Things are heating up for the Winchesters in the latest Supernatural episode.
It all starts off with a great THEN montage, which I cant avoid commenting on.
This time, they showed a sped up rendition of the many times Sam and Dean have died.
Gone are the jokey episodes when Dean might die while eating a funny taco.
This time, Death plays for keeps.
The sound design on this episode was, for the most part, sparse.
The tone was firmly set this was to be a serious episode.
It was still a remarkable beginning.
Right away, were faced with Sams mortality.
Dean is forced to leave Sam behind to save the others, thinking his brother is dead.
And then Sam gasps for breath, and a moment of horror is allowed to sink in.
He was only mostly dead, like Westley inThe PrincessBride.
Dean just killed himself, and Billie the Reaper has already decreed no take-backsies.
This was really a masterfully done episode.
It wasnt a season arc important episode, at least not in the normal sense.
Things are heating up for the Winchesters.
Lets see how hot it gets after this brush with death.
