 Mmm, seems like there's some mighty and powerful gods here and Lucy That's a hot mug guys Hey guys, this is my review of hammer of the gods episode 19 of Supernatural season 5 And this is probably one of my favorite episodes of this season. There's so many cool aspects to this episode different mythology on different gods whether the pagan Norse and new all these they are able to push them all into this episode to make them all entertaining as well as Give us a very satisfying character arc for Gabriel that would eventually be completely retconned and ruined in later seasons And we finally have a means of how to take down Lucifer through great sacrifice The episode starts off with the brothers coming to a hotel, which I wish I wish I could take you guys to but Unfortunately was pretty much being ready to be demolished. They demolished him not too long after this episode was filmed. Everything seems kind of Way better than it should be it's a four-star hotel in the middle of nowhere And they slowly start to realize that there are gods here They're all having a meeting about what to do with Lucifer all the while making sure to keep Dean and Sam captive in their own building and we got some really good humor between the two or Dean's walking down the hallway and all of a sudden he sees an elephant who really turns out to be another guy are when the Norse God and The other guy is they're starting to yell at each other and they're talking about who's older There's actually some pretty good humor in this episode for such a heavy-headed hitting episode And this is another one from Andrew Dab and David Laughlin these guys could create good episodes together This is probably the best one that they ever wrote together because of how much happens in this episode How good everything is once the gods kind of confer about what they're going to do Gabriel appears But everyone still knows him as Loki rather than the actual archangel at least to some We have him trying to get the boys out But also still not being willing to kind of face his brother and do what needs to be done And in the end he gets pulled in he kind of gets trapped in they think that they've killed him But really he's actually just faked it and that's what the big best jokes is that wasn't the real one That was a fake nothing can kill me. I love Richard spy Jr He's so great as this character, which is why when they brought him back I swear it was just for fans service because of how Funny his character is he's a really funny character. I feel his arc was completed Maybe a little bit short, but it was still a full completed arc with this episode Because once Lucifer arrives shit gets bad really fast like you always think that there's gonna be this big fight scene and but he literally Slaughter's everyone. There's blood all over the walls. There's corpses everywhere. He kills all of them About one punches boulder right through the fricking through the heart. It's so good but when they comes down to Who's gonna live Gabriel finally stands up in front of his brother and he? Finally faces him albeit for a false hope Lucifer is able to see through his tricks Knowing that he taught Gabriel most of those tricks and he's able to kill Gabriel and we have that shot of Gabriel on the floor Showing the wings which looks like permanent death not this fake death crap, Andrew Dad that you would later retcon you would later retcon your own goddamn crap But then he leaves them a video that describes how to take down Lucifer Using the four rings of the horsemen to lock him in the cage I like where this part fall because yeah, sure this one We're still on team free will but we're like how the fuck are these guys gonna win now We finally get an avenue of victory then we get to meet Pestilence the very end of the episode who I always kind of mistaken for Jim Carrey I know it's not but this guy really looks like Jim Carrey sometimes like an older version of him and the guy is a literal walking COVID trigger bomb as he sneezes on everyone touches everything in the room and then he Continues driving on it is crappy little beater. I swear it looks like a for pinto either way this episode has such Fantastic elements it has some great humor It has some great levity to it the production design of this episode is some of the best when Lucifer comes in and starts slaughtering everyone it Completely blows you away and so does the fight scene with Gabriel You think that he's got a trick up a sleeve you think that this is actually his means of defeating him or at least getting out But he fails he dies this character who we have seen the brothers repeatedly try to kill Multiple times throughout this show Finally killed and we feel complete loss So even though we have an avenue of victory on our hands or an avenue of success We got it at a great loss and I really like the weight that this episode has and I think I said in the previous review I rewatched this episode because I think they did show a rerun of it I remember watching it a second time on television and not playing pre-recorded or anything like that But I really enjoyed this episode so much that when I watched it a second time I