 We all know who the real monster at the end of this book is all those people who actually believe that season 14's Revelation was set back here. It wasn't hell season 11's wasn't set here either That's a hot mug guys. Hi guys, this is my review for Supernatural season 4 episode 18 the monster at the end of the book This is the first time we meet Chuck Yeah, there's a bit to unload about that character Yeah But first let's talk about the episode the brothers come to this comic book store for no real actual reason It's never actually explained why they're in there They just come in and start asking questions and the guys oh, yeah, you're part of this book Look at these ripped Chad dudes on this book bro They find out that there is a series of novels based on them which is written by Carver and Len which is a great kind of Nod to Ben Endland and Jeremy Carver the two big story editors for the show at the time and they go and meet Chuck Who is this has been hack writer who's drunk all the time? Oh by the way though They meet his publisher who has actually been in the show three different time a witch or something in 2006 I've been trying to find the episode but I can't find that and then she was in 2019 So she was in Supernatural season. She was at the end beginning of season 15 are the end of season 14 So that's kind of cool, but this is a known thing that Supernatural reuses a lot of actors in different roles over the years when they meet Chuck though, they find out that he is able to see into the future He has these dreams and he writes down his dreams because he has nightmares and he has headaches They see that what he writes becomes to be there's some good little twigs here and there I do like the part where it's like Dean says they know those are definitely your pensive shoulders Dean gets hit by The car this the polygates messed up and then there's Lilith Lilith's bit in this episode. It does just make me scratch my head The whole idea is that she wants to make a deal with Sam Lay with him and then cut off both him and Dean's head and that will stop the apocalypse I don't know. I feel like they kind of got to this point of the story and they're like We can't really give a good reason as to why this is happening But we need this to happen so we can introduce the whole archangel bit because we're gonna use that at the end of the season I feel that while this episode is trying to be its own good thing It is much more of a platform to set up things that will come both at the end of this season and in the season 5 Because on paper and as it's played out this episode's kind of dumb the idea that Lilith wants to do this and Sam agrees to it the fact that it's all happening around them and the angels don't even say anything about it The fact that Dean says to cast the L. Hey Lilith's going to be here. You guys should probably do something about that and they're like, okay, dude It's the prophet of the Lord What it's a writing issue that I can see as the episode unfolds like wait a minute They've written themselves into a corner here. They can't do much I can see that they know how to end the episode But they don't really know how to get there and they're kind of kind of just All the way to the end kind of like And then this kind of brings me back to Chuck and Chuck here is Completely displayed in a way that we as the viewing audience should not have any inclination This guy is actually God and I think it was said that they had never had any intention of him being so the ending of season 5 Was Kripke kind of laying down a Stephen King like ending in terms of not giving you the answer But giving you the what if kind of idea obviously season 11 and this season 14 15 would kind of just Torture and destroy the character of Chuck. I don't mind what they did with him in season 11 If anything, I felt that was proper in terms of what the season was doing to oh Well, originally in but then obviously kept going but season 15 No, no any of you who actually think this episode and the title of it. Oh, yeah No, they never had any intention with this they never even intended this character to be God at the end of season 5 It was just really convenient Title name so I've been ripping on this episode a little bit, right? I like it. There's a lot of cool elements I love the idea of Chuck being this drunk has been who is an oddly enough a prophet who writes Really over dramatically the fact that when he's talking about it when he says dramatically hits the doorbell That reminds me of what how I used to write when I was back in like high school and coming out of high school I found out that it just I'm not that great at writing long stories I can do little short stories it obviously takes a little bit of tenor and quite a bit of Perseverance and self-criticism to write your own novel So that's why I've just never tried that in my own life But I did like that little tidbit because that is a writing issue that some people go through and I did like that Castiel kind of nonchalantly or suggest Dean to use Chuck as a means of getting an archangel on them And it's gonna be used later on in the end of season 4 which is gonna be really cool But the whole Lilith thing man It just really takes me out because when she appears in this whole little bit happens is like this Makes no sense. This is weird It is slightly saved by Sam trying to kill her on the bed most likely that you know It wasn't gonna happen, but it's still a little odd Like I said, this isn't an episode that's trying to base itself on its own thing It is clearly being used as a platform for what the next few episodes will use Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't if you want a really really good example Age of Ultron was that age of Ultron was essentially just setting up All of the other stories in the Marvel Universe for phase 2 3 whichever This is what this episode is kind of doing in a similar sense So in the end I'm gonna give the monster at the end of the book a 4 out of 7 I'm really perplexed I'm giving it that low of a rating because like I said it doesn't sit with me in certain aspects Just some parts are just the whole Lilith bit. You see where they had an idea But they couldn't make a good reason why it would happen So they just took what was best that they could think of and they used that I'm being very very critical This is probably the most critical of been of an episode in a little while and just to clarify I rewatched the entire bit with Lilith just to see if I was being a little bit over critical But no, it's really stupid, but that's my long long long rant about this episode Let's see what you guys have to say about this episode. All right If you guys are still watching here are the comments Monster at the end of the book a terrifying peek at someone looking intimately at your life struggles and calling it contrived in mediocre Like it was a weekly TBS show. I mean, what's scarier? Yeah. Nope. Nope Man TBS actually, that's a pretty good reference. You haven't heard. Oh, yeah, I haven't seen you in a while actually either Oh, thank you for commenting again. Is Chuck the monster at the end of the book or is it the reader? I think this is the first time metasatire is explored in the show and it's very funny This show definitely gave Lilith a do over because you couldn't use a child for obvious reasons But I love her