Here is our review of last night’s episode of Supernatural, “The Things They Carried!”
Supernaturalreturns on Wednesday nights with New Guy Cole tagging along to save military buddies from a supernatural parasite.
Did it tie into the episode?
The monster they face is a repeatthe Khan worm.
If you didnt just scream Khaaaaan!
in your head then you should probably reevaluate your life choices.
This time we saw it turn people into dehydrated murderers.
Basically the plot of Angel The Price.
Not holding that against the writersparasitic worms are a common staple of scifi and fantasy shows.
Im not sure how to feel about Cole.
He needs a little bit more character development before I truly like him.
There needs to be more to his character.
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I need to call foul on two silly moments.
The other moment was Dean drinking bottled water directly in front of the infected Cole.
Kits death by the hands of Sam hits the gentler Winchester brother harder than usual.
I think Dean understood this too, as he explains to Sam that you cant save everyone.
Ironic given the fact that this was the first episode moved from Tuesday to Wednesday.
You cant predict these things when you write an episode.
Overall, this return toSupernaturalwas a strong one.
The tone, the story, and everything was just right.
Im grading it high even given the stupid moments and Coles fill-in-the-blank personality.
I think we need time to get to know the New Guy better, and well get there eventually.
Really, this episode just felt right.
Now we need to see if it keeps up the momentum next week.
The book is a collection of fictionalized stories of soldiers and their traumatic experiences at wartime.
Rating:
5 out of 5
