Supernatural’s tenth season finale leaves the Winchester brothers mired in the mud, both literally and figuratively. Written by Jeremy Carver and directed by Phil Sgriccia, “Brother’s Keeper” has its strong points, including the actors’ performances and amazing special effects, but the overall impact is somewhat lacking.
The first scene of “Brother’s Keeper” takes place in the bunker. Sam (Jared Padalecki) is making specialty bullets, and a concerned Castiel (Misha Collins) asks if there is “anything.” Castiel has healed from his encounter with Dean, and it’s not mentioned – does Sam even know what happened? Have they set the bunker to rights after the Stynes’s vandalism? We don’t know. We do learn that Sam has left Dean (Jensen Ackles) twelve voicemails and that the Impala’s low-jack has been disabled.
Sam speaks about the need to go through with the spell, though Castiel questions what the consequences may be. Sam desperately and adamantly states that since they don’t know what the consequences are, they can’t let that unkown threat stop them: “We save Dean.” This makes little sense to me; after all, Dean has told Sam point-blank that using The Book of the Damned will generate terrible consequences of a biblical scale (10×18). He plays on Castiel’s weak point – Dean – asking, “Do you want to kill Dean? Because I don’t.” And as was emphasized yet again in “The Prisoner,” Cas does not want to hurt Dean.
The hunter in question comes to on the motel room floor; he looks rough – hungover, sweaty. His phone rings, and it’s Sam calling. Dean ignores the call, along with the twelve that he’s already missed. He scrubs a hand over his face, murmuring, “I’m good. I’m good.” Is he talking about his state of being or his morality?
After the titlecard, the scene shifts to Dean undercover as FBI and investigating the murder of a teen, Rose McKinley. The local officer remarks that Rose’s parents are “God-fearing folk,” and Dean retorts that they “let her leave the house looking like a whore.” Once again, the Mark is supposedly bringing out the sexist, nasty side of Dean in ways that I don’t understand or appreciate. The officer calls him on his language and attitude, observing that Dean must have “worked some dark stuff in your day… must have left quite a mark.” Dean responds dryly, “Oh, you have no idea.”
Then, Rudy, a hunter whom both Sam and Dean have spoken to on the phone in past episodes, arrives on scene. Apparently, this is his case, but Dean’s decided to take over. He tells Rudy condescendingly, “Let the real hunters work.” The local officer informs them that the victim’s friend, Crystal, is also missing, and suggests they sit this part out. Unlike Cas or Sam, Rudy’s not overly invested in Dean’s state of mind and responds to Dean’s aggression with, “Life’s too short, partner… I don’t know what crawled up your ass today, but frankly, I don’t care. Regards to your brother.” Rudy leaves, and when Dean rubs his face, we see that his knuckles are still bruised, presumably from his fight with Castiel (10×22).
Meanwhile, Sam and Castiel visit Rowena (Ruth Connell), who’s apparently been left alone – which again underscores the plot issues in “Dark Dynasty” that manipulated the narrative and characters so that Charlie (Felicia Day) wound up dead. Sam threatens Rowena with the special witch-killing bullets. Rowena is unswayed and calls his bluff, saying insincerely, “Poor Dean” before suggesting sweetly, “Let’s have a nice wee cup of tea and negotiate.” Now the Sam has failed to kill Crowley (10×22), Rowena wants her guaranteed freedom and the codex. Sam considers her terms, which alarms Castiel, who tells his friend, “This is a mistake.”
Dean interviews Rose’s parents and behaves offensively throughout this entire scene. After pulling a gun on Rose’s father and reducing both parents to tears, Dean leaves. Rose’s brother has been eavesdropping, and he follows Dean to the Impala. Dean nearly shoots the kid, but refrains. The brother confesses that he’s the one who took Rose and Crystal to an isolated cabin where some guys were hanging out. The teen’s demeanor seems off to me, and while I could find the parallel of one sibling enabling the death of another interesting (maybe), the narrative doesn’t linger long enough to build nuance. Instead, I can’t even tell if the surviving brother is remorseful or grieving, and the exchange simply feels awkward.
Rowena translates the ingredients needed for the spell: forbidden fruit, the golden calf, and, loosely translated, her heart. Castiel says acquiring her heart isn’t “impossible,” but Rowena saucily corrects him, “Not my literal heart, Feathers.” She assures Sam and Castiel that she doesn’t love anything, but Castiel counters, “Everyone loves something.” He reads her mind and sees the memory of a boy named Oscar. Rowena is shocked.
