sam scrambles to dial 911, she opens the blackened pits that used to be her eyes, now burned out and rendering her blind.
Later in a diner, the boys order pie and discuss their next move. Dean wants to try again while Sam adamantly refuses, saying he followed some demons here, so they should find and interrogate them, instead. Before they can agree on a course of action, though, the waitress sits at their table and reveals demon-black eyes. Two other men in the place are also demons.
The demonic waitress talks a good talk, threatening Dean while Sam restrains himself from diving over the table at her. But the demons don't know any more than Sam or Dean, and Dean realizes they are terrified of whatever broke him out. We see a brittle, seething temper in him when she threatens him again, and he slaps her twice before he and Sam walk out, unhindered.
Outside, Dean heaves a sigh of relief, but Sam almost jitters with anxiety over leaving three demons there, declaring that he's been killing a lot more demons than that, lately. "Not any more," Dean quips, "the smarter brother is back," and they'll handle just one job at a time. But Sam's look of simmering impatience says he's been alone too long to start taking orders, now.
Later that night, Dean conks out on the hotel sofa bed amidst a tumble of books, evidence of their search for answers, while Sam sneaks out and drives off in the Impala. He doesn't hear me shriek, "Nooo, you know what happens when you split up!" Sure enough, Dean awakens to supernatural static on the TV and clock radio. He rolls out of bed with shotgun in hand, (ooh, let me replay that again) but another explosion of glass and a piercing whine crushes him to the floor. He screams, clutching his ears, until Bobby bursts in and there the screen goes dark.
The boys' separation is far more than physical, when Dean calls to locate Sam. Sam says he couldn't sleep and has just gone for a burger, while Dean replies he and Bobby have gone for a beer. It's a total disconnect between the boys that sits in my guts like a bowling ball, and only the fact Sam and Dean are both hip deep in subterfuge allows such blithely absurd lies to work.
Granted, it's a tossup whose plan is worse. Dean wants to summon the thing that pulled him from Hell and burned out Pamela's eyes, and he doesn't want Sam to interfere. Sam wants to take on a diner full of demons alone. It's big-brother instinct compelling Dean to keep Sam away from the Power he intends to face, but Sam? Well, Sam evidently regard demons anywhere in the same zip code as Dean as a clear and present danger.
Sam picks the lock on the darkened diner only to find the cook dead, his eyes burned out. Something leaps from the darkness and he's on the short end of an ass kicking until he shoves his assailant off and it's the demon waitress - alive, but with her eyes also gone. Sam demands to know what she saw, but she only sobs that, "We're dead. We're all dead." She refuses to give any further answers, snarling, "Go to Hell," and oops, was that a mistake.
Sam raises one hand, closes his eyes, and holy freaking cats! It *looked* a bit corny, but Sam's powers are back, boy howdy! Black stuff pours from the waitress' mouth as if she were vomiting smoke, boiling and roiling until she collapses and falls. He stands an instant, dark and grim, but a flicker of the old Sam remains in his muted "damn it" when he finds the girl is dead.
My mouth is still open when a voice speaks from the shadows, and voila! The Random Girl at the hotel was not so random. It's Ruby, which begs an interesting question. Did Ruby find her own way back from wherever Lilith sent her, or did Sam summon her for his own ends? Whatever the case, it's evident they have an established association and Ruby can't ID the power that burned out these people's eyes and pulled Dean out of Hell.
"No demon can swing that," she says. "Not Lilith, not anybody."
Their conversation concludes with a double dose of creepy. The first is when Ruby says she doesn't want to come between Sam and his brother. (Since when?) Second is when Sam reflects on his actions, and in almost one breath swings from, "I don't know if what I'm doing is right," to "I'm saving people ... and that feels good. I want to keep going." It's a weird sort of eagerness that makes my neck hairs prickle, because just what *has* Sam been doing?
Meanwhile, Dean and Bobby have created a tagger's wet dream by spray-painting sigils and symbols from a hundred religions all over the inside of an old barn. Now, they literally swing their heels waiting to see if Bobby's ritual will summon anything. When the roof starts rattling and the door bursts in, I do not expect this: a mild-faced man in a tie and overcoat who walks amidst exploding light bulbs, and continues forward through a hail of ineffective gunfire.
"Who are you?" Dean demands, now clutching the demon-killing knife.
The stranger coolly replies, "I'm the one who gripped you tight and raised you from perdition."
He is Castiel, he who burned the eyes out of Pamela Barnes and flattened Dean's gravesite like a bomb. Dean stabs him with the magick knife, Bobby attacks from behind, but Castiel shrugs them off, and puts Bobby down with a mere touch between the eyes.
