 Howdy pilgrim, let's go back and kill us a phoenix That's a hot mug guys Hey guys, this is my review for episode 18 of supernatural season 6 And this is the episode where they go back in time to the Old West to kill a phoenix in their attempt to take on The mother of all the episode starts with him coming to grandpa Campbell's bunker That's full of stuff which I don't know how Sam knows where this is now he does have some repressed memories of where stuff is and Some kind of knowledge of it, but I do find it a bit of a convenience that they just start the episode here And they kind of just don't even address how they found it or where they found it There's a key There must still be a lock There are a few stretches of the imagination that this episode does and I'm not talking about the idea of going back in time There's something at the beginning here and then there's a very big stretch at the end in their research They find out that what possibly could kill the mother of all are the ashes of a phoenix And the only person who has a record of ever seeing one is Samuel Cole So they ask Castiel to send them back in time and Dean's super excited about it because he gets to put on all this cowboy gear And get to play Clint Eastwood even though when they go back in time He's made fun of for his attire for nearly the entirety of the episode But I like this episode for a lot of things one It's actually a really solid time travel episode in terms of the logic and how things come to be Dab and Laughlin and whoever was a third person actually do a very good job I'm not only making this a solid time travel episode solid monster hunting episode But also a really good back to the future episode especially with how it ends There is some sympathy towards the phoenix because he's there not for any sort of malicious reason He's there for revenge for his wife being murdered by this Hick fuck and then the sheriff and the town judge Siding with the human guy crying to kill the phoenix obviously for it to fail But unfortunately they don't really delve into that so much It's always a very rare treat when you actually get to side with the monster when there's some form of humility some form of Reasoning slash compassion that the audience can generate towards a villain is character Something akin to that of the witch gambler from season 5 are the guy in the metamorphosis episode in season 4 You feel compassion for that character even though that they are the villain of this episode this episode tries it for like a Sentence and that's it so there's a little bit of a lacking on that But the humor in this episode is so freakin good I love the references to all of the different Clint Eastwood movies I love the reference to blazing saddles with the mongrel By the way this entire set is border town which I have pointed out before in the past This is where part one of season finale of season 2 took place I've got to work here on a couple of occasions the area where the hangman's noose is that wasn't there when I was there It was a platform because man the high castle was using it. I actually fell through the floorboards Unfortunately a lot of the facades of this town have gone to the wayside because this set was made back in 1989 no one's really taken care of it The only thing that's ever been done is things have been painted things have been added on and taken away that bar Though is a hundred percent exactly like that you can go upstairs and walk around the rafters and everything like that The behind area is not so much well-input that part where Dean is running away from the Phoenix and he goes around and hides behind the building that in fact actually is the only facade that is somewhat of a viewable area if they actually were to turn the camera from looking sideways to the full-on back facade you just see all of The wood planks that would be holding all of those buildings up Aside from a really cool final shootout We also get to meet Samuel Colt in person and Sam shows him his phone and set and Samuel's just like yeah You've got a future thing. I'm a jigger. I'm totally trust you and just when you think that they don't get the ashes they pull a very Big stretch and a final back to the future reference with Samuel Colt Sending the ashes to Sam at Bobby's house. Is that a fucking stretch? Oh my god It is sure he has his thing of a jigger which apparently Sam left his phone first He'd have to figure out who Bobby is he'd have to send it to the correct time which yeah Maybe Tex could have done that imagine if he was reading it differently instead of it being month day year He could have read it day month year or something like that. Yeah This is a bit of a stretch even for a show like Supernatural Yeah, but they had to make this kind of reference at the end and it works out in the end Also, there is a little bit of a dip into the anarchy that's happening with Castiel's army with Rachel and It's a fight that does lead to a little bit more tension having to touch Bobby's soul and whatnot overall This is a fun episode. It's once again an alternate sort of timeline episode much akin to the previous few that we've had But it's a really fun episode that the references and the humor are fantastic And it does help progress the monster storyline which It's gonna come to an end real fucking soon The only detractors from this episode being the very kind of lightly touched on very weak Rachel element as well as the stretches that this episode has to go to to kind of connect everything But overall it's still a very good time travel episode in terms of its continuity So in the end i'm gonna give Frontierland a six out of seven It's fun. It gives me an excuse to wear the cowboy hat again And I actually always thought this episode came later But if i'm correct, maybe they're gonna go back in time to western Area one more time if i'm correct, but I might also be wrong on that fact That's enough for me. Let's see what you guys have to say about this episode I remember being hyped for Frontierland during season six productions I read many so many articles and interviews and when the episode aired I was happy as can be upon rewatch it has a nostalgic feel that calls back to a lot of my favorite western films and back to the future Part two reference never gets old. I love supernatural tried to make a realistic tried to make making it a realistic town Much to teen deans dismay Also sam meeting samuel cult maybe wish sam and deed had an episode where they met their past selves There's something cool about hunters leaving journals and we I love we learn later on and bobby's co Converts the cambo library digitally and when the episode aired I made the prediction cast tale was using the souls for himself during civil war Well, we were on to the game while rachel is a forgettable angel as most are her death scene is beautifully shot Lastly, I hate the phoenix had to die He was the only evil when he started shooting dean Also strange the mother of all weaknesses of phoenix if she implied that she has birthed every supernatural Monster except for angels and demons my head cannon is the phoenix is a hybrid monster bred from other monsters that eve didn't create herself Kind of like a nephilim of the abominations the angels I theorize phoenixes are abomination to monsters and that's why they are treat our threat Much like jack was to god for past selves that would have been interesting to see But I think they just went into their past stories so many times like that one stupid episode where they Killed the bobby yoga that could have been an episode about past selves or something