A phone call interrupts the conversation. Rudy’s called to tell Sam that Dean’s in Superior, Nebraska, and “he’s not playing well with others.” Sam tells Rudy that “Dean’s not himself” and asks him to text the details. Castiel comes to find out what’s going on, and Sam gives the angel a packet of Dean’s hair for the spell. “Cas, I need you to do this for me. Make this spell happen, whatever it takes. Please.” The scene ends, cutting off any further representation of the friends’ conflicting emotions and struggle. Once again, nuance is lost, and the scene feels typical: Sam, desperate, makes rash decisions and implicates Castiel, who lets his love for humanity lead to bad choices.
In Nebraska, Dean finds the cabin where Crystal’s being held hostage. He beheads a vampire on the porch, and inside, discovers the teen tied to a bedframe and Rudy being held at knifepoint by a second vampire. Rudy tells Dean to stop, to talk it out, but Dean aggressively calls the vampire’s supposed bluff – only to have the vampire go through with his threat to stab and kill Rudy. Dean beheads the vamp and frees Crystal. The teen is screaming about what Dean is doing, and he says, “I just rescued you…” When she doesn’t thank him, he dryly says, “You’re welcome,” and leaves.
Sometime later, Dean’s in a motel room, washing his hands. When he looks in the mirror, he sees Cas, bloodied and beaten, looking back. Dean is shaken and continues washing his hands. He looks up a second time and sees Rudy and keeps washing his hands. This time, his anger wins out and rather than look up again, he punches the mirror before trashing the motel room.
But why does the narrative linger here? Dean went on a bender after beating Castiel, and we see the evidence of that at the beginning of the episode. Dean’s anger at himself for what he did to Castiel I understand; even if I didn’t already see Castiel’s significance to Dean, the season ten narrative has reminded us over and over that the angel is family and that they love each other. Rudy, however, is a plot device – a character who’s been name-dropped a few times, who suddenly appears in this episode, and is clearly marked for death. Why aren’t Charlie and Castiel enough to tip Dean over the edge? Why is it that only after Rudy’s death does Dean fully realize that he has to be stopped?
Sam arrives in Nebraska, and the cabin is now a crime scene. He hears Crystal repeating over and over, “He just let him die.” (Again – what? How is Crystal more traumatized by Dean’s actions than the vampires who killed Rose and did who-knows-what to both teens before Rudy and Dean arrived?) Sam’s disturbed to find Rudy’s body, along with the beheaded vamp, inside. According to the same local officer who spoke with Dean earlier, “…one of your boys came in hot, got his partner killed, and went some kind of samurai on that son of a bitch over there…”
Castiel continues to heed Sam’s wishes. As if he’s forgotten all of his past experiences with the King of Hell, Cas leaves Rowena alone (again) to summon Crowley (Mark Sheppard) at a crossroads. The angel and demon trade barbs, as usual, and Castiel asks that Crowley “help cure Dean of the Mark.” Crowley seems reluctant and Cas raises his hand, as if to smite the demon. Crowley demands, “Blast me or beg.” Castiel reluctantly acquiesces, “King…if you would be so kind…” He hands over the ingredients list, and the demon reads over it. He corrects the interpretation of the forbidden fruit – “it’s a quince, you dummy, not an apple.” (Explain to me why Castiel, who is an angel, doesn’t already know this?!) After they finish reviewing the list, Crowley eyes Castiel speculatively before agreeing: “I’m in.” The demon disappears, leaving Castiel looking unhappy at this development.
Sam spots the Impala parked outside a motel and enters Dean’s trashed room. This all seems feasible until Sam reads the note on the bed, and the notepad reads “Tulsa, Oklahoma.” So, either Sam manages to trace Dean to Tulsa, or Dean’s still in Nebraska but has a spare notepad from a different hotel on hand? Regardless, the note reads, “She’s all yours.” The Impala’s keys are left on top of it. As viewers likely recognize, when Dean bequeaths Baby, trouble’s brewing. This time, though, Castiel can’t zap Dean back to Bobby’s until Team Free Will can set things to rights.
Instead, Dean’s at an empty Mexican restaurant that’s for sale. After flipping the power on, he casts an intricate spell that summons Death (Julian Richings). Somehow, Dean has managed to make a spread of queso, taquitos, tamales, and the like – all “homemade by yours truly” for Death. He tells the reaper, “Consider it an offering… I want you to kill me.”
