Supernatural - The Devil You Know (S5Ep20)
Invisible dog fight!
Supernatural continues its awesome streak as the brothers try and track down Pestilence with the help of the demon Crowley. Mark Sheppard is clearly relishing the role, dominating the screen with his presence and killer lines. Sam gets an unexpected chance to confront his past, though Jared could do with screwing his face up a little less as he agonises over his decisions. Seriously, he looks like he has a painful itch for half the episode. Dean is very much just along for the ride this week, taking a back seat to Crowley's machinations and Sam's lust for revenge. Both boys also prove themselves to be the worst liars in the world, something that's getting somewhat hard to believe considering how long they've been having to practice it.
The show ends with the boys gearing up for Pestilence and Bobby getting an offer to help find Death (BTW, thanks for spoiling what happens Asylum goer who *had* to ask that question. Though still not as bad as the poor girl who ruined the ending of Harper's Island for an audience who, judging by the groans, had yet to buy the DVDs).
As the Apocalypse ramps up, the shows writers and producers have taken the smart decision of keeping the show small, most of the time restricting it to only a half dozen actors in dialogue heavy scenes, interspersed with brief moment of one on one violence and action. Unless you have the budget of James Cameron you're never going to be able to pull off showing the end of the world every week, so keeping the stories tight and personal was a smart move that's paid off.
3 more to go...
4.5/5 (5/5 if you can ignore Sam's twitching)
