The fallen angel and the hunter have been searching for Dean together, although both are in bad shape and sorely missing the older Winchester. Sam finds a lead and calls Castiel, who is sick in the wake of losing his grace. It makes my heart flutter to see that even as a demon, Dean calls his little brother Sammy. This is reminiscent of the ‘pre-Hell’ episode, Mystery Spot, also written by showrunner Jeremy Carver, and the ‘Sammy, let me go’ note left on Dean’s bed recalls that period too. We then get caught up on what Sam has been up to in the months since Dean left with Crowley.
Dark, Obsessive Sam who would do anything to get back to his brother is my favourite flavour of Sam. But as she admits she didn’t believe the rumours that one of the brothers had become a demon until she saw him for herself, the camera pans to reveal not Dean, but Sam.
We open strong and bloody with the familiar sight of a petite, brunette demon tied up and at the mercy of a Winchester. But there were some incredible scenes in the season 9 finale, and I’m excited to see where we’re going now that Dean Winchester is a paid-up servant of Hell… A large part of me wishes Supernatural had ended as creator Eric Kripke envisaged, with Sam Winchester making the ultimate sacrifice for the greater good and for his brother. It’s no secret that the later seasons don’t quite hold the same magic for me that the first five did.
Hellatus is finally over, and we welcome my beloved Winchester Brothers back for a tenth (yes, TENTH) season of monster hunting and co-dependency. Katie Young comes back after the Hellatus to review the first episode of the new season of Supernatural, Black…