 Mmm, say what you want, but that alpha vamp has a sexy voice. Ooh, that's a hot mug, guys! Hey guys, this is my review for episode 7 of Supernatural Season 6. This is where we get the official introduction to the alpha vampire. I love the alpha! We find out what is the actual motivation slash pushing force behind grandpa Winchester going after all the alphas. And we get more information about why Sam is the way he is thanks to Castiel shoving his hand in his gut. The episode starts off where the last one ended with Castiel coming to help Dean figure out what is going on with Sam, and they find out that he in fact has no soul. And that is when the mystery with Sam's character kind of ends. This brings about an issue that is only going to be somewhat resolved, not even resolved, not even fixed. More so just having a giant slap of duct tape going over the problem that is the gushing geyser of boredom that is leaking into this season. Having Sam be revealed that he does in fact have no soul now takes away that mystery to him, and the idea of how they get to fixing him takes so long that this new mystery, this addition to the mystery of what's going on with him, does drag out real fast. It starts to happen in this episode even. There's characters trying to refer to it, talking about what's going on, what's going wrong with him, like the Alpha Vamp picks it out, which is really funny because all of the monsters that they've come across before, no one's really obvious about it except for the one that was in the previous episode. But now that Sam is in fact soulless, everyone's fucking talking about it. And not that it isn't entirely a valid criticism because the one person who does bring it up to him is the Alpha Vampire, and that guy is a being of untold power and fortune and makes sense as to why he is the way he is and he's able to figure that out about Sam. It does also help that the actor who is doing the performance is fantastic, which, speaking of which, let's all collectively keep an eye on what happens with the Alpha Vampire because I remember having two conflicting things going on that. He's gonna die later on in the show, I know that. If I'm correct, him dying then means that the Vampire Race dies, but then they obviously change that later on in the show, but yeah, let's keep an eye on that for later on. Leading up to the Alpha Vampire's capture slash torture was pretty cool. I did like the big fight at the house and all the chopping heads, and a lot of people dying along the way. And especially the surprise next snap of the other Winchester, or whatever, cousin or whoever, these interchangeable people who you just don't give a care about, who in turn apparently was a demon this whole time, which again brings up the idea of what would happen if a demon and a vampire were in the same body. It was a fanfiction, I wrote. It wasn't that great. It was still a cool idea. And those are the good parts about this episode. The bad parts are quite numerous. Once Grandpa was revealed to what he's doing, his character loses pretty much all reasonability to him, and he had like a fledgling amount at this point. Dotson, we've got Dotson here! You didn't really even care why he was there. It was very obvious that they weren't going to bother trying to figure out why he was there, except for because. This part of the story is written so flat that Andrew Dabbs probably blushing. And then when we find out that Crowley is kind of behind it all and be kind of the villain, it really does go to show that they didn't have a central focus for this season to the point where they are giving you all of these mini-villains, mini-bosses, mini-problems to deal with. I shall call him mini-me. To the point where we know when we meet the mother of all, they're going to resolve that issue so fast that they still have a couple of episodes afterwards. Even when the episodes aired, I remember finding that weird. Overall, it's not like a butchery of an episode. It's pretty average. The action is well shot. The dialogue is funny. There is some decent kind of intrigue into what's going on, albeit a little bit lukewarm in comparison to what you would prefer. But the episode still comes out on a positive in terms of sort of itching forward with that what is actually the big idea of what's going on with all the monsters narrative. Sam having no soul narrative is edging a little bit further. And thankfully it looks like Grandpa Winchester is going to kind of take a hike for a little while, which really is unfortunate. This guy is X-Files alumni. Probably one of the major reasons why they hired him on most of the crew, at least when the show started, where a lot of X-Files alumni, not cast, but just production people, then having an X-Files guy as big as him on what would have been really cool, except they just kind of wasted him. All in all, I'm going to give this episode a four as seven. It's okay, it's all right, it's decent. I do like the conversation with the Alpha Vamp the most, even if the dialogue is kind of coming off like a conveyor belt. But those are my thoughts about this episode. What do you guys have to say? This episode surprised me. There were some great revelations, and the appearance of cast and Crowley were great. The Alpha Vamp was great too, with his pure creepy and unnerving aura, his psychic powers, and snide remarks. The torture were also great. It was good to see the mystery of Samuel cleared up with Sam's soullessness. As Crowley is the true puppet master. One can only guess why the King of Hell wants to find Purgatory besides expansion, and it is a whole new game that Sam and Dean have to work for him. Adding Purgatory in is a good game changer. The land of the souls of monsters is a bit rusty for your on your Dante, was a nice remark to get the brothers thinking, but the mother that the Alpha Vamp spoke of adds another layer to the mystery. Overall great episode. The pacing of it is good