enjoyed it just as much all in all it's a superior episode What else more could you ask for for a bunch of gods being slaughtered by the literal devil? It's great. So in the end I am going to give Hammer of the gods a seven out of seven. This is a solid episode It's one of the best of this season. It sets up the final three episodes Very well in terms of what we're going to do with Lucifer and at this point We're only one episode left in terms of Kind of being varied of how it goes the last three episodes of the season is the devil You know two minutes to midnight and all this swan song the devil You know it's actually one of the episodes that I'm still a little bit sketchy on I remember bits of it I know Pestilence is in it and I remember that Crowley does this was like this is my this is my hound I'm actually kind of curious of seeing what's gonna happen because we're going into the last episode that I Kind of have a bit of an iffy memory on and if you guys would like to support a good cause my buddy Emilio over on the channel citizens is once again doing his October charity stream this time It is for the First Nations Development Institute the charity stream will be starting on October 23rd at 1 p.m Pacific time So if you guys want to check that out and see what you can do to help and you also can get some Recipes from it check out the link in the description below But let's see what you guys had to say about this episode here Well, at least to say you guys had a lot to say hammer of the gods hammer of the gods hammer of the gods probably the best episode of Supernatural period Lucifer's face after he stabs Gabriel is the moment. I think about when I think early supernatural It really shines a light on how he used to actually have Motivations other than self-service and cartoon evil a cartoonish evil. It is a powerful moment I have been waiting for this review ever since you started reviewing season 3 and I remember when he commented on that So that was like the kind of cool full circle finally happy to give you you that review, sir A fantastic episode easily one of my favorites of season 5 and the show in general I like the whole shining vibe of the hotel and I was glad that the show finally addressed other religions and gods If I had to nickpex something about this episode that it would be that I was kind of bothered by Lucifer having so much more Power than the old gods he blasted through those gods like there were tissue paper the old gods couldn't even get a scratch on Lucifer I can guess that the reason why the power of the old gods was reduced was by their relative number of believers Yes, that is probably most likely why I was very sad to see trickster slash Gabriel go in this episode in the first five Seasons of the show he only appeared in four episodes but still managed to become one of my favorite characters of Supernatural I think even Lucifer did feel a bit bad about taking out his own brother Oh, you can totally see it and that's a great sympathetic angle to the character and helps you kind of adjust and sympathize with the villain which is such good writing the final few minutes that introduced the horseman pestilence Pretty much predicted 2020 overall given to 20 overall I give this episode a seven out of seven hammer of the gods is a brilliant episode I love that all the other gods of the smaller gods all meet up and talk about what to do with the apocalypse And what they should do Gabriel's death always hits me He finally stood up to his brother and died before they retconned it in season 13 I like the ending where they finally have a way to stop Lucifer By slamming him back in the cage They already have two rings the cliffhanger and the horseman that was cool shows that well the next one The brothers are gonna have to go up against I love the contentiousness between the out some of the gods Odin calmly and proudly saying he'll be eaten by a great wolf makes me laugh to this day I know there's some controversy regarding the way the gods were depicted and dispatched It seems to me that such semi-beings or we're already more or less considered to plus Deriving their existence and growing weaning powers from the beliefs of those who worship them Yeah, the people who just were start starting to not really believe in them as much as Supernatural was always from the perspective of judo Christianity I don't understand why I bother people so much if I were watching a show with a Hindu perspective I wouldn't object to Ganesh for instance easily smiting archangels mostly I remember Gabriel a Maturing hero who stood for humanity and against his brother I always love this episode for the touching though ill-fated interactions between Gabriel and Lucifer Yeah, no, I love the conversation between the two before they fight and obviously and but yes No, you're right about the Ganesh thing too. If it happened in Hindu television. I wouldn't care I'd be like, okay, cool. That's you know your interpretation of it when I first watched this episode I was surprised that the show decided to bring actual gods on the show like Khali and Odin I was shocked at the deterioration of Lucifer's vessel sucks that dad forgot