Seconds later, Castiel answers Dean's question, and Kripke did promise this episode would blow the fandom wide open: "I am an angel of the Lord," Castiel says, and God commanded Dean's resurrection. The reason, he says, "Because we have work for you."
And there it is. All Kripke's declarations that we would never see angels, that humans were the power of Good, and here is a walking, talking, glass-shattering seraph, complete with shadowy wings. Now Sam has a self-appointed mission to snuff demons, using powers some fear are Evil. Dean is being handed a job whose nature we do not yet know, by forces we are taught are Good. We can guess that Sam will justify his means by the end that he pursues: hunting evil. We can expect Dean to rage and shout, and point up the fact that Sam's advisor is a demon. Their fears for each other, instead of bringing them together, are already driving them apart.
Yet I don't think the struggle will be between evil!Sam and good!Dean. Nor am I convinced that Dean was brought back to stop Sam. Sam's far more into killing demons than leading them, so what, exactly, would God want to stop him doing? It may be that Kripke's idea of Angels is anything but heavenly choirs and beams of light. Clearly, Castiel does not comprehend Dean, neither his lack of faith nor his basic humanity. He seems genuinely bewildered that Dean could not perceive Castiel's true visage or bear his real voice. The angel has a mission, and the mission might be all he knows.
The question may actually be, given our suspicions of Ruby's intentions for Sam ... how can we trust Castiel's intentions for Dean? The conflict may be the boys fighting for the same goal by conflicting means, while un-human Powers push and pull them towards ends that serve the Winchesters' best interests not at all. I think the boys will find their way back to each other, sometime, somewhere, but it's going to be a long and rocky road.
As for the Angel thing? Relax, fellow fans. Kripke has never gone Southern Baptist on us yet. I sincerely doubt he's about to start now. :-)
Hey y´all...
I love this episode...the whole "You gonna get me some pie!-Dude,when I have ever forgotten the pie?-Dude,where´s the pie"-thing...OMG they´re soo freakin´funny
Poor Olivia...I mean hunters do their best to protect people but they can´t save them all! It´s just like Dean said during the opening!
I love Castiel and can´t wait to see more of him...he´s so mysterious but also very fascinating *LoveMishas´Eyezz*
Chuckleheadz...Bobby is The Man° and his panic room...just love it! ..."they´ve redecorated...in RED" lol^
Now...Dean: it´s so sad, that he think he did not deserve 2 be saved! Of course...he is not blemishless but he does everything for his family or/and people he don´t know...just to know that they are save! he lives with the consequences of his actions...so brave! Holy crap...he fights against DEMONS!He deserves it...more than anybody else
-How many fingers am I holdin´ up?...-None,I´ll be fine,Dean! *one hand on the driver and the other hand on the mobile*...Love this man
Rising of the witnesses...holy crap! Apocalypse...Lucifer *heavyStuff*but wooooow
Can´t wait to have a look at the next episode "In the beginning" with Teenie- John and Mary Winchester...so sweet!
Hadi,tung...whatever° Byebye...SamyJo
Episode 4.1
Lazarus Rising
Int. Unknown Location
A shaken, defenseless Guy crouches beside Bobby, checking his pulse. Castiel states that the guy’s friend is alive. The Guy asks just who is Castiel. Castiel answers with his name. The Guy says that he figured that, but what is Castiel.
Castiel replies that he’s a demon. Guy says that Castiel burned out the poor woman’s eyes. Castiel defends that he warned her to spy oh his true form. It can be overwhelming to humans, so can his real voice, but that our Guy knows that already.
It clicks together for our Guy and he recalls that the voice at the gas station and motel room was Castiel. He tells Castiel to talk quieter next time. Castiel somewhat apologizes saying that it was his mistake. Certain people, special people can see his true visage, and he thought that our Guy would be one of them. But he was wrong.
Guy pokes fun, asking what ‘visage’ Castiel is in now ‘cause he looks like a tax accountant. Castiel says that this look is merely a vessel. Guy states that Castiel is just possessing someone. But Castiel replies that his vessel wanted this.
Guy says that it might’ve been easier if Castiel would’ve shown up in a vessel the first time. But Castiel states that finding a human vessel durable enough to contain him isn’t easy. Guy jokes that he has that same problem with woman then says that he ain’t buying what Castiel is selling, so what is he really?
Castiel says that he already told Guy, and Guy says that right, and why would someone rescue him. Castiel returns that good things can happen and Guy says that it doesn’t in his experience. Castiel asks Guy what’s the matter, doesn’t Guy deserve to live.
He’s hit a nerve and our Guy asks why’d Castiel do it. Castiel replies that he has work for Guy.
