 Good god y'all are should I say complete global saturation That's a hot mug guys. Hey guys, this is my review for season 5 episode 2 of Supernatural Good god y'all This is the episode that the horsemen of war is introduced the brothers further Distance themselves due to the distrust between the two Bobby's paralysis is made more permanent We meet up with Joe and Ellen again, and we start to see the tides of the apocalypse Coming across the land the episode starts off with Castiel coming in basically saying I can't heal you Bobby and Bobby being real Frickin pissed off about it until Castiel says yeah, you see I You know betrayed my entire brethren my brothers and sisters that I have been loyal to for thousands of years for you Chuckle heads and you still failed. So yeah, I'm pissed more than you all the while The brothers are still having this big distrust especially Dean of Sam Dean can't trust Sam with anything and As they go out to the town that has Rufus Joe and Ellen in this battle with the entire town Sam can't Be trusted throughout the entire thing and it's getting on his nerves further and further as the battle continues in this town To the point where he's literally pushing Dean aside getting very angry with him and asking him Can we please do this like professionals Dean obviously having this distrust because of what has been caused at the same time I'm still being aware and wary for his brother, especially when his brother is left behind with the other Supposed demons now. This is actually probably one of the best concepts of the episode is that war is there and he's actually played By Bosch if that's the show name from the Amazon This is cool because he was on this Four years before that show started and he has a really freaking good monologue The Sam at one point just talking about how war happens and where he's been and what he's caused And he's just like, you know, it's not really hard to really push you guys And what's cool, too is that you never really know what he is You can't tell if he's a demon an angel a creature or whatever because all he is is a guy with a ring And he's just spinning really really badly obviously and that brings me to the very kind of odd crux I have with this episode. I have a lot of things I like about this episode But there's also a lot of parts that maybe go what the hell's going on particularly the acting. It's bad There's a lot of scenes especially between Dean and Sam that the dialogue just comes off as corny cheesy or very Unprepared and there might be a reason to this they shut down Matt squeeze Matt squeeze this tiny little town near Abbotsford mission that has essentially one main road through it And it's kind of funny that it's still there and it's kind of funny how the town is still so small considering It's right across the bridge from mission, but it is this tiny little quaint town They shut the whole frickin thing down when they're in there in front of that church That's literally downtown. That's me that gives you an idea that this town is actually small and it's funny enough It's not even far away, but it's a great setup for what they're doing in this episode But I have a feeling it's kind of like that situation that happened with Ladner and season 15 where things felt real fucking rushed and really badly shot and shit like that They had a choice of trying to do all the cool setups and middly some of them are interesting But some of them do kind of look like they're half baked and that's how the episode feels a lot And it's odd too because directed by Phyllis of Garia It's written by Sarah Gamble and just can't pinpoint it because some of the dialogue some of the interactions in this episode are Truly bad, but a lot of these are covered up by the good elements There's great action scenes in this episode the distrust when done well between the brothers is really well done Bobby and Castiel's Conflict at the beginning of the episode. It's really really good. That's even if cast says I'm gonna go find God which The God that opens up so many Bubbles now in terms of how the show proceeds, but we all know it's a fool's errand I'm kind of a little bit vague on how it goes. I just know that he fails and he's like Yeah, he's not here and then with the battle in the town and that everyone is seeing demons But really they're not it's just They're all being manipulated by war and I love that very simple Man-on-man concept and it just takes one little thing and even if a reason is being said to them They'll still want to fight to protect themselves and again I like these elements of this episode of love how Dean has to try and convince Rufus which by the way to I keep going back and forth between thinking it's possible that Dean could have figured this out that it's war because it all Happens in one conversation which I think that maybe if this episode script had a few more minutes in the oven It could have been a little bit more fleshed out It isn't exactly implausible that Dean couldn't figure this out But it's also kind of a stretch at the same time It adds up when war comes into the room and Dean kind of listening what he says is like Wait a minute this what's this Joker talking about obviously he then tries to manipulate him again But to try and prevent everyone from killing each other they go and cut The ring off of war's hand and he just disappears which again Who and what was he? I'm really curious as to what he was. It's cool I think we're gonna talk about him though later on in the season when he's talking about where The aim where the horsemen are and then the episode ends with Sam and Dean Splitting up. I remember this bit because I thought oh, yeah I forgot that they split up and that's because Sam can't even trust himself after he killed these two people He saw the blood on the ground even though it wasn't demon blood He was still somewhat attracted to it and he's like oh shit. I have a problem You might be wondering why I started off the review with that little quote Do you know who is in this episode? I first I thought hey, isn't that the Han Solo guy? No, I think that's the iron fist guy. No, it's