Hammer of the Gods

Even in the episode it was mentioned that the Pagangods were weakened because not many people believed in them anymore. But even an atheist would have thoughts about the devil. Everyone knows who he is and that gives him power so the fact that he was able to defeat them so easily doesn't make the gods weak, it just meant that he had more people believing in him that made him stronger. Just think about it though, because before I even watched this I didn't even know who Odin or Kali were. I didn't even know about Loki until I saw this episode and if I didn't know, just think about anyone else who probably watched it and had no clue. But the devil? Everyone could recall who he is even if they hadn't read the bible.

This is one of the very best episodes of the show. The story is just goofy enough, with enough wit and charm to be fun. There is just enough blood and guts that the episode ends up being a little scary. And there is enough of the ongoing arch that this episode feels needed to fill in the pieces.

The show has always taken the side of humanity, every day life over the supernatural. The ethos of the show is to embrace the warts of every person because of being human is to be alive. It has a working class vibe and the boys don't intellectualize all that often. Gabriel saying the Lucifer that he would shiv Michael if he was here too is the best expression of the show's central them in its entire run.

Add in the show at least tries to de-westernize the underlying mythology-Kali complaining about Western arrogance really hits home-and this is a really great episode.

Great episode! I know a lot of people disliked the episode, but I loved it

So I read through a few of the other reviews, and most of them seem to be mainly upset at the fact that the writers didn't portray the Gods properly. Honestly, when has this show actually been 100% accurate for ANYTHING?

It's pretty liberal on all the details and lore for the monsters. Not to mention the fact that the way they portray angels and demons is practically something that Michael Bay would come up with. We all know that Angels are the warriors of God, but they aren't arrogant, heartless creatures like Zachariah or Raphael.

So how about everyone actually tries to understand something here. IT'S A FREAKING TV SHOW!!! They are going to write things that they feel will get the viewers attention. It's probably safe to say that the majority of the viewers DON't actually bother to research everything in the supernatural world. I've actually gone on the Wiki to compare facts, and SPN has their own lore and universe now.

So bottom line, if they want to show a bunch of random Gods as being childish cannibals looking to reclaim the planet, then let them do it. You don't have to like the episode like every other sheep in the flock. Just know that artistic liberties will ALWAYS be taken when they can.

So many hurt religious people criticising this episode. Get a life. All religion is make believe like these episodes.