Supernatural 14x03 "The Scar" Episode Review
Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please Read with Caution.
I hope there’s more to this “Dean’s back”. I didn’t like how after two episodes, Dean is back and Michael is out. We were promised “multiple” episodes with Dichael (fandom name), and I guess that is true, considering we did get Jensen Ackles playing Michael in a flashback scene.
This episode worked out for me in the sense they incorporated Wayward Daughters into the season with Dark Kaia coming back and Sheriff Jody. It is heavily hinted that Michael bailed out of Dean after getting stabbed by her spear, which hurt him a lot. The weapon left a mark on Dean’s arm, similar to Castiel’s touch from season four.
We also learned Claire is Queer. She didn’t appear in the episode, but Jody referred to the dead Kaia as “Claire’s first love”. Wow, now I’m wondering if we should’ve gave this spin-off a real shot, but not at the expense of Legacies.
Dean is too distracted with Sam’s new beard and status as “Chief” to properly sort through his feelings about being possessed. He is too keen on stopping Michael and blaming himself for his release… Similar to how Sam blamed himself for Lucifer’s release during season five. He also wanted to skip to the ending where they beat Michael and hated thinking about his time being possessed—the torment he went through. Poor Guy. Too Soon!
The monsters of the week are vampires. Michael sends them after Dark Kaia after she refuses to join his army, and he wants the spear that can hurt him. The vampires are also enhanced and are not affected by their usual weaknesses. In the end, Dark Kaia saves Sam, Dean, and Jody from getting killed but keeps the spear for herself.
Jody shares her fears of losing the girls to “the life” and how losing the original Kaia wounded her despite barely knowing her. This is also a little nod to the spin-off that didn’t get picked up, which hurt me too, but I’m a TVDU fan to the end.
The subplot of the episode occurred at the bunker. Castiel and Jack are helping this girl who is suffering from a de-aging spell. Jack was about to leave too, but he decided to stick around to help out. Jack befriends the dying girl, Lora, and stays by her bedside the entire episode.
Castiel can’t heal her and the reversal spell fails to save her.
When she succumbs to her supernatural illness, Jack blames himself for not having his powers. This is where I noticed the necklace and waited for Jack to figure it out. He does, smashing the necklace off the dead witch’s body, and restoring Lora back to life.
Another father-son moment: Castiel tells Jack that he’s proud of what he did today. It’s too sweet! Then Jack starts to cough, saying it was a cough. But then we learn that he’s bleeding into dozes of tissues in the trash can. That’s not sweet!
Where is Nick? Someone needs to track that guy down.
What did we think of “The Scar”? Comment and share your thoughts.