The WFB Admins’ Top 15 “Supernatural” Episodes List: #12
Ardeospina’s #12:
“A Little Slice of Kevin”
Why: This may be a little controversial since it’s such a recent episode, but you know what? It’s my list, so I’m putting it on here! I. LOVED. This. Episode. So. Much. There was just an abundance of goodness in this episode, and it was a master class in pacing. It was also really heavy on the mytharc, and I have a feeling we’re going to look back on this episode after the season’s over with a new appreciation because it’s where Metatron and the CIAngels, Naomi and her gang, were introduced. Plus, we learn that there are more tablets than previously thought, so this episode conceivably set up the mytharc for seasons to come. Tablets, tablets for everyone!
Here’s just a brief list of the things that happened in this episode: awesome cold opener with a demon kidnapping a kid during a flash tornado, Crowley torturing Sammandriel, the future prophets hanging out around a giant “Simon” board, Crowley being generally snappy and delicious, Mrs. Tran hiring a zippy witch to help make demon bombs, Dean’s hallucinating visions of Castiel, we get some Purgatory goodness, Castiel returns!, oops, the witch sells out the Trans and Crowley gets Kevin, Mrs. Tran hogties a demon and puts him in the trunk of her car, Dean and Castiel actually talk about what happened in Purgatory, Chuck is mentioned, Crowley has a pinwheel, Kevin gets a finger cut off, Castiel shows off his wings and glowy eyes, a tablet gets smashed, Crowley cuts off Kevin’s finger, the Trans are going to stay with Garth, Metatron wrote the tablets, and Castiel gets zapped to heaven by the CIAngels and is told he has to spy on the Winchesters. Whew! And that’s not even everything. That’s a lot of stuff to happen in one episode! I just think this episode is really, really great, and very well done by everyone involved. Plus, Castiel is back! YAY!
Favorite Quote: Sam: You look like you’ve — well, I was gonna say “you look like you’ve seen a ghost,” but you’d probably be stoked.
Favorite Scene: There’s really a ton to choose from, but I’m gonna go with the ending, when Naomi confronts Castiel. Why did they bring him back from Purgatory? Where in heaven are they if Castiel had never seen it before? Are they working alone or with someone else? Why do they want Castiel to spy on the Winchesters? So many questions! I can’t wait to find out the answers.
(On page 3, Alice’s #12 pick)
Sweetondean: This episode touches my soul. It is one of my top 3 or top 5 for heart wrenching Ackles acting scenes. Even though I don’t mind dipping in the shallow pool, because how can I help it once in awhile, my first love for this show is as a mother. And Dean and Mary episodes rock me to my core every time I watch them. Partly because it’s so like my own past I guess. Love Sammy, but I am a first born and have had many of Dean’s family issues. (Sorry, didn’t mean to get personal) Just watched Dark Side of the Moon recently and that kitchen scene kills me. And whenever Jensen cries I just can’t take it! (I miss his tears. Would love to see some in S8 btw)
Anyway, thanks for the post. Love this episode. It’s one I save on DVR for always!
I’m really enjoying this top 15 so far. I’ve managed to watch all episodes, in fact I’m in the middle of “A Little Slice of Kevin” right now. But the one that really gets me on this list is “What Is And What Should Never Be”. I watch that episode quite often. The scene that gets me every time is the one at the cemetary. It’s so poignant and sad, Jensen just kills it. Just reading the transcript had me in tears. Can’t wait to find out the rest of the list.
Your lists are great so far!
“What is and What Should Never Be” is one of my top five and sometimes top one. It tears me up to watch Dean having what he so longed for and then giving it all up for all the people they’ve saved and not leaving Sammy alone in the real world. Jensen was SO very good in it. And he had such a very understanding and loving girlfriend. He was so happy and then he had to come back to harsh reality and find his girl in a beer ad! Sob! 😥
And “French Mistake”! My God, what a hoot! That one was perfected by Ben Edlund and you’ve got me excited for “French Mistake 2”. Would that be the one where Jensen and Jared find themselves in the Supernatural universe and get mistaken for Sam and Dean? Always wondered how that would go. I would suppose their lives would be cut very short then. Perhaps Cas could protect them? Haha!
Think how nonplussed Crowley would be if he confronted them. Please make it happen Mr. Edlund.
And that acting scene has to be played again and again as it is so hard to hear the dialogue while dying with laughter. 😀
I’d love to see Jared and Jensen in Sam and Dean’s world. Maybe Sam and Dean find them, and we’ll get to watch the Winchesters give them hunting tips? And maybe when they get back, they’ll like each other more?
Loving the list. It is fun to see other peoples opinion on episodes. Especially ones I love.
What is and what should never be would be higher on my list. It is a go-to episode for me. I use it to show Jensen’s acting skills. Doesn’t matter how many times I watch it, I cry at that D#*n graveyard scene every time!! I even love to listen to Kripke’s commentary. It is one of the few times he raves about how great Jensen is with this part.
I agree about this season. It is so great this year. And who doesn’t love the French Mistake. The look on Jensen’s face when watching himself on Days of our Lives. Died laughing
Ardeospina, thank you for not being afraid to include a new episode! It’s always tough to judge the current season without the benefit of hindsight and missing context that might be yet to come, but I happen to agree that “A Little Slice of Kevin” was a worthy episode. I personally preferred “Blood Brother” and have it on my top 15, but that’s why I made my own list. 🙂
Oh, “The French Mistake”. I have to admit that I rolled my eyes a little at that one the first time around. Even though it had a lot of laughs, including the side-splitting acting scene, I thought they did a poor job of tying it into the mythology. However, while I haven’t necessarily changed my mind, that doesn’t bother me on repeated viewings, because I can sit back and appreciate the episode as a hilarious diversion and not as part of a story I’m waiting to unfold.
The #12 episode on my list is “Point of No Return”. Just the fact that the angels brought back their half-brother as a replacement vessel was so unexpected and clever. Adam was completely convincing as a Winchester. Sam is at his best, continuing to have faith in Dean and trusting him even after Dean promised he would let him down. And in the end, that faith turned Dean around and put them all back on track. Team Free Will! And how satisfying was it to see Dean knife that smarmy dick with wings?! Very. Very satisfying.
“You’ve been a hell of a sport, really. Good stuff. But the thing is, you’re not so much the Chosen One as you are a clammy scrap of bait.” – Zachariah
Just wanted to say, loving these lists. The acting scene in French Mistake is pure gold. I still chuckle even when reading about it, as I actually did here.
Loved all three of these episodes but WIAWSNB is one of my all time favourites. It is an insight into Dean as we see that his main priority is really Sam’s happiness and having his family back together, even though John could not be there.
I liked Carmen a lot, she would have been good for Dean.
Many of my favourite scenes have already been listed by others; the graveyard scene, and the ones with Dean and Mary, the bitch/jerk (or lack of) one. However one scene that stands out to me is the one right at the end of the episode when Sam is telling Dean that what they do matters. The look Jensen imposes on Deans face breaks my heart everytime. Sob!
This is one of my go to episodes and I love watching it with the commentary as well.
TFM is a masterpiece. “I’m a painted whore!” cracks me up every time. I love that the SPN writers, cast and crew can laugh at themselves as well as include the fans, giving us inside jokes to laugh at as well.
ALSOK is one of my favourites this season, in fact I’m liking season 8 a lot.