phoenix I do feel bad for him because technically speaking. He's not a villain. He's just there by unfortunate circumstances I'm going to use this episode as a way to speak How I feel about the second half of season six this episode advanced the overall story of the season believes me with the impression that the Writer's doesn't know Doesn't quite know the overall direction of season six Sure, the confrontation with the mother of all is imminent and presumably the reveal of sam salvation from hell Also, we know that castiel is fighting a heavenly war, but all in all there's far too little to see To be seen of the opponents for the brothers in the war in heaven Budget-wise supernatural couldn't afford heaven held battles That wouldn't be necessary either because the been the past writers have shown us how much one can do Uh, I can do such good good versus evil arguments as a means to an end without immediately turning them into a Spectacular end goal must watch seven out of seven despite everything I've said I do love this episode Might be a little biased because it's hard for me not to love anything to the wild west related What an episode admittedly I didn't like this episode when I first watched it predominantly Because I'm not a fan of western themed episodes, but upon rewatching this episode over the years I appreciate it a lot more moving on There are a lot of aspects of this episode that I quite enjoyed And the only six of them stood out to me the first being alias finch I like his backstories motivations and his reason for wanting to seek revenge And I thought he was a pretty good one-off villain second the dean I thought it was pretty good. He made a pretty good sheriff third scene in the beginning where they Talk about the star trek fourth stemiel colt when he calls Sam's phone a magic brick Fifth the way that cast asked bobby if he could touch his soul And lastly my favorite scene of the episode was when rachel called sam and dean Telling them that they they can only call cast when they need something She's 100 correct in that assessment And another thing how did samiel colt know the year day in a dress to send that package to sam Who is still considered to be a menace in the eyes of the law? I guarantee you that dad probably wrote that end scene. Yes, that is the That bit is the stretch that I was talking about that that is Asking a lot for the audience to kind of you know be like, yeah, sure frontier land this episode is a banger I absolutely love seeing castiel lieutenant rachel call out sam and dean for always sending castiel to help Them especially since he's been busy dealing with the war against raffael I didn't enjoy dean get a reality check when the town sunrise While in the town sunrise it was interesting seeing conversation between sam and samuel colt and sam telling samiel that even though He's done with hunting and has become a drunkard. He will always be a hunter I like the scene where rachel confronts castiel about what he's doing. She is so right even though I understand where castiel is coming from I was a little sad that castiel had to kill her this episode or totally reminds me of back to the future three I give this episode 7 out of 7 frontier land is a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as I do love the western on the occasion I love the star trek reference and saying that I don't even know You people anymore star trek for save the whales always made me laugh when dean goes to hit the saloon on the head On the and she's covered in cold sores and he says this is so much more uh Jermy than I imagined the phoenix was clearly A budget saver making it look human I do like the ending with samuel colt leaving the package for them that has been in the office since it started with the instructions To bring it to you at this time. I'll still with castiel touching bobby soul Showing us how powerful they are getting ready for the finale I grew up with with western shows like bonanza and so this episode was cool for crossing into Once a very popular genre. Yes, it was I was the highlight at one point was westerns now They're like dead Except for certain things like kind of like yellowstone or 1883 I like the bonanza style opening credit with the showdown in the phoenix and getting to meet samuel colt His only appearance in the series. I especially liked how sam well actually No, yeah, you're right Uh, I like I was thinking about the guy who has the colt who dies at the Near the end of season one. I especially liked how sam can Convinced him to lend his gun and contribute to the fight But this episode is mostly just a regular hunt in the new setting It feels like it could have and maybe should have been a standout, but instead it's a pretty average We never see the phoenix again And we're never told lore or behind why eve created a monster that could kill her So it never made sense to me company Compared with how the boys gathered the tools to cage lucifer in season five the road to taking down eve Seems way too easy And since she's supposed to be impressive big bad Castiel arc and the mystery of how what's going on with the build up in this episode It comes to a close telling you this Secret but only teasing your imagination and you have me You are made to feel for his angel friend when he ends up killing her And when dean is really douchey towards her for no reason Yeah, no, I I agree with you guys in terms of the the complaint about the fact that There is no really good discernible reason as to why the phoenix can just kill eve and also the build up to it. Yes Um Again this they didn't really know what the key idea was for this season And we are going to find that out, especially when we go into the next episode I'm actually here more curious to see what you think about frontier land because I know You're a big fan of westerns don't kill me, but I only realize that unfortunately I'm not a fan of westerns now admittedly this can be a thing like you have to watch certain ones Like three tend to yuma that's probably one of the best ones I can suggest to you If you've never seen the three tend to yuma remake watch it It's probably one of the best western movies made in the last 20 years Uh, I tried watching justified and hell on wheels and even though they I know they were good I find them slow and frankly want trying to watch 13 episodes of western is a chore for me I can't get into hell on wheels either, but I will say I like a lot of the first season of justified But I know that some people don't because it's not really connected start with the second season. You'll enjoy it What can I say? I'm more of a science fiction science-fi action guy That doesn't mean that I can't appreciate western episodes. I think frontier land is a case done, right? I love the setup I like the monster in his story and I also like seeing the gun again as well as the samuel kelp fun fun fact They were talking to making western spin-off with young samuel kelp in the ecripki era Okay, out of all the ideas are a spin-off. I never understood why this one didn't get a pass I guess this episode was a showcase of what it could have been actually. Yeah, you know what out of all the spin-offs that I've heard between Bloodlines wayward sisters and this this would have actually been pretty freaking dope The only issue is They could not have filmed this here because this one set is the only really what we have two kind of western Like locations in all of vancouver. You have to go out to the prairies and do that shit So it would have been hard to shoot you out here. 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