 It's a little bit of LA noir in there. Hey guys, this is my review for episode 15 of Supernatural Season 13, sorry for the delay. Again, just been kind of fighting the want to keep reviewing this show. However, this episode was a bit of a turn in terms of its narrative direction. This was definitely an homage to the old noir films of the 50s and the 40s. In terms of the amount of conspiracies, the double crossings, the character archetypes. Even down to what the cops were wearing, did anyone else notice that? The cops were wearing old beat uniforms? I don't know if anyone else noticed that, but I could see that aside from the cop cars and the technology with the guns. Even some of the guns were old, but there was a lot of focus on making it look old, but not focusing on it. It's probably one of the most subtle art directions the Supernatural has done. Like when they have themes, they throw it at your face. Earlier in the season, there was the one where Cass and Dean were wearing the cowboy hats, right? There's been a lot of themes that have been in Supernatural and they've been extremely prevalent. This time it's very subtle and I actually like that aspect. So what the brothers are after in this episode is they're after the blood of a most holy man. So they go to this dealer lady who points them in the direction of this fat guy who apparently has had something stolen from him. So he points them towards a mob boss and then they get the mob boss. The mob boss says that something's been stolen from him. So then they work for the mob boss to get the thing, and then they bump into this priest who is actually from the original village of where this original skull that they're after in the first place was. And then there's this meat and there's this big double cross, big shootout and whatnot. It has a lot of twists and turns, like a noir novel or like a noir movie. So I liked that aspect to it. It honestly kept you very entertained. It was a bit ridiculous. I was thoroughly engaged into the story and then that ending happened. That's some terrible editing. Now, I said earlier that this episode doesn't really hamfist the theme that the episode is undercutting. However, it just left it all for the end. And then it gives you this absolutely horrible, slow-mo montage fade in, fade out, like overcross fade shootout with this church choir music in the background. It was awful. It was bad. So that part's not that great. It ruins the possibility of a decent gunfight. There is one really bright light in this episode, and it's the guy who plays the priest. He's actually really good in this episode. If they had a chance, I would hope they bring this character back. He probably won't. But he's one of the best actors, in my opinion, that they've had as a one episode character in a long time. He blows it out of the park with everyone else, except for the one guy who's always been a mob boss. There's a one actor in here who's been a mob boss in everything he's been in. But otherwise, I did enjoy this episode for the most part. The editing in that one part was awful, but they actually did, again, reoccurring events. They're able to bring up the whole idea of the means of continuing for the brothers. Why keep fighting when something keeps going bad, and bad things keep happening? When should they stop? Are they actually making a difference? And the priest is able to pull a new spin on it, and he says, if good men do something, at least the world will be better. We can't make a perfect world, but we can try and make it better. And I was like, okay, you know, that's only the 800s time I've had that, like, sip down. But at least that goes down smoothly. I enjoyed this episode. There are some aspects of it that are a little bit cringy. There's definitely a very subtle undertone of its theme, which I did appreciate. And I actually, I like this episode. So in the end, I'm going to give it a five out of seven. So now we wait a few weeks. We wait about three weeks, apparently, until we get a Scooby-Doo one. Now, I'm not thrilled. This sounds dumb. This sounds really dumb. Like it'll be funny, but it's going to be dumb. Anyways, guys, that's all from me. If you liked this review, give it a like. If you're interested in more, maybe subscribe. Otherwise, I'll see you on the next episode.