When some gruesome murders in a small Nebraska town attract Dean and Sam’s attention, they inadvertently subtle upon the nuclear weapon in the angels vs. demons war. But what are they willing to neutralize the secret? Your answers after the break.
A deadly hand buzzer. A fat tooth fairy with pliers. Itching powder that makes you scratch your brains out. All of this wiggedy-wackedy stuff is going down in an even radius around a small house, which contains an even smaller boy who happens to be the Antichrist.
Apparently, this isn’t the “Son of the Devil” Antichrist, of which Castiel notes is just another detail the Bible gets wrong, though the Anitchrist, according to the Bible, is obviously not described as the Son of the Devil, so Castiel might want to read up a little.
Anywho, the kid is super powerful, like anything he thinks of comes true powerful and Sam, Dean, Castiel and the demon that spawned him race to get to him first.
Eventually, Sam lays the truth on the kiddo, and instead of aligning with one side over the other, he heads to Australia where I presume he’ll f— with kangaroos for the rest of his life.
This was a fun episode to watch, but it wilts under scrutiny. Like, if all it takes to create a near-omnipotent evil bastard child is to possess a woman and get her pregnant, that seems like it should consistently be priority one of the demonic hordes.
Also, isn’t this kid just a bit TOO super-powered? Seems like the writers stuffed him with too much mojo. And if he could snap and just start wishing angels and good guys and nuns and orphans into shellfish or something, it seems like the remainder of the season should just be Sam and Dean and any other able-bodied good guy to track this little snot down.
Lastly–this was kind of a waste of an Antichrist storyline, huh?
Thu, Oct 15, 2009
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