Damn it Supernatural
you killed Eileen. She was looking like an interesting recurring character with
some much needed inclusion and you done killed her. By Hellhound – controlled by
Arthur Ketch
This is part of the ongoing campaign of the Men of
Letters to kill all American Hunters and apparently make them look like monster
attacks
And some of those attacks are by Mary.
Mary is being imprisoned and brainwashed by the return of
Lady Toni and her skill with mind altering substances to generally break down
someone’s will and reality. Mary is duly
terrified that she is losing herself and she is going to end up hurting and
killing people she cares about. She desperately struggles, she desperately
appeals to the connection she has with Arthur which, despite obviously hitting a
chord, doesn’t move him. She even tries to commit suicide though he stops her.
She’s definitely sinking.
Meanwhile her sons are definitely noticing something is
up. Mick is out of touch. Mary said something was up and then fell off the grid
and more and more hunters are suddenly dying to the monsters. They expect a
certain level of death, it’s not the safest profession after all. But the rate
us suspicious
I do wonder why the Men of Letters are going to so much
work to make it look like monster attacks – especially since that includes going
so far as to actually use hellhounds
And where do they get hellhounds? Turns out evil Dr. Hess
has a deal on with Crowley – demons can operate in the UK so long as they
confine their activity to people who are making deals. The argument being that
if they chose to make such a deal that it’s their own silly fault. At the same
time Dr. Hess is awfully high handed with Crowley and the king of Hell takes
exception
We also see that wonderful Men of Letters way of
motivating people – the leadership of the new American Hunters will fall under
either Arthur or Toni. Because the British Men of Letters believes in throwing
their people against each other because team building exercises, I guess. Also
everyone has slept with everyone so let’s have some more office tension.
The Winchesters begin to catch on that the Men of Letters
are behind the deaths when they get a letter from Eileen from before her deaf
asking for sanctuary because she thought the Men of Letters were hunting her –
and that they were bugging her. They search the Winchester Cave and find
confirmation that they are being bugged as well.
Time for a really bad trap
I mean they managed to kill several extras (these could
have been helpful around about the time the Men of Letters were being attacked)
and kidnap Toni by they then end up back at the Winchester Cave with seemingly
no plan at all to take down Arthur and his minions waiting for them which seems
to be pretty inevitable. It seems long term planning remains not a Winchester
Skill.
What does remain a Winchester Skill is killing and they
manage to kill many many extras and capture both Toni and Arthur
Until Mary arrives – fighting on the side of the Men of
Letters. Ooooh that’s some very very fast brainwashing. She and Arthur leave –
and they leave Toni behind as well
Because this is how the Men of Letters work – they throw
their best at each other so they can never trust each other and constantly end
up killing each other and it’s a stupid system. Seriously “it hones skills” no
it doesn’t – because this constant infighting doesn’t in any way train you how
to fight werewolves or vampires – killing human hunters isn’t helping that. It
just means every time a team is dispatched everyone on the team is waiting for
their fellows to double cross them.
For added James Bond flare, Arthur decides to lock Dean,
Sam and Toni in the Winchester cave and wait until they die of thirst rather
than, y’know, shooting them in the head.
Over to Lucifer and Crowley and it looks like Crowley’s
trap for Lucifer has finally fallen apart. With the help of Drexel, Lucifer has
reversed the binding on him, now meaning Crowley is his puppet
I keep waiting for Crowley to turn the tables again – but
is Lucifer just one step more crafty than Crowley?