Dean pleads with Death: “I’ve got no moves left. Except you.” Death seems surprised, “My goodness. Dean Winchester has tipped over his king…but I won’t kill you.” Because the Mark of Cain is the first curse, Dean cannot be killed. The hunter asks if Death can remove it instead. “I could,” he answers, but it’s clear he won’t. In an exposition-heavy scene, Death explains:
“…Before there was light, before there was god and the archangels, there wasn’t nothing. There was The Darkness, a horribly destructive amoral force that was beaten back by God and his archangels in a terrible war. God locked the darkness away where it could do no harm, and he created a Mark that would serve as both lock and key, which he entrusted to his most valued lieutenant, Lucifer. But the Mark began to assert its own will, revealed itself as a curse, and began to corrupt. Lucifer became jealous of man; God banished Lucifer to hell; Lucifer passed the Mark to Cain who passed the Mark to you, the proverbial finger in the dyke… So, I could remove the Mark. But only if you will share it with another to ensure that the lock remains unbroken and The Darkness remains bound.”
Dean won’t share the Mark because “I’m not doing that, not to anyone.” Death’s information here makes me question Cain passing the Mark on even more – at the time, Cain mentioned that there were provisions, though Dean didn’t care to hear about them (9×11). But, after Cain “shared” the Mark with Dean, did he go mad with killing rage because he still carried the Mark too (10×14)? Or is this yet another twist on canon? Death surely expected that Dean would refuse to inflict the Mark on anyone else, and he suggests one other alternative: He can relocate Dean somewhere else, where he won’t be a danger to anyone.
Sam’s leaving the motel when Dean calls him. Sam begs Dean not to go through with whatever he’s thinking of, that his actions are effects of the Mark. Sam doesn’t mention Castiel to his brother, and this troubles me: Does Sam still not know that Dean threatened to kill Castiel? Or if he does, Dean’s other weak spot, as asserted time and again by the narrative, is Cas, so why not leverage the sentiment of “the people who love [Dean]” to keep the eldest Winchester’s self-destructive tendencies in check? Sam continues to repeat that the Mark is the reason for Dean’s behavior, but Dean refuses to accept that excuse: “It sure felt like me,” he says. “Brother, I’m done. Grab a pen – it’s time to say goodbye.”
In last week’s “The Prisoner,” Crowley was enjoying a cup of coffee at a small diner while chatting with the world-traveling waiter when Sam called him, pretending to be Dean, and seemingly interrupted a crossroads deal-in-the-making. Now, we learn that something else was going on: Crowley once more appears in the diner, killing its inhabitants (or, at the least, rendering them all unconscious). The only person left conscious is the waiter, who’s nametag reads “Seth.” The waiter wants to know what’s going on, and Crowley asks, “Fancy a story?” Centuries ago, a family took care of Rowena, who was homeless and starving. She came to love the young boy, who was terminally ill. She cast spells to save him and to make him immortal upon adulthood. “How do you know all this?,” Seth asks. “A hamster told me,” Crowley replies.” Mystery solved: Seth is Oscar, Rowena’s “heart.”
Sam arrives at the restaurant to find Dean and Death waiting on him. Sam cautions, “Whatever you are thinking of doing, don’t. There is another way. You don’t need to go with him. You don’t need to die.” Dean acknowledges, “Funny you say that. Truth is, when I left, I thought the only way out was my death. But I was wrong, Sam. It’s yours.”
Sam is taken aback, and rightfully so. After all, Dean’s spent how much of his life (and how many years in hell) assuring that Sam doesn’t die. Sam doesn’t buy Death’s plan to relocate Dean to protect The Darkness. “This is madness,” Sam says. “Far from it, I’m afraid,” Death assures him. “No one’s asking you,” Sam bites back. (I wanted to scream at this point: Lucifer’s in the cage, Chuck/God is MIA, Gabriel & co are dead – the Winchesters need to ask Death what their options are. They should’ve thought to ask him a long time ago.) Dean orders Sam to “hear [Death] out.”
Death explains, “Our conundrum is simple, Sam. Your brother cannot be killed, and the Mark cannot be destroyed, not without inciting a far greater evil than any of us have ever known.” Sam wants to know “what evil”? “The Darkness,” Dean answers. “What the hell is that?,” Sam asks. (I echo that question, and add another: How can The Darkness be worse than the Leviathans, who threatened to consume God’s newest creation?)
