The Third Man

The heaven plotlines-the excuses the show made up to depower Cas -never really worked. Even in season 4 and 5 it was a weak point. In this case Cas is way to starkly different from his prior appearance-he tortures a kid!-and the various factions angels are really left unexplained. This episode feels ultimately like treading water. Future episodes help put it in proper context but it is ultimately to little to late.

Add in the episode aping Black Lives Matter for social color and it all feels cheap and ill-planned.

So here's what's wrong with this episode, and what will eventually kill the series. We start off with a bang as three police officers die incredibly gory deaths. Turns out someone has put a hex on the three, and Sam and Dean are in town to check things out. So far, so good. The hex is caused by misuse of Moses' staff, which has been stolen by an angel, and Sam and Dean must retrieve the staff just as if they were in an episode of Warehouse 13 or Friday the 13th - The TV series. From there, it's all downhill, as we find out is heaven is still at war. The rest of the episode is dull stuff with Castiel (who was OK for a story arc but not as a recurring character) has words with some other angels, and fights breakout. Dull, dull, dull. The thing that killed GHOST WHISPERER was an increasingly maudlin tone and the overuse of Hewitt's real-life beau in a recurring role as a college prof. The poor guy couldn't act his way out of a paper bag, and this plus the maudlin stuff eventually did in GW. The overuse of heavenly wars, and Castiel himself will kill SUPERNATURAL. But then, the show has been on for six seasons. And as much as I'd like to see it go another six, the writers have hit bottom for plots. We watched THE X-FILEs die a painful death in its last two or three seasons. Now we apparently have to witness the same for SUPERNATURAL. It is a real shame.

Sam calls Dean and asks him to head to Easter, Pennsylvania, to investigate the mysterious and gore death of two police officers. They visit the police officer Toby Grey that had witnessed the death of his partner and they learn that the three police officers had killed a teenager and planted a gun to justify their action. Then Toby dies in front of the Winchester brothers. They summon Castiel and they learn that the police officers were killed by Moses' staff. Further, Castiel tells that Heaven is chaotic and several lethal weapons have been stolen.

They visit the family of the deceased teenager and they discover that his little brother has sold his soul to an angel; in return, he received part of the staff that he used to kill the officers. Further Castiel discovers the identity of the responsible for the tragedy.

"The Third Man" is a terrible episode of Supernatural, with the messy return of the angels. The story has a promising bloody beginning but the development and mainly the conclusion is dull. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "O Terceiro Homem" ("The Third Man")

No matter how many times I see this episode, I still can't figure out how I truly feel about. I don't hate it but I'm not crazy about either.

Cas is back, he got the chance to deliver some funny moments and Sam's car is gone. The Charger was cool but she had to go. The brotherly teasing is always fun to watch. Dean is still a family man and it's good the brothers are working together again. Also we got to see some gory deaths again like good old Supernatural days. So what's wrong? Why can't I like it?

The Heavenly civil war is a stupid idea and the whole stolen Heavenly weapons story doesn't work for me. And the show seems to be inconsistent to me right now. First it's the Djinn and the Sam and Samuel resurrection, then it's the alpha shape shifter and now it's the war in Heaven. And what's the deal with angels buying human souls?

Sebastian Roché is charming as Balthazar, showing a new version of Angels. He is neither a dick like Zach and Uriel or nerd like Cas.

Finally, What's wrong with Sam? An episode after the other, he seems more and more remote and cold, and I wonder if he is really Sam or is it his way with dealing with his Hell experience, We have seen Robo Sam before on "Mystery Spot" may be it's the same attitude. But this is not our Sam, Sam would never hire a prostitute (he made that clear on "Lazarus rising"), Sam would never be OK with torturing a kid. And though I liked it when Sam stepped out and took the lead before but now he is too bossy and annoying.

I get tired of the angels in the later seasons but this episode was pretty strong and interesting and made a whole lot of sense. I like the mystery of Sam growing. The case was fine. Cass was great to see Balthazar is pretty darn hot and interesting. Probably made to fill in the trickster but still fine. Solid episode for the season plot. I got one major problem and it will not go away They nerfed the archangel. Look i get it, he's angry and wants to punch...he's a freaking archangel tho... All in all pretty great episode.