Scriptwriting 101: if you’re planning to make a major character return to the main story, don’t name the episode in which this happens “Reunion”. It rather gives some major things away, doesn’t it?
so yeah, this episode was full of recurring characters, so even after that spoiler it still was quite interesting to see not just Sam and Dean’s father return, but also the vampires of a number of episodes back. This episode was surprisingly cold, considering that it was based on the long-awaited reunion that has been built up for thirteen episodes now, but then again:: this guy did leave the two brothers without any hint of what he was doing. It’s good to see that in this episode he finally becomes willing to share his information, rather than be all mysterious.
The story of this episode was fairly straightforward, actually, but it already was disturbing enough on its own. The thing is though, that it’s pretty much a copy of that other story, about the mother who sold her soul to the devil. Was this a red herring or something? Foreshadowing?
Rating: * (Good)
I really liked this episode, although I wasn’t too thrilled with the vampires from the last episode turning up. The thing with the kid’s neck really grossed me out, in a good way though, and yellow-eyes is just freaky.
I’m a little disappointed that they lessened the antagonism between Sam and his father. But John is awesome whenever he’s on-screen so I’ll forgive it. ^^
On that note ive become quite fond of the few series which show episode titles at the end just before the ed runs.