Int. Hotel Hallway
There’s a knock on the door, and the door opens revealing a hot chic wearing a flimsy robe. She isn’t expected and the girl is a bit confused herself. She asks the two at the door where it is. And Guy returns with a clueless where’s what?
The Hot Chick points out that she’s supposed to have a pizza, and asks if it really takes two guys to deliver it. Guy stammers that he thinks he has the wrong room.
Sam Winchester enters the room, from the bathroom asking if the pizza is here. But he’s startled by what he sees at the door and charges, shoving our Guy against the wall, pulling out a silver knife. The Hot Chick screams.
Int. Motel Room – Later
The Hot Chick is watching on, totally weirded out, she asks if Sam and this guy is together, and Sam says that no, that the guy is his Dad. Hot chick excuses herself without a protest from Sam. She says that she’s just gonna change in the bathroom, and Guy says she could just change right in the room. Hot Chick rolls here eyes and tells Guy to keep dreaming.
Int. Hotel Hallway – Moments Later.
Hot Chick is leaving the hotel room, Sam seeing her out. She tells Sam to call her, and Sam says sure thing, Kathy. The Hot Chick corrects him. Her name is Kristy. She heads down the hall, and Sam closes the door.
Random Scene - - -
It’s Kristy the hot chic from Sam’s room. But she shouldn’t be here. She congratulates Sam on how slick he’s getting, how much he’s improving. Sam asks what took her so long, and Kristy says that a small fry like that, Sam should send ‘em packing’ himself by now, not relying on her.
Sam asks what the hell is going on and Kristy moves over to one of the corpses, inspecting the eyes. She’s tense and unsettled at what’s before her. Kristy says that she wishes she knew, and Sam replies that they were thinking some high level demon attacked Bobby. Kristy says there’s no way. This kind of power makes the sky bleed and the ground quake. No demon can pull something off like that, not even Lilith.
Sam asks then what can. Kristy says its nothing she’s ever seen before.
Random Scene
Sam and Kristy sit at a table, deep in conversation. Kristy asks if Sam’s gonna tell Bobby. Sam says he plans to just got to figure out the right way to say it. He just needs some time. Kristy points out that Bobby’s gonna find out, and if its not from Sam then Bobby’s gonna be really pissed.
Sam returns that Bobby’s going to be pissed anyway, and Kristy says that maybe she should hang around for a bit more. Sam protests, but Kristy says that she may not be in Bobby’s fan club, but she’s not coming between him and Sam either.
Ext. Pamela’s House – Day
Bobby rings the bell and the door opens revealing Pamela, early 40s, sporting a Ramone’s T-shirt. Pamela’s excited to see Bobby and Bobby says that Pamela’s a sight for sore eyes. She asks Bobby if this is the kid.
Bobby says yep and then states that Pamela Barnes is the best damn psychic in the state. Pamela looks the kid up and down and tells the two to come on in.
Int. Pamela’s House—Moments Later
Bobby and Pamela move around the house, toward the kitchen. Bobby asks if Pamela’s heard anything. Pamela says she Ouija-d her way through a ton of spirits, and no one knows what happened or how. Bobby ask what’s the next step, and Pamela suggest a séance ‘cause maybe they can see what they’re up against.
Bobby asks if Pamela’s gonna summon the thing here. Pamela says no, she just wants a sneak peek.
Int. Pamela’s House – Kitchen – Day
Pamela moves to and fro across the room, preparing it for the séance. As Pamela goes to reach for some candles, her shirt lifts revealing a tattoo just about her butt. It says Jesse Forever.
Sam asks who Jesse is and Pamela says it wasn’t forever. Sam says it was Jesse’s loss. Pamela retorts that it might be Sam’s gain. On her way to get more supplies, Pamela looks toward Bobby and says that he’s invited too.
Int. Pamela’s House – Kitchen – Moments Later
Everyone’s around the table, candles lit, ready for the séance. Pamela tells everyone to take each other’s hand, and she’s got to touch something it touched. She reaches for Sam’s lap and Sam stops her. Pamela grins mischievously and says its her mistake.
Pamela presses her palm against Sam’s chest and shuts her eyes, beginning her chant to conjure. She keeps going but stops and in question, says the name Azazel?
Bobby asks her what she’s seeing and Pamela says that it’s name is Azazel. And then picks up the chant, saying that she commands Azazel to show it’s face.
Pamela keeps repeating, a racket begins, the table is even shaking under the force of it all. Bobby warns that they should stop. Pamela says that she’s almost got it and commands Azazel to show it’s face now.
Pamela lets loose an agonized scream and collapses. Bobby panics calling out to Pamela, and she stirs weakly, asking what happened?