and wasted no time to reveal what was wrong with Sam. I have only one big issue, is that this episode basically answered all the questions that we were given and gave us more. I just think that maybe just too much in one episode. I don't know, I think that it flows well, and it tries to make up for a few issues, one of them being Samuel, but as we see, Samuel's just going to get worse and worse as we go along. Family Matters is once again duality title that reminds a viewer that the family does matter, and family goes through personal matters. Sam's soullessness is a head scratcher, but it's a concept that I love being explored in supernatural mythology. I especially love Purgatory being added to the show, and it being where every monster goes once they are reaped. We've never really seen a Ghost Monster, that would have been an interesting layer to the overall show. I disagree, I think that's fine. I don't want to see more and more ghosts, like you would be adding too many kind of creatures to the mix, and it would have just been a little bit of an overload. The monster torture chamber is really well done. Everyone acted, the well in their part and Crowley apparently is holding all the cards against everyone else and shows why Sam and Dean are in an understandable fashion and can't get involved in the in angelic civil war. I like that Crowley is kind of the person behind the seams. He kind of does show that he is going to slowly start to become a pretty decent villain in the show, even though if he's going to become a BFF with Dean later on. Family Matters is an entertaining episode, even if it's about weird monsters. Again, the alpha vampire in this episode. He's actually the silent number four from Battlestar Galactica. I actually stopped watching that show after I think the third season. I couldn't stand it anymore. Also Crowley being behind the monster hunt is a nice twist and it totally fits the character. My only problem with this episode is that it's an entertaining as it is. It squanders the civil war in heaven, a much better concept and in favor of more weird monsters, because that's what Sarah Gamble wants. She never liked demons or angels. Why do you think Castiel is in this season so much less than before? I do admit I feel that the civil war in heaven could have maybe been another plot or it could have been equally shared, but it does take a backseat for quite a bit. But I also think that they couldn't literally have a reverse or a microcosm version of the whole apocalypse storyline again. I think that's why she did not want to focus on it, because literally the angels are just trying to restart the apocalypse again, right? I love the cold opening for this episode. It came as a big shock. I feel the use of Samuel was such a waste of season and it didn't like side characters here also. And Castiel just constantly disappearing was very disappointing. Love the intro to an alpha vamp. It was really cool after Lucifer was caged, sad to see him die so unceremoniously later. And yes, that is also very true, but admittedly I do not remember where he died. So I'm going to be kind of in first surprise for that. Family matters is a decent episode. We finally find out what's wrong with Sam and his soul being gone is an interesting thing. Also love to get that we get to see the alpha vamp. He was one of my favorite bad guys. Crowley looks so young as well, but decent episode. Love your videos, Jeremy. Thank you, Harry, for your comment. That's very much appreciated. Yeah, I did like the alpha vamp. I liked his voice. I think he was a really good, very good portrayal from the actor. Family matters is a good episode. I can't believe it took Castiel this long to realize that Sam didn't have a soul. Well, that's the thing, because considering we know what happens with Crowley and Castiel's relationship later on, is it kind of maybe possible that Castiel actually knew this all along and he was just trying to feign it? You can't trust Samuel and I was glad that most of the Campbells got slaughtered. I really didn't like them. They reminded me of the British men of letters from season 12 and were the actor who plays the alpha vampire. Here's a fun fact. He actually tried out for the role of Crowley. Oh, did not know that. The Campbell family, once they're all dead, I'm like, oh yeah, now I remember why I didn't remember them is because they are killed off so quickly, you never really got to establish anything. They're almost as useless as the apocalypse world survivors. Those guys are really, really useless, but the Campbells are close to being that useless. All right, guys. Thank you for your comments. Next episode is episode eight with All Dogs Go to Heaven. So make sure to give me you guys thoughts about that in the comments below and I'll read those off in the next review. I'll be honest, guys, if it seems like I'm being a little bit with these reviews, it is because I am. This is one of the hardest seasons for me to get through. I am remembering why I stopped halfway through. It's a challenge, but I'm going to power through. We're going to power through. We're almost at 10. That's the goal. I just look at getting to 10, and then I look at getting to 15 and 20, and then we're on to season seven, which will probably be even worse. But anyways, guys, I hope you enjoyed the review. If you did, leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe, otherwise, see you guys next week. Thanks for watching the video. My name is Knitz, and you might remember me from the animated cult classic TV show, Undergrads. It's been a while, but I'm happy to say the click is finally getting back together in an all new movie. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, but we are still asking for your support. To see any and all updates about the upcoming Undergrads movie, be sure to check out and like the Bring Back Undergrads Facebook page. And with any luck, we'll see you guys soon.