10-33

What a boring anticlimactic end to a this case. And with still 3 eps to go? Setting up a new case now? Surely that's something that should have been done in the last ep of the season. And the whole romance aspect with mark and amber totally unnecessary and cringy tbh.

By far the worst ep. Sorry, not sorry.

This was the strongest episode. It has me saying okay I like this series. What works for me in this series is Jensen Ackles. Now that that hypothesis has been proven by Prime video that Jensen was a good bet for them, let's craft future episodes to center on Jensen. The rest of the cast is there to enhance his storyline. Their storylines do not interest me. What does not work for me is focusing too much on the Russian / Belarusian villain speaking in a foreign language. We don't need to see so much villain time risking the audience drifting off reading English subtitles of Russian language dialogue. That is why this was a strong episode because There was no focus the the Russian language speaking villain. He was just a threat looming in the background and made reference to. Another way to strengthen the show is a better scene partner for Jensen. The character of Amber Oliver is played by an unknown actress who is not very interesting and cannot hold her own in scenes with Jensen. Keep trying out scene partners until you find a scene partner with energy that can hold his/her own in a scene with Jensen- someone who brings as much interest and charisma to the screen as he does. Eric Dane is also good. He is another actor who brings 1000 percent amplification to every moment he is on screen. Keep up the action. I don't like sappy dialogue between Mecham and Oliveras. It's cringey. Personal dialogue could work but not with her delivery. Better chemistry partner and better writing is needed if you're going to spend time on non action conversational scenes.

This was of sorts of absurd. The entire episode was a series of fortunate/unfortunate events with totally unrealistic odds. I mean, people just happen to meet someone they have not met in many years in right the best moment to help. Then family of one of the team is just in the precise time and place for drama. And I am sure next year we will see the same with another family member who keeps calling. But the show has a great advantage. Jensen Ackles is perfect for this. So can still enjoy the show. It can be fun, you just need to forget trying to make sense of it.