The pacing of season six is rather peculiar. It's been serialized to an extent, at least more than the first few seasons, and the plots have more or less followed the search for Sam's soul. At the same time, however, we have no clue where the story is going, as opposed to the fifth season when we knew the season would end with a confrontation with Lucifer.
"Appointment in Samarra" takes yet another turn, with Sam getting his soul back. What happens now? Will the wall in Sam's mind hold? How will he feel about almost killing Bobby?
Dean's end of the bargain, acting as Death for the day, felt too scientific to me, too precise in actions and consequences. Call it destiny, but the cause and effect that Dean sees peels back the veil of Death to a level humans can understand, just like it was done with Heaven, Hell, angels, and souls. The mystery behind various entities just doesn't seem to scale with their power.
Death comes through in the end and puts the soul into Sam after some cryptic words about Dean getting closer to know knowledge about souls. What does it all mean? I guess we'll find out when the show returns.
Score: 8.8/10
Saturday, December 11, 2010
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