Death points out that even if he “remove Dean from the playing field, we’re still left with you – loyal, dogged Sam, who I suspect will never rest until he sets his brother free, will never rest until his brother is free of the Mark, which simply cannot happen lest The Darkness be set free.” Death is looking Sam directly in the face by this point: “And there was that time you stood me up.” Which time, Death? Season two, three, four, five, or nine? If Death’s referring to the season nine premiere, then this comment seems really off to me – not only does that sequence seem to be imagined (as the Bobby and Dean projections are) but even if it’s “real,” why does Death care? Dream!Death kindly heralds Sam as a hero deserving of a hero’s honorable death. Has that reading changed? Is that the reason for Death’s angry tone and narrowed eyes? The “Big Daddy Reaper” certainly seems to be done with the brothers’ codependent relationship.
Sam asks Dean, “You traded my life?” Dean answers, “I am willing to live with this thing forever, as long as I know that I and it will never hurt another living thing.” Sam protests, “This isn’t you. This doesn’t make any sense.” Dean has a different take on the situation, though: “No, it makes perfect sense, if you’ll stop thinking about yourself for one damn minute.” Death chimes in, “It’s for the greater good. Once you consider that, this makes all the sense in the world.” And, actually, if we remember what Dean tells Cyrus in “The Prisoner,” about bad blood and bad decisions – then, yes, this does make sense. Now, this is Supernatural, which is built on the brothers’ relationship, so at this point, I expected both to die and then to be rebooted, sins forgiven, terrible codependency cycle broken, and Team Free Will could get back to “saving people, hunting things.” But that’s not what unfolds.
Crowley arrives at the warehouse, with the quince and bit of the Golden Calf. Rowena asks about the third ingredient, and Crowley waxes on about how his issues with having a mother who didn’t love him have affected his life. Rowena listens with obvious disinterest. Crowley says he’s realized, “You weren’t incapable of love. You were incapable of loving me.” Rowena doesn’t care, and she tells him, “The fact remains, I do not, will not, and have not loved anything ever.” Crowley snaps his fingers, summoning Oscar. “You were saying?,” the demon asks snidely.
At the restaurant, Dean reminds Sam of their conversation in the church (8×23). He admits that he was wrong to stop Sam from closing the gates of hell. “You were right, Sam. You knew that this world would be better without us in it…Evil tracks us and it nukes everything in our vicinity – our family, our friends. It’s time we put a proper name to what we really are, and we deal with it.”
Sam disagrees. “We are not evil. Listen, we’re far from perfect, but we are good. That thing on your arm is evil, but not you – not me.” I have to say, Sam’s continued inability to see or acknowledge the Winchesters’ problematic behaviors and choices makes this entire exchange ring hollow to me. Dean’s not buying it 
either. “I let Rudy die. How is that not evil? I know what I am, Sam. But who are you when you drove that man to sell his soul? Or when you bullied Charlie into getting herself killed and to what end – a good end? A just end? To remove the Mark no matter what the consequences? Sam, how is that not evil? I have this thing on my arm, and you’re willing to let The Darkness into the world.” Dean’s asking some of the same questions I’ve been asking lately: How are the Winchesters’ actions not considered/cast as evil? They do some good, sure, but they’ve also done more than “a little bad” (10×17).
Though Sam appears chagrined as Dean’s listing their questionable actions, he continues to argue with his brother. “You’re also willing to summon Death, to make sure you could never do any more harm. You summoned me because you knew I’d do anything to protect you. That is not an evil man, Dean. That’s not an evil man. That is a good man, crying to be heard, searching for some other way.” I don’t get Sam’s tactics here. It seems pretty clear to me that Dean summoned Sam because of Death’s conditions to help with the Mark: Sam has to die. Dean still disagrees with his brother: “There is no other way, Sam. I’m sorry.” Sam punches Dean. “Good. Good,” Dean says before pausing. “Fight.” Dean hits back, and a brawl ensues. Why does Dean want to fight? To demonstrate what the Mark does to him? Hasn’t leaving a trail of dead and/or broken bodies been enough evidence?
Castiel asks Rowena, “Do you love this man…is it true?” But why wouldn’t Castiel recognize that Seth is Oscar and be able to discern Rowena’s feelings? Clearly upset, Rowena tells Crowley that “this is a new low – a cruel, shameful, disgusting low.” “It’s only cruel if you actually go through with it,” Crowley says. “Though – who’s the cruel one then?”
