This post is about Supernatural season 11 episode 22 “We Happy
Few” written by Robert Berens and directed by John Badham.
*****Spoilers below*****
“The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Team Amara. Go, Amara.”
This episode opens on Casifer passive aggressively throwing
shade at his father in the bunker. Sam and Dean return with the groceries to
witness their bickering. When Dean reminds Lucifer that they saved him, Lucifer
tries to retaliate with a snap of his fingers. But Chuck has done something to
disable his powers against the Winchesters.
“This is like the worst episode of ‘Full House’ ever.”
Yes it is; Lucifer has shut himself in Sam’s room (SAM’S) and
refuses to come out until such time as Chuck apologizes.
“Together, we can make Hell great again.”
Meanwhile Crowley is in hell, trying to seize the throne
back from Lucifer in his absence. But the demons are uninterested in a coupe,
especially in favor of Crowley.
“Okay, well, I don't know if you noticed, but a little time is not something we have. The end is freakin' nigh.”
The Winchesters beg Chuck to talk to Lucifer, but he’s too
busy making them pancakes. Chuck refuses to say he’s sorry because he just
isn’t.
“Not just the end of the world, Heaven and Hell -- the end of magic.”
Rowena has arrived in Louisiana to seek out an old frenemy
named Clea to be her second in a spell to take them back in time. Clea, who has
been seeing death in the tarot cards, agrees.
“We all know that you are God, um, but maybe could you be
a-a little less Lordly?”
“But I am -- I-I'm the Lord.”
Sam and Dean have managed to get Chuck and Lucifer in the
same room again, and they’re back to arguing. Lucifer lambasts Chuck for
betraying him and Chuck explains that he did what he had to. “The mark didn’t
change you,” he explains, “it just made you more of what you already were.”
Finally (after Dean tells him he doesn’t have to mean it) Chuck apologizes
(sort of), saying he gave Lucifer the mark because he loved him the most and
thought he could handle it, and that he was devastated when Lucifer couldn’t.
The two agree to work together, and Chuck explains that he plans to put Amara
back in the cage. Apparently Amara can’t die because it would disturb the “balance.”
“So what do you need to win?”
“What do you got?”
Dean suggests they recruit Crowley and goes to collect him. Casifer
goes back to heaven and Lucifer and Castiel both give the angels a talking to. Sam
heads after Rowena—luckily Clea is still there and convinces Rowena to join up.
The others agree as well and the God Squad is ready to go. Only one thing, Dean
insists they should kill Amara instead of trapping her. Sam thinks they should
just trust in God, and Dean finally decides to just go with it. Meanwhile,
Amara has found Donatello and eaten his soul, which somehow gives her the
knowledge of where the bunker is.
“All right, no flirting, and no fighting.”
As Amara goes through Dean’s stuff in the bunker (including
pictures of his mother), the leaders of the God Squad are in some abandoned
building getting ready to fight. Mostly with each other. Chuck gives a pep talk
while everyone else argues about what’s about to happen. It turns out that Sam
has agreed with Chuck to take on the mark. Dean doesn’t want to let him, but he
finally agrees to honor Sam’s choice.
“Welcome to the end.”
Rowena pretends to make a deal with Amara and betray God,
but Amara knows it’s a trap. She shows up anyway, and Rowena hits her with the
combined power of five witches. She retaliates, killing all the witches but
Rowena. The demons (somehow) hit her in their smoke forms, and Crowley joins
them. Then the angels smite her. She’s hurting but she makes it inside to
confront Chuck. And then Casifer stabs her in the back with the spear of
destiny. Chuck stops Lucifer from continuing so he can talk with Amara. She
accuses him of locking her away and creating other beings out of selfishness, so
that he could seem great. He explains that there was more, a need for creation
that just was, like them. Amara is
ready to die, but she refuses to go back into the cage. When Chuck starts to
transfer the mark to Sam, Amara begins to fight back. She attacks God, Casifer,
and Dean, and takes the mark back from Sam. Lucifer has been expelled from Cas’s
body and God is dying, although apparently slowly. Amara wants him to watch his
creations die before he fades away into nothing. After sharing this with them,
she disappears. Meanwhile Rowena wakes up to a bright light outside.
Questions:
Do God and Lucifer need to eat? I’m pretty sure the answer
is no based on what we know about angels, but Chuck obviously likes to eat
anyway.
Why is Sam not more upset about LUCIFER being in HIS ROOM?
THIS. IS. NOT. FUNNY. Even though Lucifer doesn’t have his powers, so much of
his torture was mental and emotional abuse anyway, so shouldn’t Sam be
terrified no matter what? And especially before he knows Lucifer’s powers are
gone. I guess he just has THAT MUCH trust in God? Just… couldn’t they have
shown Sam at least… talking about it?
