‘Supernatural’ season 10 premiere review: Demon Dean is dark (and we love it)

What's coming up? -Great news for all of you out there hoping that “Supernatural” would shake things up in a big way for their season 10 premiere: They did. “Black” felt like a new, different, and ultimately exciting version of the show that we haven’t seen in a while, and it placed the focus where it should be: On the brothers.

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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