Supernatural 9.1, "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" - Review & Recap

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rating: 4

Here we are, back for another season of Supernatural. Eight seasons down, (at least) two more to go. Whether watching on Netflix nowadays or live on television from the very beginning, it's hard to believe that this show is still going and still coming up with new directions to follow. Mostly new. Granted, it has gone the route of killing off every major character at least once and has gotten more and more alarmingly meta in recent years, but the steady presence of the same two leads for the entire run thus far as well as a demonstrated willingness to change has allowed the show to keep bounding (or limping) forward. Now, with "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here," we're off again! Here's what happened: Previously on Supernatural: Dean escapes from Purgatory; the brothers Winchester hug it out; prophet Kevin Tran announces that they can close the gates of Hell; Crowley dislikes Meg's new blonde hair and decides to kill her; administrative angel Naomi simultaneously horrifies and delights shippers as she tries to force Castiel to kill Dean; Sam undergoes the first two of the three trials than will allow he and Dean to lock up Hell; angel scribe Metatron betrays Team Free Will and rips out Castiel's Grace, de-angelfying him in order to punish the other angels and shut the gates of Heaven; Dean hugs a dying Sammy and watches the angels fall. Now! The episode opens with Sam and Dean in the Impala, Sam suspiciously not all that much worse for the wear in light of his state in the finale of Season 8. Dean is vague about the details but maintains that he has a plan for how they are going to carry on with the family business (saving people, hunting things, dying a whole bunch of times, etc) while Sam exposits that the falling angels have been excused as meteorites, which honestly seems like a slightly implausible explanation. Maybe something is wrong with Sam... ...and it is! The real Sam is in a coma in a hospital bed, watched over as always by his brother as machines beep forebodingly and a single perfect tear threatens to roll down Dean's cheek. Sam's subconscious isn't entirely off, however, as we see that the media has indeed reported that the falling angels were a global meteor shower. Maybe Dean is in a coma, too. I just hope that the episode won't end with Sam waking up to find Jessica getting out of the shower. Supernatural! The new title card is actually pretty awesome, featuring a pair of burning black angel wings.
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