Updated: RearView Review: Supernatural 10.23 “Brother’s Keeper”
Raoul. She uses the heel of her shoe to gouge out his eyes. Then she’s murdered.
2. A missing white running shoe? 10.14 “The Executioner’s Song” Tommy Tolliver, a death row inmate, disappears.
Castiel finds his shoe on the burial mounds of Cain.
3. Pallets? 10.18 “Book of the Damned” Pallets were in the background of this episode to contribute to
a trapped feeling.
4. What episode featured a cup full of pens? 10.22 “The Prisoner”
5. What character was frequently seen holding a pen? Crowley often had it in his hands and signed
documents.
6. What epsiode had the Curtis Motor Court Motel and Ponyboy Golf course?
10.20 “Angel Heart” set in Tulsa, Oklahoma: a salute to super fan, S.E.Hinton
7. What episode featured a mysterious key? (2 actually) 10.06 Ask Jeeves & 10.11 There’s No Place L.H.
8. What episode featured two lawn chairs? 10.04 “Paper Moon”
9. Episodes killing vampires: 10.19 “The Werther Project” & 10.08 “Hibbing 911”
10. So many Hand Washing scenes…(COULD BE MORE)
11. So many someone looking in a mirror …(COULD BE MORE)
12. Which episode featured a hunter’s open booty shot?
13. Which episodes featured these photos? (COULD BE MORE)
14. Which episode showed Sam using a needle?
15. Which episodes featured these beer signs?
16. Which episode showed Rowena drinking tea?
Who could forget that decadent service?
(Way more episodes had coffee drinking)
17. Who else had a house with Dusty Rose curtains? Episode?
Suzie’s house 10.19 “The Werther Project”
18. Who else slurped their drink while talking? Episode?
“Slurp!”
Always enjoy WFB writers insightfull reviews the one line I took away from here straight away was — Death disintegrates. Dean looks completely surprised. Everyone neglected to consider that the Mark did not want to go along with this plan.
So I’m thinking maybe the MOC saw weakness in Dean, his love/understanding/compassion/ and a desire to do the right thing would be a weakness to the Moc. So the mark played on this to its own end Releasing the Darkness. It is supposed to be a lock and key maybe it was corrupted over milenna as well We have heard little of the blade since Cas whisked it away somewhere. Has it got a part to play in S11 ??The MOC story is so vague that it is hard to decide either way. And Death we need death for people to die and reapers to take you away. Without Death nobody dies ??!! But in a short clip we hear that women say “Your dying I can feel it” I am a little confused hopefully things will be cleared up soon
Yeah but didn’t Jensen say that the reason he asked Sam to forgive him was because he had decided to not kill him and take out Death instead, thus continuing with the status quo. In other words, same old, same old. The MOC on Dean, further driving him to become Cain Part Deux and the pain Sam would have to endure because of it. Death told him there was no other way, if the MOC was ever to be removed then it would unleash TD. He was apologizing because Sam would still have to go though all that
The whole thing regarding Death has me really wondering what really happened…
I was watching death takes a holiday and Alistair had Death’s scythe…not the one from this eppy but the one from two minutes to midnight. Alistair told the boys that he got it from a friend, who has four brothers and that he in fact didn’t ride a horse. So it seems to me, that according to Alistair, he got the scythe to kill the reapers from Death. Unless we are supposed to believe one of the other horsemen got a hold of death’s scythe and gave it to Alistair?
Then in two minutes to midnight, Crowley ends up giving Dean Death’s scythe….and Death ends up thanking him for returning it…..so how did Crowley get a hold of the scythe?
Death told Dean he had to let Sam jump in that hole. So it seems to me that Death is one of those all knowing types that seems to be in on what everyone is up to….given that we can pretty much assume that Death, like God…has sort of that omnipotent thing going on…sort of…
so with all that Death knows….it’s safe to say that Death would know that whether or not Sam died at Dean’s hands was moot because no matter what Rowena was the one that cast the spell….so sam dead served no purpose other than to break dean once the mark was removed….possibly to the point of killing himself because he wouldn’t be able to live with the guilt that he’d murdered his own brother…..?
and the scythe death brought was in fact not the scythe Alistair used to kill the reaper or the one we see in two minutes to midnight. and death being pretty much in the know…given that he seems to know all about the mark ….wouldn’t death pretty much figure out that the mark would never allow death to isolate dean….that the mark would do anything to survive….that in fact if dean had killed sam, that death would most likely be next anyway as death was just as much a threat to the mark….isn’t that why death brought that scythe instead of the one we saw him with originally?
