Supernatural Season 4 Episode 18 - Monster at the end of this book

There are a lot to be said about this episode. I'm thinking to use the word "eclectic" but then there's also "lazy" and "genius". Let's get the obvious thing out of the way first: This is most definitely Kripke, Gamble, et al saying thanks to the fans. (If Dean or Sam said "Gutter Girls" after Dean girls and Sam girls right before the slash girls, Tammy would've died and gone to Winchester heaven) I am very impressed that they aren't too averse in thanking the fans this way - yes, even the slash fans.

I think I died laughing when I saw the cover of the first book. Fabio? Seriously? I mean, talk about parody and obtuse comparison. Just because a lot of fangirls write Sam's fictional sex scenes (with his brother or not) that focuses a lot on his hair doesn't mean we freaking put Fabio as a personification. I literally fell off my chair laughing. Genius though - comedic genius! Stefoff must have been on something when he was writing this. (Dude, whatever it was you took, I want some of those!) Okay, the next sentences can be interpreted as either my bitter and jealous self ranting or it could be an honest to goodness tiny critique. Honestly, I prefer the second one. The thing is, it's a little snobbish to put a Kurt Vonnegut reference in the episode. It was done in a very nonchalant way and passed off as humorous but still, it kinda felt snobbish to me. Stefoff, please don't hate me. (Ian hides behind a stack of Collier's encyclopedias)

The laundromat sequence is a killer as well. "I'm sitting in a laundromat reading about myself sitting in a laundromat reading about myself." Classic! The sentence is poetic in itself. I think this is by far, my favorite sequence ever. (Not counting the sex sequences, of course. Naked Winchesters first before anything else. Dude, I've got priorities)

I've got two very strong nagging feelings regarding this episode, ergo the descriptive words I've been thinking about using as I've aforementioned. One, I think it's very lazy, not toss-in-a-few-edible-ingredients-and-then-call-it-a-casserole-or-stew-lazy but more of hey-let's-use-some-existing-plot-bunnies-on-fanfiction-and-make-it-better kind of lazy. The art imitating life imitating art imitating "real life" is kinda lazy. I'm not sure what kind of message is being sent but I'm hoping I can figure it out. It was kind of surreal and slightly creepy to read the real titles of the episodes as the book titles too. The second nagging feeling is of course the disbelief of the sheer genius of the writers and Kripke. The modern prophet and the Winchester Gospels. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Though it may be quite incredulous, it was woven in a smooth and believable transition. (Do I detect some sort of animosity towards M. Knight? Hmmm?)

I like the change that happened to Castiel. He's not so much black and white anymore. He's more realistic now and less idealistic. I'm pretty sure this new attitude will cost more than lost innocence. The fact that this change will eventually cause him to "feel" can be deemed as some sort of punishment, in a way. Now, isn't that poetic? From an angel who just knew how to follow God, to an angel who can now feel like a human. Oh, and his attempts at humor... (You should've seen Luke)

Oh, and next to the Castiel intro, this is probably the only one that can top it - "I am the prophet Chuck!" Looks like I've got another message alert tone to do.

And lastly, the boss angel Zacharia makes another appearance. Something about him just rubs me the wrong way. It's not that I hate him, it's just that my spidey senses say that he's got something else up his sleeve that I don't like.