about this during his era I really enjoyed seeing Gabriel finally get a backbone and stand up to Lucifer I love seeing Gabriel change into someone who cared about the humanity and I was sad when Lucifer killed him He never should have returned in season 13 dad ruined a great moment in the show by bringing Gabriel back Yes, he did. He definitely does probably one of my most hated retcons of this entire show As for Nick's body deteriorating I think they make some aguffin thing about how Crowley said that oh They fixed his body or something so it won't deteriorate. I think I remember hearing that was waiting years for you to review this episode I remember the shock and awe and excitement. I felt watching this When actual pagan gods were introduced in the big ones like Odin, Khali, etc I love the lore building of the pagan gods thing the angels and christian god came and stole the planet rather than deny it Lucifer says that they lost the planet because the pagans were worse than humans, etc Of course in latter seasons we learn why pagan gods thought they were here before Because they forgot except for the gambling god lady from season 15. Oh god. No. Oh, well actually I do like that episode I really wish for Khali's actress to come back. It was so cool I remember many real-life pagans hated how Lucifer massacred the pagan gods on the show whether you're an opponent being like the one god It's hard to write for him without limiting actually moron otherwise Otherwise the story falls apart although making him not involved a lot is a way to write around that It's just a cool thing the two lures interact I give this episode of 7s7 for the excitement the fan hype it gave me in the epicness I felt as Lucifer who was doing a hallway fight scene way before Daredevil made it cool Massacre the gods like nothing although I wish they were explored more and Khali came back like when Gabriel came back in season 13 But then again, maybe not. She probably would have died with him I do kind of miss that Khali never came back because I liked her. I thought she was cool As for hallway fights. Yes, it's cool seeing Lucifer massacre But but I love the hallway fights in Daredevil. Oh It's so good This is my third favorite episode behind and and abandoned all hope I like the concept of various gods from various religions working together To try and stop a world-ending event although I enjoy the back-and-forth banter between Odin and the Chinese 80 I felt like it was little to no actual discussion on how the gods intended to involve themselves in stopping the apocalypse Yeah, I will admit that it kind of just ends like they don't they they're arguing But you don't really see much of what they their plan is I would have been interested in what their plan might have been Another thing I liked was the return of Gabriel one of the one constitute that stood out from me was the part of him Still that part of him still cared for the gods Even if they killed him after fighting out his true identity and showed a different side of him that hadn't been seen before We also see a random cameo from the Ghostbusters. I always forgot that every time I watch this episode Yeah, actually, so do I in contrast to that We have the return of Lucifer destroys the pagans making him one of the best moments in the show's history In fact the first scene Gabriel shares with his brothers He's actually foreshadowing how Lucifer kills the pagan and then when Gabriel steps up and confronts his brother I enjoyed the dialogue between him Lucifer because of how serious and personal it was it was such an impressive scene Unfortunately Lucifer kills Gabriel which was heartbreaking at least the first time I watched it now when I see it I get angry because they ret content Lastly we get one of the most difficult scenes to sit through the introduction of pestilence I lost it when he sneezed on the guy working at the registry was so disgusting. Oh, yeah, that's like Customer service and nightmare fuel that whole interaction. Yeah, I still don't understand why dab did it He ret content. I guess fans want to Gabriel to come back But it just makes this such pivotal character develop moment of this character completely wasted And I still look at it with the same impact and feeling that I had because I'm just never gonna watch season 13 to 15 really ever again, but I meant what he did kind of really ruined it Oh, Joe. Wow, this is a lot, buddy Hammer the gods as best described to me as a fun episode Although those who practice paganism really hated this episode given that Christianity is literally putting the foot down by assertion Bob being the strongest than stronger than pagan gods It doesn't bother me But I can get where others are coming from when the devil is described as a bratty little child with a temper tantrum and Lucifer Describes the pagan gods goddesses as worse than humans worse than demons and yet claim to be gods Then they call me prideful. I love that line. That is a good part It's also interesting to note that in this episode Gabriel claims to have skipped the end of how everything will turn out But I love how Cali interrupts him saying your story not ours Westerners