Sean Roberts. It's fucking Wesker for the Paul W. S. Anderson movies I know those movies are terrible, but who cares I can't believe Fucking Wesker is in this episode. He's a Canadian actor. He's out. He lives out here So it's just so cool to see him in it He's like this military dude and whatnot and actually it showed off how short he is He's shorter than fucking Dean. I thought that was hilarious, but I don't care. I'm short too I just you know in the movies Wesker just looked so tall, but was he wearing like Seven-foot pump-ups or something either way the episode has a lot of issues Purely because I feel that they were rushing things The script was a little bit needing more baking at the same time the actions fun The concept is really cool. The idea of war his monologue is really well done The goods outweigh the bad still but there is a bit of a conflict between them Which is why I'm gonna give good god y'all a five out of seven. It's Yeah, one point it would dip down to a four for me And then it went back up to a six and then it came down to a five So yeah, it's a little bit of an up-and-down battle, but it's unfortunate But yeah, like I said, it just felt a little odd in certain places I don't know if anyone else noticed that but it was it was a little bit weird watching it Good gone y'all is a good episode with a nice reunion with Rufus Ellen Joe and with Sam and Dean My highlight for this episode is definitely Titus Wilver He's just perfect in his double role of Roger in the horseman war despite having a limited screen time What I love about his portrayal of war is that he just enjoys chaos He enjoys it so much that he practically gets off on it. His conversation with Sam was really good It was especially when he lets Sam guess who he truly is by saying I was in Germany then in Germany then in the Middle East I was in Darfur when my beeper went off. I was getting hooked up with siblings. I've got three We're gonna have so much fun together overall. I gave a good god y'all a five out of seven Yeah, no Titus is definitely the best part about this episode his Very limited role in this episode is very standout it's probably one of the saving graces of this episode from it being kind of mediocre and Thankfully the guy has had a really good career afterwards good god y'all is an interesting sociological episode But one thing I find particularly Lee I can't talk right now interesting is that Castiel is looking for his father Which is completely reminiscent of Sam and Dean looking for their father in season one It is also a good storyline plot point that Castiel's powers are not in full capacity because a lot of his power came From the angelic hierarchy. It's also refreshing to know that the storyline of the amulet that Dean wears is significant So I'm really curious to what Bobby thought it was when he was going to give it to John though And Sam gave it to Dean because all Bobby said was I was really special and other than that We don't know much about it until season five of till season five of what it really does Unfortunately, we don't see it really come into full effect till season 11 naturally for Supernatural They're going to have revelations as a blueprint in some point as some way to represent the end of time So it was nice to see how and why a town turns on itself Especially good to see Joe Ellen and Rufus and now we are introduced to the four horsemen first being more I meant it's a little on the nose to have a red Mustang as the red horse But with Supernatural it makes sense That's because Sam and Dean live out their lives on the road with their steel horse that the horsemen adapt to that era of time Yeah, I'll admit the the coat maybe was a bit much Also, I've always found mustangs really small so I can always I can I see where you're coming from I to this day always remember that little bit between Dean talking to the soldier about how Dean talked about literally serving in hell I also love the line where Rufus says at the end stop firing usually means stop firing I did feel like them stopping war was a little too easy by simply cutting off his finger and the ring was the source of power Later on we see deaths ring coming into play in season six And I wish all the rings had equal significance of some sort But we didn't really want to repeat storylines off together to make by making apocalypse 2.0 One thing that always was always interesting is that the riders interpreted the horsemen as bringing down one Societies and countries collapse There are a whole bonus feature on it called the ride of the horsemen on season 5 DVD And I highly recommend it Sam leaving Dean was a punch at the gut Given how that we loved and cherished the brother the brotherly relationship for years But thankfully when they patched out they patched up good is one of my least favorite episode of the season And it's still a great episode in itself, but we'll get to my least favorite soon Oh, I'm interested to see what is your least favorite much like season 4 season 5 Instantly throws you into plot and quality. I love good God y'all mainly because the horsemen war the horsemen before the apocalypse were honestly one of my one of my One of the most unique and creative enemies in the series each of them a different in their own powers and personality I love that the fact that Sam admits That he has a problem. I give them ball props for having the balls to do that This episode is probably my least favorite horsemen episode mainly because of that one thing And I don't like and that's Ellen. I'm sorry, but I never felt like this We're her Ripley want to be behavior. I never understood why people liked her And instead hated Joe to me was the opposite. I liked Joe and I always felt that Ellen hold Her back controversial opinion, I know but I'm honest I didn't get that with Ellen I I get where you're kind of coming from sometimes a dialogue kind of rolls off like it's on repeat But I did like her I think that they she was in the show for long enough that her shtick didn't get old Maybe if she had been around a lot longer. Yeah, I could see that and I also could see why they use them so so