Dean and Sam continue to fight, but Sam lacks Castiel’s resilience and Dean’s ferocity, so he quickly taps out. Sam makes Dean a promise, “You will never ever hear me say that you, the real you, is anything but good. But you’re right – before you hurt anyone else, you have to be stopped at any cost. I understand. Do it.” Can we qualify what Sam means by “good”? Because both brothers have said pretty horrible things to one another at times and totally meant them.
Death hands Dean his scythe. “Please. Do me the honor.” Death steps back while Dean readies the scythe. “Close your eyes.” When Sam doesn’t, Dean repeats himself, “Sammy, close your eyes.” Sam says, “ Wait. Take these. And one day, when you find your way back, let these be your guide. They can help you remember what it was to be good. What it was to love.” He lays Dean’s childhood pictures out on the floor, and Dean stares at his mother’s face.
Death says, “It’s for family you must proceed, Dean. To be what you are, to become what you’ve become is a stain on their memory. Do it. Or I will.” Sam nods his head, giving Dean permission to proceed. “Forgive me,” Dean says. Sam shuts his eyes, and Dean releases the scythe – only he whirls around as he does, scything Death instead of Sam. Death stares wide-eyed before crumbling into dust. For a character given one of Supernatural‘s most memorable introductions, this is a rather ignoble end. Dean looks shocked and horrified as he belatedly realizes what he’s done – which, let’s face it, is par for the course these days. Did taking the Mark without reading the user agreement teach Dean nothing?
Expectedly, Rowena takes a different approach to sacrifice. Oscar gives “Auntie Rowena” a hug and expresses his worry, “I hope I haven’t hurt you.” She hugs him tightly and offers assurances: “You won’t think about that one moment. Everything’s fine, Oscar… nobody’s hurting anybody. Goodbye my sweet, wee boy.” She stabs Oscar in the neck as Castiel looks on, shocked. As blood spurts, Rowena forcibly holds Oscar’s neck over the ceremonial bowl, catching the tide of blood. Crowley watches unflinchingly, but Castiel turns his head away. Cas’s refusal to watch is symbolic, I think: He’s known this deal with Rowena would come to bad ends; he worries about the consequences of saving Dean, no matter how much he wants his friend to live; and if it were up to Castiel, he, Sam, and Charlie would have taken a different approach to all of this. But he’s been drawn into this web of lies and deceit, and even here, instead of leaping to Oscar’s aid and calling an end to this, he defers to Sam’s pleas and allows Rowena to complete the spell.
Dean helps Sam off the floor and asks if his brother’s okay. Sam responds with what I assume was intended to be a humorous, “I’ll live.” (I’m afraid I’m a viewer who fails to see the humor. At all.) Dean responds to Sam’s query with, “Fantastic. I think I just killed Death.”
Rowena casts the spell, proving once and for all that she did love Oscar. Crowley watches speculatively, as always, while Castiel watches with something akin to resignation and sorrow. The resulting kick throws the demon, angel, and witch backwards, which says something about its strength. A bright, screaming light flies up from the bowl and through the ceiling.
The Winchesters hear an odd noise before the screaming light drives through the ceiling and strikes Dean, enveloping his arm. It draws the Mark from him and then leaves the way it came in. Dean stares at his Mark-less arm in shock.
When Rowena gets to her feet, she releases her manacles and gathers the codex and other materials that she wants. She also casts a spell that freezes Crowley and Castiel into place. “This is impossible,” Crowley says. “You’re not powerful enough.” Rowena scoffs, “…You’ve never seen what a real witch can do with real magic. I’m terrifically pleased it’s the last thing you’ll ever see.” As Rowena leaves, she orders Castiel to attack Crowley. When Cas raises his head, he’s grunting and frothing at the mouth and blood is coming from his eyes. Yet another victim of Rowena’s attack-dog spell, he obediently lunches for Crowley, and their last scene is Cas raising his angel blade as Crowley takes a defensive position.
Sam and Dean are leaving the restaurant, and Sam is assuring his brother that whatever just happened is a good thing: “The Mark is off your arm. Nothing crazy happened…” This is another unbelievable dialogue moment – I’m pretty sure that a screaming light counts as something “crazy.” Dean shares my skepticism, “Yeah, I’m sure everything is perfectly fine.”
