Written by Nadia Dardon
Season 14 of Supernatural is here and it’s already been a great start to the season with it kicking off three weeks after the events of the season 13 finale. Michael has taken control over Dean’s body, Lucifer is dead, Jack has no grace, and Sam is doing everything under his power to bring back his brother.
Michael’s Mission
The Archangel Michael is on a mission to ‘make a better world’, and that is exactly how this episode starts. Michael finds a Muslim man praying to Allah. After revealing himself, Michael asks the man what is it that he wanted the most, which is peace and love. However Michael accuses him of lying because of the man’s past sins and Michael says he finds humanity not worth saving.
Throughout the episode, we see Michael visiting multiple people, asking them all for ‘what they want’ and deciding who is worth saving. He catches up with Sister Jo, an angel that abandoned heaven and works on Earth, healing people with her angelic powers in exchange for money. That’s how Michael finds her. When Michael asks her what she wants and Jo replies with a sarcastic joke, Michael calls her out on it. The archangel knows who she is because Dean used to know her. He accuses her of wanting a place to belong, to find a home and a family. He claims this desires are ‘very human’ and so he states that angels are not worth saving either.
Sam’s Mission
Sam is back in the bunker and he has enlisted everyone to help look for Dean. Mary, Maggie, and many others from the Apocalypse World have been going out on missions, trying to find clues on Michael and what could have happened to Dean. Every single mission they go to seems to be a dead-end and Sam is starting to grow frustrated.
Meanwhile, Jack has been training with Bobby. After losing his grace to Lucifer, Jack is completely powerless. However, he is determined to help find Dean and stop Michael, so he wants to find a way in which he could be useful. Hence, the fighting lessons. Unfortunately, they are not going as well as he would have hoped and Jack has been getting frustrated with his lack of improvement.
We also get a surprise at the bunker. After Sam has checked up on Jack, making sure he is alright and assuring him that ‘being human is alright’, Sam is called to another room. Here we find, Nick. The man who Lucifer had taken as a vessel and how he survived while Lucifer died are unknown. Sam says that the archangel blade killed the archangel inside Nick, but not Nick himself. Whether this is true or not, we do not know. Having such a familiar face around seems to make everyone at the bunker uncomfortable, including Sam. However, Sam is determined to help Nick and get as much information as he can. Nick, unfortunately, claims he does not remembers much of the encounter between Lucifer and Michael.
A Demon Trap
On Castiel’s side, things had not been good either. He is in Detroit and he catches up a meeting with a demon called Kip. Castiel is hopeful that the demons have heard about Dean’s whereabouts. Sadly, the demons were not aware that Dean was missing, so they have no information. Realizing this, Castiel finds himself surrounded by demons that had planned the meeting as a trap. Even though Castiel tried to fight them off, they quickly overpowered him.
Having Castiel as a prisoner, Kip calls Sam. The demon claims he wants to make a deal with Sam, in exchange for Castiel. Sam organises a rescue party, with Mary, Bobby, Maggie, and Jack, but during the trip there, Sam breaks down a bit while talking to his mother. He says he is not sure if Dean is even alive anymore or what could Michael have done to him. Mary responds that he needs to keep up a positive attitude, otherwise the bad thoughts will drown her.
Once at the bar where Kip is keeping Castiel, Sam decides to head inside by himself. Once they meet, Kip tells Sam that he wants the ‘Crowley Deal’. Basically, he wants to be King of Hell and have the Winchesters working with him. Sam claims that Crowley never had that kind of deal, but Kip asks him again to consider the deal again when some demons bring in Jack and Maggie, who they had found outside. Sam denies the deal once more and then Mary and Bobby burst inside the bar guns ablazing and all hell breaks loose.
There is a fierce fight between demons and hunters. Bobby is overpowered by some demons and he is being beaten, but then Jack steps in and calls the attention of the demons. Unfortunately, his fighting skills are not yet refined and he ends up getting beaten down. Meanwhile, Sam is fighting off Kip. After struggling, Sam manages to kill Kip with the demon blade. This stops the fight and Sam calls out to the remaining demons that if anyone wants to step up and be King of Hell, they have to go through him. With that, all demons escape.
Back At The Bunker
When they all return to the bunker, Sam and Castiel catch up in the advances they’ve had finding Dean, but there aren’t many. Sam reveals that Ketch is in London looking for the device that was used to kick Lucifer out of the president’s body a few seasons back, but he has had no luck finding it. Castiel apologies for what went down with the demons, but Sam reassures him that he has nothing to apologise for. In fact, Sam wished he would have thought about asking the demons first and that he probably would have done the same.
Castiel then sees Jack who voices his insecurities, saying that when he had his powers he would have been able to help more and that instead he got beaten on the face. He feels guilty because he can’t help finding Michael and saving Dean, claims he is useless and has nobody. Castiel is quick to comfort him, saying that Jack has his family with him, Sam, Mary, and himself. Castiel also says that all of them will do everything they can to find Michael and that they will save Dean no matter what.
The episode ends with Sam receiving a call from an unknown phone number. When Sam picks up, it is Sister Jo on the other side saying that they have a problem.
Final Thoughts?
Personally, I am excited for this season. I am a bit sad we won’t be seeing so much of Dean, since Jensen Ackles will be playing Michael for an undefined amount of episodes, but I am excited to see how it all turns out. I wanted some more excitement for a season premiere, but somehow, I feel as if this first episode is setting the tone for what is to come. Things are much more difficult now, and Sam needs to hold up the fort by himself and save his older brother. Of course, he is not completely alone. He has everyone at the bunker helping him out, and I am sure they will find a way to separate Michael and Dean.
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