anyone else think the whole thing with death was some kind of a test…one that once again the Winchesters passed….because the darkness was always going to make its way out once Lucifer betrayed God…..and isn’t it possible that the Winchesters are God’s weapon against this darkness…that they always were and once again the boys proved that their love is a force of light strong enough to defeat this evil….?
sugarhi15, I couldn’t disagree more with your assessment that Sam and Dean’s ‘love’ is a force of light. It’s not. As it stands at the moment, it’s a force of darkness. For me, it is the darkness because their ‘love’ consistently brings nothing but death or pain or despair or destruction to themselves and those they meet, and chaos to the world at large.
For Sam and Dean, love is betrayal and condemnation and violation and duty and obligation and obedience and entitlement and shattered morals and misery and utter, utter selfishness. It’s knowing that no matter what you do, you’re not good enough. It’s being driven to the idea that suicide is the only thing that will win you acceptance from your brother. It’s finding newer, ‘better’ brothers amongst the ranks of angels and demons and vampires. It’s using your knowledge of your ‘loved one’ to knowingly hurt them, to manipulate them into doing something that you want and that benefits you. It’s doing things that you know the other doesn’t want, that you know will hurt them, and saying you’ll do it again. This is ‘love’ Winchester style.
There is nothing on the show that shows that Sam and Dean are happier together, that they find true pleasure in their relationship, that they’re at ease with their relationship and their role in it. The last time we saw Sam actually laugh was when he was with Amelia. He just about musters a grin when he’s with Dean. This was also the time that he was comfortable and at peace enough to think about his future. The same applies to Dean. Since Carver took over the only time Dean seemed happy and comfortable with who he was, was when he was with Benny or Crowley. Prior to that, it was Castiel. I’m not saying that they don’t love each other, they do. However, there are different types of love and for me, nothing about their love for each other suggests ‘light’.
Love is supposed to be about acceptance, and understanding, and honesty, and equality, trust and respect. These are things woefully lacking in Sam and Dean’s relationship. Love is supposed to be about the other person, what they want, what is best for them, what they need. It’s about being willing to sacrifice what you want for what they want so that they can be at peace, that they can be happy. It’s also about compromise. As it stands at the moment, these things are also non-existent in their relationship.
An argument could be made that in relation to how they present their ‘love’ at the moment, one is the light and the other is the darkness, That could be where the story next season goes, that one will be guided by the other to light. That is how season 5 ended, where love was demonstrated via acceptance, respect, trust and genuine sacrifice on both their parts. In Carver’s three year reign he has followed, almost to a T, the formula of the Apocalypse storyline; (1) Dean mindlessly does something that kicks off a greater danger, (2) Sam (and Castiel) desperately scramble to fix that (3) there are consequences to same. Perhaps if season 11 can close off in the same manner, their relationship will finally be of ‘light’.
Hi Marie you write a very compelling thought. As I read through you article, it brought many episodes to my mind and I pictured them differently. It has been a very very long time since we have seen the Boys really enjoy each others company Probably the first season. In all families we grow and mature and wonder off in different directions. We still Love our siblings but it can become a Love/hate relationship. The Boys have driven many wedges between each other and / tried to kill/mistrust/disappointment and many other things, but one thing remains a Love for each other.
Lets hope this season can turn that Love back into Love and Light and as you said Sam will be the one to do this
Well obviously the scythe Dean returned to Death at the pizza joint was his “portable”, for when he just doesn’t feel like lugging about the heavier one. I mean, look at it. Would you want to haul that thing around with you all the time? And taking it on a flight, trying to fit it in the overhead? Not to mention the hassle to get it checked through… Forget about it. Death puts to use the scythe he brought with him to Juanitas when he wants to look his most impressive. Especially in this case. Let’s face it, it’s not easy to look imposing while you are mawing down junk food. Sheesh, it’s really quite simple if you just think about it… 😉
Simple answer, Kripke retconned all the Death stuff.
Oh, guys, you look at the Death’s scythe as at something material from our world, and that’s why you are surprised that it changes form. It may look to a human eye whatever you like. It’s just human perception, you see? It’s more like a force, not a material object, which seems material when in our dimension, or when people look at it, or touch it.