Was that apology really enough for Lucifer? Did he really believe
Chuck? Is Chuck telling the truth?
Why can’t Chuck bring back the other archangels? Can’t he
stop time or something to get them so that he can face Amara with an actual
shot at beating her?
IS CASTIEL’S VESSEL BURNING UP? In Hell’s Angel, he seemed
fine. And he isn’t showing any signs of outward distress like Nick did. So was
he lying to the angels or is he really in much worse shape than we thought?
So… is Donatello dead or just soulless? Why didn’t the
Winchesters keep him in the bunker? If they could use him to find Amara,
shouldn’t they have realized that she could use him to find them? And that that
put him in danger? What happened to saving people? I mean, if God and Lucifer
are staying in the bunker, what’s one more? Especially since they needed all
the help they could get.
Also, Donatello says he’s been a prophet for three days, which
doesn’t seem to make sense in the timeline. Right? What exactly is the timeline
for the last three episodes?
And Amara says, “Kansas” after eating Donatello’s soul. How
did she not know they were in Kansas? Shouldn’t she be able to at least track
them to that vicinity? Charlie tracked them to within 20 miles of the bunker. And
Amara has sort of been to the bunker—she actually sent visions to Dean IN the
bunker. Did Dean meet her outside Kansas during Casifer’s rescue? How did he do
that if Sam had the car? How long did that take him? WHAT IS THE TIMELINE?
Also, if Dean is so special, why does Amara want to eat his
soul? That’s just… exactly what she does to everyone else? This has been
bugging me for a while.
When did they decide to have the witches go first? I thought
it was the demons. I guess the writers were just trying to trick us into
thinking Rowena was betraying God? Only I never thought that? Plus, witches
should have gone last, because then she may not have had the energy to kill
them all. (I’m assuming they’re dead, but are they?) I liked Clea. Also, why
did they die when Rowena didn’t? They should have been safer than her, being
further away and one step removed and all. Did Rowena die, and just bring
herself back again? I don’t think so, because the other witches had their eyes
burned out and Rowena didn’t.
Where did Crowley end up? The last thing we saw was him
smoking out of his meatsuit to sucker punch Amara. And then we didn’t see him smoke back in… He
doesn’t seem to be there when Rowena wakes up, so where is he?
Is there someone/something bigger than God and Amara out
there? It seems like that was what Chuck’s monologue was hinting at…
Is Lucifer dead? Sent away?
Amara was able to hurt Dean. Does that mean their bond is
broken? Can Dean hurt her now too?
Conclusions:
I have to say, I really honestly hated this episode the first
time I watched it. I still think most of it was poorly formed, but there are a
few things I appreciate about it too.
I liked some of the things that Lucifer brought up in
arguing with Chuck, such as Chuck’s controlling nature, entitlement,
selfishness. But, I found their scenes more uncomfortable than anything. I just
didn’t feel like they fit for some reason. I couldn’t figure out if they were
meant to be funny, but I definitely thought that they fell flat.
The recruiting part was
funny, but it took up time that the rest of the episode needed. It was also an
odd feeling for such a tense episode. I felt it relied on the gimmick of its
Ocean’s 11-ness instead of bringing its own humor and although I liked it, it
just wasn’t worth the time.
Over all I just felt like the tone of this episode was all
over the place. And it was just SO rushed. I think it’s fair to say that the
fans would prefer to see big character moments over plot, humor, and reveals,
and I think this episode tried and failed to do the last three while basically
ignoring the first. Why didn’t we get to see Sam have an important conversation
with Chuck? Why was he smashed up against his abuser repeatedly, made to agree
with him, without his emotions being addressed? Why did Dean get to have his emotional
moment talking about AMARA and Sam didn’t get anything?
And I just have to say, what in the world was that part
where Dean was saying they should kill Amara? Like what was the point if Chuck
already said that would destroy the universe? When Lucifer said “that got weird”
at the end of that scene I like to think he was representing all of us. What
was this discussion about? I didn’t make sense, didn’t further the plot, took
up really important time, and didn’t even give us anything new. The only good
part of it was the end where Sam showed the extent of his trust in God. But
like, we could have just had that part instead of having the first part at all?
But anyway. I liked the end much more than the beginning. I
liked having lots of recurring characters together for once, although I’m not
sure they got the most out of the situation. On the one hand, I loved Rowena
coming face to face with Lucifer after he killed her. She is QUEEN. On the
other hand, I hated the rest of their interactions. Lucifer arguing with
Crowley and Rowena about whose army was more powerful was a waste of time, IMO.
Again, one of those things that I think was supposed to be funny but wasn’t,
and then didn’t even lead anywhere.
I did like Amara and Chuck’s conversation. Again, it felt
rushed, but it also brought up a lot of things that helped us understand both
of them. It was also the only time in the episode that something actually happened.
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