I swear the sheer ignorance you think you're the only ones on earth you pillage and butcher in your God's name But you're not the only religion and he's not the only God There is something that I wish in a lot of ways was explored for was supernatural of the Abrahamic God versus all the other gods With pagan beliefs, but it turns out Chuck is merely the creator of it all and not necessarily representation of the Arabic God I try sticking to focus on the season and not latter events when watching the show chronologically that being said I love how Gabriel goes out on a high note where here by choosing to help humanity despite claiming what he saw before and dies Protecting Sam and Dean and Cali it really is a shame that we never saw her again in the show because she could have been an interesting Villain for the post apocalypse of the show That's there's actually a good reason to me in my opinion of why Gabriel survived from fighting Lucifer But I really degrade addressing it because I want to focus on the story chronologically and how it was visually impressive and Very well done overall regarding Gabriel's apparent death for season 5 if anyone wants to discuss it I would be more than happy to but I doubt it will appeal to anyone who really hates a new David Robert singer for being Gabriel back in Season 13, and I don't want to just have a hate to hate talk But would rather want more of an understanding and seeing some common ground. I unfortunately can't I already see that There's a lot of comments, and I'm great that you had a discussion But I'm not gonna go into that because this is already so long It's also intriguing to me how the rings of the horsemen come back to be in a guffin near the end of the season for The Brothers I would love love this storyline point to be addressed earlier in the season because it could have been a one-time episode With pestilence and a separate episode with death instead of being crammed into a punitive episode of the season It doesn't it actually works out pretty decently, but I get where you're coming from I do have that same complaint when I rewatch this episode I don't think of the retcons in the other seasons of the stories that could have been the way I always watch Supernatural is focusing on what is happening presently and how it affects Sam and Dean and all the other Characters that are part of the season a hammer the gods took place in municy Andiana where I went to college one redeeming thing about this episode pagan gods who cares I didn't instill don't there was some humor in this episode Dean saying pie display was better than heaven He tries to pick up Cali and is instantly shot down Ghost Facers ad why did that web series ever happen? Gabriel saying got wings like Cotex and Lucy. I'm home when Gabriel died his wings were shown on on his around his body He was really dead according to the already established info given in the previous episodes So how was he brought back in a ladder season? so this whole episode was to give the brothers the information that they needed for the four horsemen's rings to put lacy back in the cage and We didn't get that until the end and pestilence seeing gross couldn't watch it I usually skip over this episode not one I like to watch admittedly I'm very surprised with this because You you don't really give much of a reason as to why you don't like it Just these random little notes would I'm gonna send a little controversial here But bear with me the first half of this episode of thing is complete garbage I couldn't care about the other gods particularly Cali whose actress is bland and the character is an annoying hypocrite She talks about the Christians and how they destroy everything and she wants to destroy everything herself Also that she literally try to kill Satan with fire again a great character there. I don't know man I like her man. I don't know what you have a problem with when it comes to female characters sometimes I do notice that However halfway through Lucifer comes back and by God does he come back? Just when you thought he didn't do that much in the second half of the season He comes in and it's like Darth Vader in Rogue one delivering one of his most badass moments Maskering them all as has been God's improving that same is the most badass of them all and of course Gabriel sacrifices Nothing short of heartbreaking he appeared in only four episodes and then he became one of my favorite characters so much That I almost cried when he was gone and this is especially hard considering He isn't he is permanently dead as evidence of the burned wings. He is dead Glad to see dad wrote this episode only to ruin it later. So as a whole I've paid the first half Love the second half. All right. Thank you guys for your comments very much appreciated And now tell me what you guys think about the devil, you know, we're getting there guys We're almost there this goal that I set for myself all the way back in 2016 It's finally coming to fruition. So I'm glad you guys are all on for the ride for this But until then if you guys like the video leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe, and I'll see you guys next week