evil delight in child's blood It was interesting to see the show have Dean try to break destiny when clearly it was more entrapment for Sam and Dean I really love Castiel's character trying so hard to be faithful and uses his words carefully to help Dean But the real need of watching the episode is coming to the terms of the Chuck beam the creator of Supernatural Universal Claiming Godhood It's not until season 5 finale where you made the connections that there's more to him than being a lazy alcoholic writer All in all the episode makes sense and To introduce a prophet while angels are tactically Minstering on the earth. It's interesting the Winchester's gospel are made as a fictional series instead of profit coming out to the world prophesizing Armageddon like creatures do in season 5 or adding scripture to the world But it was more enjoyable to get a good laugh at the show itself It's definitely one of the more most memorable episodes of the season and not just because the leader of Instaltion the show Yeah, I like the bits of Chuck admittedly. I like it It's just the inch like you're actually saying about it like the entrapment of how the episode proceeds. It's just kind of Like I said, I don't like any of the bits of Lilith in it. I love monster at the end of this book In spite of the ridiculous or lazy retcon of dabs to make one think it's Chuck. It's really Chuck It was Lilith. I adore Chuck the prophet funny and confused helpful and guarded and engarded all of meeting his characters Particularly liked his interactions with Sam without judgment He encourages Sam to examine his motives for drinking beat one all Are all around funny yet tense and interesting episode. Yeah, like I said, I like the bits with Chuck Especially talking to them. Those are definitely the heart the stronger parts of the episode I'll sound like a broken record But if I start on a rant about how badly they mutilated Chuck In the end so I will just say love this episode hated what they do with his character gonna agree with that But I digress this is an episode that's so meta and it was great to see this is one of the episodes I'll watch over and over while pretending that seasons 14 and 15 didn't exist The whole concept of them trying to do the opposite of what Chuck has written and the events that still led them to What he writes is funny and while watching it I kept thinking of how much a sense of humor God had to mess with Sam and Dean and this was Before knowing Chuck was God also loved a little meta detail such as the name of the diner being crypt keys hollow And of course Chuck's pen named Carver. No. Yeah, I like that About Carver Enlin in all in all a really good episode even though how badly they they Hear the character later. I'm guessing you talk about how they ruined him. Yeah, no, I like those little elements That's a decent issue meta there This is one of my favorite episodes the crippy area that was unfortunately not only ruined by the crap dab pole But also the fandom apparently fans and especially reactors are Either hypocrites are having the attention span of a cricket because they use this episode as an excuse for that Atrocious retcon that destroyed one of the best characters in the show because yeah Chuck isn't a loving creator who even when is disappointed with his creations was still giving them subtle advice Like what he did with Sam and his demon blood. No, he was always evil and this was always planned because he says he's a cruel God That's just how it works. Am I right? Yep. No, I hate this crap I hate whenever people say that this was the episode that Like was the beginning of it all it's like it's not as I point out in this episode They did not intend for him to be God and you know why this is especially for me off right now If you think about Chuck from the pen name Carver Enland to his writing was clearly meant to representation of Kripke Carver And Enland aka the three creative forces behind the show So making Chuck evil destroying his character completely in the favor of that moron Jack Andrew dad is basically telling us that he did it better than by making the sixth worst character in the show into God You talentless uninspired hack. Yes people this guy is this petty and is And if and as if that isn't bad enough the fans have brought it into so completely that they go back to previous episodes and trash Chuck Oh, I can't say that word is the worst example of this just watch him react to the 200th episode you have complained about the supernatural fandom Jeremy and on cases like this I completely agree with you Yeah, the fans of Tana took the whole Chuck thing a little bit too far Especially when it came to its origins is like now it didn't come from this far back guys It it was made up kind of on the spot. It was it was admittedly Kind of bleeding into the whole fandom of wanting him to be God I admittedly thought is he got I was kind of curious if they were gonna ever confirm that they did in season 11 And not a bad way, but I digress love monsters at the end of the book for its meta quality And it was unique to me as an idea of meta episodes when I originally watched it It wasn't a concept in my head It never occurred to me that Chuck was literally God until swan song but watching it now I see myself enjoying it as I like the boys knowing their lives our books like other fictional books What they did with Chuck later makes this up watching this episode weird I swear dad got his idea for a series ending from the title Chuck being the monster at the end of the book Although we know for a fact that That was not the intention with Chuck God originally he watched this episode and you can see that they did not intend for him to go down this route and That ambiguity that is the ending of swan song that leaves it open for interpretation, too Yeah, it kind of goes back to that whole aspect of Stephen King's writing Yeah, Stephen King's many quotes before saying that you should leave stuff in Meguist because if you give them the answers Then people won't be satisfied, but if you leave enough of a nugget They'll always be questioning. They'll always be interested kind of like JJ Abrams writing But if done well and thank you guys once again for your comments and now we've got jump the shark jump the shark It's gonna actually be a little fun. I'm gonna do a little fun ditty with that episode review Well, there's a certain spot where they film that's quite important to me But in the meantime give me you guys as comments about that episode and I will read those off in the next review And you know what just thinking about it now give me your guys's thoughts on Chuck in this episode Do you see any inclination of what you would think would have happened in season 5 season 11 and season 15? What do you think when you see the character here as opposed to what we got at the end? Give me your guys's thoughts about that and I might turn that into a video on its own because this is a very pivotal point in The show that has now been completely butchered in my opinion by later seasons, but it's still a very Interesting talking point So give you guys's thoughts about that if you guys like the video leave a like and if you're interested in more Subscribe otherwise, I'll see you guys next week. Thanks for watching the video My name is Nitz 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