Friday, March 30, 2012
Edohotep
Writer: Sera Gamble.
When all the psychological walls are crumblin' down in "Born Again Identity," there is only one place to go for safety: the psychiatric ward. After five days of going without sleep, Sam Winchester's mental facilities are pretty much gone and Lucifer's grasp on him is more than secured.
Everything that Death has done from last season to help Sam might as well been all for naught. If it was not for the many chisel picking curiousity seekers, maybe he could have held out longer. And traditional psychiatric care is not helping him any; without soothing rest, Sam is dying.
As predicted, Lucifer's torment of Sam is turning more and more into a fiendish form of Robin Williams' comedy. While Mark Pellegrino is still superb as the one and only Devil, even he is starting to show tiredness in the role. To keep that kind of energy up is tough. But when Lucifer starts to interact in Sam's world, the lines of reality are being blurred.
Most of it is in Sam's imagination, and Dean is off to find someone to help his brother. But when demons start to become involved in this tale, just what are their motives? The ranks are getting restless since the brothers have not done anything for Crowley lately. While there is no war going on between the Crowley's forces and Leviathans, that will no doubt come.
Even though Dean managed to find someone to help—a faith healer known as Emanuel—he would not have found him without some spiritual help. This episode is the latest to confirm that the Winchesters do have a spirit guide and that is most likely the spirit of Bobby Singer. But there's a question that needs to be answered: did Bobby know the person? He is a fellow Hunter, Emanuel, who possibly helped Castiel with amnesia? Not even the person Dean talked to knew about this detail, before he went finding Emanuel.
Everyone thought Cas blew apart in the lake. While this resourceful hunter does try to keep tabs on everything, most of his on screen time was spent trying to find a way to defeat Leviathans.
And another question is what is Meg's role in the pot being stirred up? This demoness has an interest in Castiel, and when he resurfaces, their oddball relationship gets revisited. Although Meg does not quite seem like herself, so is Cas. As Emanuel, this angel is a kinder and gentler soul. Meg is coldly stiff.
Castiel begins to atone by deciding to save Sam at the cost of his own immortal soul. Interestingly, all has has to do it to simply “change channels.” Instead of Sam dealing with Lucifer, Cas takes on the burden. One curious clue that some may miss is with Lucifer acknowledging "his brother."
No hallucination is smart enough to know who is who. If Michael the Archangel survived the battle in the cage, where the two are truly located up, he ought to be jealous. Lucifer has a way to escape.
Strangely, the recovered Sam gets a quick release and the brothers leave the new mental patient behind. While they cannot do anything for Castiel, maybe someone else will. Meg is nearby so she can watch over this angel.
While this season's tale is getting more complex, the final Battle Royale may well be one huge Mexican standoff with several sides vying for control of the people of Earth. The demons seem to be back. And quite possibly, Bobby may be the Keymaster. Castiel might be the Gatekeeper who will herd the Leviathans back to whence they came. After all, he was the one who ate up all the junk in Purgatory. Somewhere in his memories has to be a solution.
Overall: 7 out of 10.
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