Spoilers abound, so read cautiously.
Finally, the results of Castiel becoming God are seen….for a little bit anyway. I was really hoping this would become the “big bad” for Dean and Sam to figure out a way to fight throughout the season, as I thought it’d be more interesting for them to fight their close friend. Even though Cas suddenly has a lot more power and delusions of grandeur, he’s still mostly Cas. But that’s mostly nipped in the bud by the end of the episode.
In the meantime, I did enjoy seeing Cas taking out his wrath on the leader of a Fred Phelps-type church, the KKK, and a facsimile for Michelle Bachmann. Seems Fake God doesn’t like people claiming to be working for him in order to satisfy their own hypocritical as they are. Meanwhile, the boys have no idea what they’re going to do about him, as there isn’t exactly any lore on fighting The Actual God, or as close as Cas gets to Him. Desperate times….well, putting a leash on Death doesn’t exactly seem like the best idea, does it?
Meanwhile, Sam is still reeling from the effects of suddenly having to remember his time in Hell. The weird thing about this, to me, is that Dean also spent time in Hell, and was there for a good bit longer, and remembered everything right from the start. His experience there affected him as well, but not nearly so much as it seems to affect Sam. But Sam might not just be having hallucinations, as Lucifer shows up for him near the end and claims to still be messing with his head.
Overall, I’d give this episode an 8. Despite the resolution to Cas-as-God happening already (and making way for something even worse), we do get to see him smiting “Fred Phelps”. As usual, fictional authority figures are much better than the real ones. See The West Wing for further evidence.
Also, apparently people click on this blog trying to find “my nudist family blog.” Previously, it was “P90X nudes”. I might need to come up with a different name for this website.