Loud thunder echoes through the air, followed by numerous lightning strikes. Now, Sam looks trepidatious. “What did Death call this?” “The Darkness,” Dean answers, looking worried. The ground shakes, and black plumes of smoke erupt from the ground, converging in a nearby field. “Get in the car. Let’s go, let’s go,” Dean orders. He quickly cranks the car and throws her in reverse, even as the huge dark cloud heads right for them. Unfortunately, the Impala gets stuck in the mud and fruitlessly spins her wheels. The Winchesters are stuck, and there’s no discernible escape as The Darkness advances across the land. In the final scene, The Darkness envelops the Impala, with Dean and Sam inside. Cut to black, and welcome to hellatus, folks.
To write this recap, I’ve watched “Brother’s Keeper” three times, and while I usually love rewatching the myth episodes, I can’t say that for the season ten finale. The pacing feels off, with too much crammed into the episode and not enough development given to significant moments. I want to see Sam and Castiel struggle with the implications of saving Dean. I want to see Dean agonizing over the hurt he’s caused/will cause his loved ones. I want to see the characters I love continue to develop, to grow, to change. I do not want to see their development regressed and to see them reduced to types: a snarky demon, a fallen angel, and codependent brothers. Crowley is at his best when he makes me love to hate him, and it’s painful to see how season ten has handled his characterization. As for Sam, Dean, and Cas? I weep – their actions in the finale mar their roles as heroes, with each of them making extraordinarily questionable decisions.
My Sam is a brilliant and brave guy who jumped into the Cage in order to save the world. My Dean is ingenious and loyal, dying and suffering in hell for his brother and annihilating the monsters of Purgatory to find Castiel. My Castiel is a cunning strategist who chooses free will and humanity over angelhood, and who goes to the ends of the earth, literally, for those he loves. At the end of “Brother’s Keeper,” Sam’s successfully manipulated Dean into accepting the risk of destroying the world so that they both might live; Dean kills Death to ensure that his brother lives at the risk of destroying the world at his own hand; and Castiel doesn’t intercede when Rowena murders an innocent to complete the spell that he knows may have biblically bad repercussions but will also remove the Mark from Dean.
I don’t know what to think about where this finale leaves us. I feel kind of numb, actually. In a post-episode snippet, Carver speaks to season eleven, promising, “Things are going to go from bad to worse.” I’m not sure I want to watch worse, Carver – particularly since every time our characters demonstrate clear progression, that growth is significantly negated by season’s end. As much as I love this show, and as invested as I am, I’m tired of Supernatural’s boomerang effect.
Interestingly, Rowena’s characterization stays fairly true in “Brother’s Keeper.” When faced with her love for Oscar, Rowena flinches, but she doesn’t back down. Her freedom – from Sam and Castiel, from Crowley’s leverage, from the limitations she’s faced without the codex – is more important to her than anything else, and she acts according to that personal code. When she kills Oscar, she’s upset, but she carries on, and after she performs the spell, she claims what’s hers. I will be exceedingly disappointed if she doesn’t return in season 11, and I hope that the narrative fully fleshes out her character and that it doesn’t resort to clumsily killing her.
So what will season eleven bring? Will it continue season’s ten’s focus on the internal workings of the the characters? Will The Darkness and, perhaps, Rowena’s possession of the codex, shift the focus back to fighting specific Big Bad(s)? Will Rowena harness the power her spell unleashed? Will The Darkness possess the Winchesters and mark them (further) as “monster”? What will happen to Castiel since other victims of the attack-dog spell have died? Will Crowley survive Castiel’s attack? All I know for sure is that I need to be able to root for Sam, Dean, and Castiel and to see these Team Free Will heroes working together. Samandrial once said that Castiel had “too much heart” (8×2), and I’ve often thought of Supernatural similarly, as a show with a lot of “heart.” For some of us, season ten ripped that heart out and left a gaping wound. Whether that’s simply part of a larger 
narrative plan that’s already intending restitution and closure or not, I hope that season eleven restores what made me love this show in the first place.
Whether the finale has left you inspired, angry, or somewhere in-between, I highly encourage watching The Hillywood Show’s delightful Supernatural Parody. From the creative minds of Hilly Hindi and Hannah Hindi, the parody guest stars Osric Chau as Sam and Rob Benedict as Cain. And if that isn’t incentive enough, Padalecki, Ackles, Collins, and several other cast members make dancing appearances. It’s great fun, and I anticipate watching this video frequently over hellatus. Supernatural returns in the fall on Wednesdays at 9 pm ET on the CW network.