Post — Aaron Ngo

Major Spoilers are included in this episode review. Please read with caution.

Mary Winchester is dead. Again. The cliffhanger is one we all feared. Jack killed Mary. He did it without thinking and can’t face the Winchesters, knowing they’d forever see him different. Dean and Sam are desperate to find Jack and Mary, unaware of the situation until Castiel reveals…

Jack’s soul is basically gone. Dean warns Castiel that he’ll be dead to him if something happened to Mary because he chose to not tell them the truth. The scenes leading up to Sam and Dean learning they weren’t in the bunker and then the confirmed death are ominous. The setting is seen more in wider shots, making the characters feel smaller, and considering this is Mary’s second death (the first one kicked off the entire series), I’m not surprised this episode is milking it for all its worth.

The black and white flashback sequences added to Mary’s departure. We saw what she meant to all the boys: Sam, Dean, Cass, and Jack, making Samantha Smith’s absence all the more heartbreaking. We’re going to miss you, Mary Winchester, but it’s honestly comforting that she’s in a special heaven with her one true love: John. In addition, the confirmation that John Winchester is in heaven feels my heart more.

After failing to resurrect Mary and with Jack gone in the wind, the original Team Free Will holds a hunter’s funeral to say goodbye, oddly giving the episode a full-circle vibe, at least when it concerns Mary’s exit in light of the final season approaching us. I’m worried Jack is going inside the archangel box as punishment, and two episodes are left in the season… it’s all moving too fast!!

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