I'm with you. Without Dean's short turn darkside, this would've been a filler episode with zero connection to the story arc. Jody was terrific and the vamps were interesting, but this isn't an A+ episode. I gave the ep a slightly higher rating than you more because of individual elements (darkside!Dean, tied-up!Sam, and badass!Jody) than because of the less-than-stellar storyline, with all the downright stupid things people did so the script could make sense.
And really. We've got only FOUR EPISODES LEFT UNTIL THE FINALE. Why would you expect the writers to start collecting the three major plot-points (Dean-Crowley-Abaddon / Sam-Gadreel / Gadreel-Metatron-Castiel) on the path to finale? Especially when they can shove everything into the last two episodes? ;)
Maybe the writers and the show actually think they are here to entertain me with a little bit of fantasy horror every week
Alas, the writers write for the average Joe -- not us canon-and-story-arc-obsessed fangirls. Darn it.
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And really. We've got only FOUR EPISODES LEFT UNTIL THE FINALE. Why would you expect the writers to start collecting the three major plot-points (Dean-Crowley-Abaddon / Sam-Gadreel / Gadreel-Metatron-Castiel) on the path to finale? Especially when they can shove everything into the last two episodes? ;)
Maybe the writers and the show actually think they are here to entertain me with a little bit of fantasy horror every week
Alas, the writers write for the average Joe -- not us canon-and-story-arc-obsessed fangirls. Darn it.