Very seldomly. Good. God y'all is another strong episode love the actor that played war his dialogue with Sam and Attempting to justify or excuse his own actions while throwing a guilt trip on Sam is a juicy bit of dialogue Lots of villains have tried to guilt the brothers to get into their heads But this is one of the better interactions Sam and Dean each conversation between them is wrong and tense Sam struggles to prove that He can handle himself without Dean putting training wheels on him reminds him of how why it was easy for him to turn Ruby When Dean was came back from hell and this is setting up for character growth for both of them in fallen idols nicely Again, I can I still sympathize with both perspectives. It's not simple. He's right. He's wrong attitude No, it's not you're very much true that they're both trying to do the right thing But they're in their own way That scene in the market where Sam kills the two men and strongly looks at the demon blood on the blade He's a very well shot choreographed necked out Sam looking at the blood is one of the moments that from the season That always stuck out to me and his comment later about missing being able to save people sums up his ability to do his job As a hunter exponentially better, but not just the addiction to power blurred the lines between good and evil for him As Chuck said last season. I don't envy the weight on your shoulders the twist in the of the plot is a good one I think their demons they think their demons were demons What if there are no demons is just people killing each other the fight between Rufus and Dean ending with you Figured that on your own genius. Hope you enjoyed it. I did I did enjoy those bits You you bring up actually some of the very good bits and like I said, I do like the idea of Them turning on each other. It's kind of a variation of croton, but it's still actually pretty well done Good god y'all is one of those episodes I always cherish along with croton and I believe the second episode of the season nine the one We're avid on and a bunch of demons corner Sam and Dean with a bunch of demons and Either an abandoned village or something like that are my favorites. I line big I like big scale Episodes that make it and feel more grand like the stakes that are more monster of the week and show the larger ramifications more manipulating a whole town and seeing that it is epics and End-of-day stuff neighbor against neighbor and all that their episodes I wish we saw more of because it was the brothers more mere Militaristic side which they've had from John since he was a marine. I remember correctly. That's with That's a sighted. I always love to see I get supernaturals a small suburban town Go bump in the night, but at the end that when Zach Transports Dean of 2012 is kind of what the thing you need with stories like Lucifer walks again Are the darkness walks again plus we're introduced to Rufus I can't remember if you mentioned him prior or not But I fucking love Rufus and I wish we got more of him now I actually kind of going on a tangent about what you're saying here now I do like these larger scale things too. It's definitely a lot more grandiose a lot more Weight on your shoulders a lot more to go on in the episode, however And this is purely from a story-writing perspective as well as a production perspective It's expensive. It's actually really expensive to do these things So that's why they don't do these big episodes as much highly underrated character in my opinion I thought him and Bobby were comedic gold together plus the search for God and Dean's pendant being a teacher to him himself Essentially which is paid off to perfection and don't call me surely This is where I think me and you disagree on the truck reveal in 14 Don't get me wrong I share your sentiments and like Chuck, but after thinking about it all it makes sense at least thematically The boys find out their lives are determined in the season 5 is Great because the whole fuck you free will aspect But it's also the show's downfall with its overuse of meta narrative because once you break the fourth wall You can go too far then all you're left with is epitomizing the rat trap the characters are ensnared in if the show ended here It wouldn't have been a problem, but I can't say I was given if I was given the reins I wouldn't have ended it differently in season 15, but Chuck at this area is a lie With all season with all the seasons accounted for that's the only way you can take it now I could have done being it could have been done better. I would have lying down a little more focus on Chuck's side we get more more We get the my creations disappointed me in season 11, but upon retrospect if I think the only thing I can understand It was a shifting characters that the characters caught onto his game and realized that they were all his play things They were never free will it was always Chuck's plan story and no longer play and we can't Honest and I love that honestly I mean I wish there was more setup, but I guess it's the hindsight God was never painted See I now I can see where you're coming from here, too And also I said that maybe if they had actually properly built this up in season 14 instead of just throwing it in in the last 20 minutes Maybe maybe I could have believed it, but they did a such a terrible job at building it up It just made no sense thematically. It was just so poorly put together. Oh I will make one comment though before we go if you guys couldn't make them a little shorter Just a little shorter because this was what four comments and a one ten minutes long almost So I want to make sure I don't bore you guys to death though If you guys can make them just a little bit more concise that'd be great And the next episode is free to be you and me so make sure to give me you guys as comments about that in the Comment section below and I'll read those off in the next review Otherwise guys, I hope you enjoyed it if you did leave a like and if you're interested in more subscribe Till then see you guys next week Thanks for watching the video. 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