‘Supernatural’ season 10 premiere review: Demon Dean is dark (and we love it)
We begin with the story of Demon Dean, who is now off gallivanting around, singing karaoke, and basically doing the sort of things that you’d want Demon Dean to do. What did we learn in the process here, though? That this guy is not a very good person at all most of the time. Instead, he sleeps with someone, acts extremely callous later, and is completely oblivious to the fact that he is being groomed by Crowley to be a horrendous killing machine. All in a day’s work, right?
Sam’s work consisted more of torturing, being tortured, and basically finding himself in a screwed position where Crowley intentionally made him feel alone and unwanted. It’s an interesting emotional position for Sam to be in, but we like it. Having the character a little emotional is an interesting change of pace, and it is a far different start than the possessed Sam we saw at the start of the season.
Do we feel like the angel stuff is the weakest of the episode right now? Probably, and it stems back from a fundamental issue with the show. Misha Collins is great, and you therefore want to find a way to keep him as involved as humanly possible. Unfortunately, that is sometimes not easy when other stories are going in directions where Castiel does not naturally belong. This is something the writers will grapple with most of the season.
Overall, though, there is still very little to complain about when it comes to this “Supernatural.” It still brought a ton to the table, and we found it to be just as good as the strong start last year. Grade: A-.
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Steven
October 8, 2014 @ 9:22 pm
Sorry, but I thought it was awful! I was soooo disappointed!!! How much karaoke does one episode need? ‘Deanmon’ also showed what a limited actor Jensen is. Jared is no Sean Penn either, but Jensen seems worse that even usual. His bad acting took me out of the story line at times. And Cas had no business being in this episode.
AZGurl
October 8, 2014 @ 5:33 pm
In some ways a “weak” premiere, but only because the S9 finale was so incredibly strong. How do you follow that up? Well, with a little less angel stuff and more with Demon Dean being set up by Crowley, and Sam being set up by the guy hunting Dean. And wasn’t that a kick in the pants for the guy when he realized Dean wasn’t going to come running to save baby brother? I agree that trying to shoehorn Cas into the story when it doesn’t quite fit is a bad idea. This should have been about Sam and Dean, with Cas out of action until the subplot fits again. Now, I usually like the angel stuff, but that’s not want we want to see right now. We want to focus on the boys to see how they get out of THIS mess.
Sue Kelley
October 8, 2014 @ 3:04 pm
I thought the episode was really good. But the angel subplot dragged it down from being “great”. Cas is a good character but he functions best when he is bouncing off the brothers, involved with their story, not off in his own plot. And could Hannah be more boring? The angel subplot seems destined to repeat the same lines over and over.