by Catherine Wignall
Last week was a low point for Supernatural. While the episode was basically sound, Charlie’s death was a waste. Nevertheless, this week brings another episode and Dean’s going off the deep end thanks to previous events. Can’t blame him, really. Charlie didn’t need to die, but at least someone’s as angry about it as the audience.
Last week was a low point for Supernatural. While the episode was basically sound, Charlie’s death was a waste. Nevertheless, this week brings another episode and Dean’s going off the deep end thanks to previous events. Can’t blame him, really. Charlie didn’t need to die, but at least someone’s as angry about it as the audience.
Furious at Sam and Cas’ betrayal and the survival of the book, Dean is ready to walk away from them. There is only one episode left this season, so it wouldn’t be surprising if next week sees Dean separate from the remaining members of Team Free Will. There’s speculation as to how that separation will occur and whether he’ll be free of the Mark by then. There’s a high probability that Death has something to do with it.
Dean’s rage takes him to a place we haven’t seen before. No, not his attack on the Styne family, or his anger at Sam. Even his brutal attack on Castiel. It was the killing of the Styne cousin. Dean doesn’t kill innocents. Despite the macho, brutal hunting lifestyle Dean does his best to save everyone he can. That should have included this particular Styne, who wanted to run away from his own Frankenstein family and start a life of his own. Before the Mark, Dean would have stopped and spared him. Not now. This was an excellent choice by writer Andrew Dabb, who managed to show how far Dean had gone Dean in this simple action.
Dean’s rage takes him to a place we haven’t seen before. No, not his attack on the Styne family, or his anger at Sam. Even his brutal attack on Castiel. It was the killing of the Styne cousin. Dean doesn’t kill innocents. Despite the macho, brutal hunting lifestyle Dean does his best to save everyone he can. That should have included this particular Styne, who wanted to run away from his own Frankenstein family and start a life of his own. Before the Mark, Dean would have stopped and spared him. Not now. This was an excellent choice by writer Andrew Dabb, who managed to show how far Dean had gone Dean in this simple action.
Jensen Ackles was particularly good this week, delivering a violent, heart-wrenching performance as he stripped Dean raw. Dean’s been struggling with the darker side of himself all season, but what we’re seeing now is the eruption of a decade’s worth of anger. It’s frightening, and not a patch on Demon Dean.
The strongest resolution next week will be if Dean finds a way to save himself. It’s been suggested in previous weeks that perhaps the only way to escape the curse of the Mark is for Dean to make peace with his darker self, but that seems unlikely to happen in the finale. If this story strand makes it through to next season then hopefully we’ll eventually see Dean save himself. Whatever happens, it looks like the brothers are going to end up head to head at opposite extremes. Last time this happened there was an apocalypse on the horizon. Let’s hope that’s not in the Winchesters’ future.
The strongest resolution next week will be if Dean finds a way to save himself. It’s been suggested in previous weeks that perhaps the only way to escape the curse of the Mark is for Dean to make peace with his darker self, but that seems unlikely to happen in the finale. If this story strand makes it through to next season then hopefully we’ll eventually see Dean save himself. Whatever happens, it looks like the brothers are going to end up head to head at opposite extremes. Last time this happened there was an apocalypse on the horizon. Let’s hope that’s not in the Winchesters’ future.
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