I’ve put another review and a fan chat from twitter together. Hope you don’t mind:

The Fiery Demonic Passion of Sam and Lilith

The best part of last night’s Supernatural wasn’t when they cried, it was the entire episode. I must not be a real fan, because I’m not complaining a lot. In “The Monster at the End of This Book,” Supernatural took a surreal turn down the meta-highway by becoming the single most self-referential episode of television I’ve ever seen.

Supernatural talked about the show’s best and worst episodes, the underground cult following it has, it’s sexy doctor competition, the Sam vs. Dean debate and even slash fiction. The conversation between Sam and Dean about what slash is may have been the funniest thing Supernatural has ever done. But in the midst of all of this brilliant meta-comedy, the drama and the show’s season-long storyline moved into a dark, dark place.

All the Sam Girls out there finally got some love as he was front and center for this episode. His conversation with Chuck simply and effectively explained everything: the prophet of the Lord writing the Supernatural books didn’t want to include Sam’s blood drinking storyline because it might make him too unsympathetic. This might be an easy copout for the writers, but it does make sense.

In addition, we learned that the fate of the world actually rests on Sam’s shoulders, even though Dean is the one the angels are standing behind. Sam’s secret increase in strength over the season and his connection to Lilith make him vital to the end.

When it comes to Lilith, there are two possible outcomes, neither of which are very satisfying. The first is that she dies, as she predicted, most likely at the hands of Sam. This would be incredibly satisfying on a visceral level, but she did say that her death was sad because it was “right before the good part.” For Lilith, the good part can be only one thing: Lucifer’s return.

If Lilith gets to live, then Lucifer stays put. In theory, this sounds like a better option. As the saying goes, the devil you know is better than the devil you don’t, and in this case, the devil they don’t know is literally the Devil.

Last night we learned Lilith’s terms for stopping were Sam and Dean’s heads on spikes. Given that there’s another season of Supernatural, it’s safe to assume this isn’t how season 4 will end. Though to be fair, it’s not entirely impossible either, as this show has already killed off Sam and Dean before.

In order to make the choice easy, Lilith will probably have to do something that’s worse than bringing Lucifer back, but what that is we’ll have to wait to find out. If it sounds like I’m already assuming the 66 Seals will be broken and Lucifer will rise, it’s because I can’t imagine any other possible ending to this season. Zachariah told Chuck that there’s nothing he can do to stop the horrific things he saw, and every season of Supernatural has ended on a down note.

Either there’s a car accident or Sam is killed and Dean sells his soul or Dean goes to Hell. The Winchesters never get a happy ending.

Fans Talk Reruns, Slash and Gospel on Twitter

Last night on Supernatural, Comic Book Guy caught onto Sam and Dean’s game and recognized them for what they really are: LARPers. Now that’s a word you don’t hear on television very often. Slash? Sure. Filk? Of course. Zines? All the time. But LARPing? Never.

As it turned out the answer was nowhere near that WorldCon. They simply had an experience we all have from time to time. They found an author who understood them so well it was though he could read their minds and they felt as though he were writing just for them.

Supernatural fans, feeling a similar closeness to their favorite show, joined us for some social time last night that no one would ever accuse of being geeky. They discussed the episode at our Supernatural Twitter site. Like a proud parent hanging their kids’ crayon drawing of Grimace and the McDonald Land Friends in a spooky house on the family refrigerator, as usual we’ll now post the best.

Let’s get the bad news out of the way. The next two weeks will be repeats. How will you fill the time?

Megaera529: Watching Supernatural reruns, of course, and my DVDs from previous seasons!
Little_Lotte: Watch Jim Beaver on Harper’s Island, which starts off next week
TeamCarissa: Watch old episodes with Katie Cassidy, the best ruby!
OperaDiva114: Whoa, whoa, whoa! I just saw your post about no new Supernatural for two weeks! What the eff?! I’ll pass the time by crying!

This episode is so full of weird meta jokes. Are the best parts really when they cry?

JRadC: Yeah, but then I cry.
JessObsess: Well, the parts where they cry are always amazing, but I also enjoy when Sam and Dean are shirtless or bickering.
Riley_Devereaux: The best parts are when they’re naked!

The round of question and answer was then interrupted for a jaw dropping moment. Cue the Gossip Girl preview footage because it’s O! M! F! G!

Seiscio: OMG! They mentioned Wincest!
Nolebucgrl: Absolutely hilarious commentary on the fangirls and the slash fiction. I died.
Winchesterlover: Did anyone else pick up on the Wincest reference? meta wow this cannot get any better. What next?

Anyway, Sam and Lilith having fiery demonic passion: Great idea or terrible idea?

Chelseagirl92: Hell yes! “Heart.” Both of them cried, and they played “Silent Lucidity” by Queenryche. That was good TV right there.
JessObsess: I think that really depends on where it goes and what it’s for, but, um, yuck. Interesting, though, can’t deny that.
Jradc: So beyond bad… for everyone.

The Winchester Gospel is the new New Testament. Is that great, or an M. Night level of douchiness?
OperaDiva114: Holy prophets, Batman! Now that’s a doozy! Prophet of the Lord?! Intense!
Chelseagirl92: I was expecting Stephen-King-Dark-Tower-self-insert-level douchiness. But it was handled well, and actually kinda works.
Soraimya: I would say douchiness if it weren’t Supernatural, but since it is i think they can still flesh it out to make it believable.
ToneDeafSean: The Winchester Gospels? Thats a little much.

Uh oh. How bad is the ending Chuck saw for the boys?
Seiscio: Oh this is bad bad bad. Wowzerz! And Zachariah doesn’t want them to know.
BoxedJess: That was such an evil ending. I’m so anxious for the rest of this season!
Darynar: Even the archangel coming for Lilith wasn’t written so the prophecy can change.
AshPatt: I’m actually really nervous about how all of this is going to turn out…especially with season finale’s title.

When a new character was shown introducing themselves as Sam and Dean’s brother in the preview for next week’s episode we didn’t have to ask.
Winchesterlover: WTF?! A NEW BROTHER?! WTF?! WTF?! WTF?!

In the words of Shaggy from Scooby Doo: Yoinks! And the show is off the air for two weeks? Next you’re going to tell me that LARPing has been canceled and there’s no new fan fiction to read. Now that’s horror. To pass the time join in the fun at our Supernatural Twitter page, share your thoughts, get new articles, play games, enter contests and, as always, share your brilliant thoughts so we can stick them under a giant magnet of the letter Q for everyone to appreciate.

Source: buddytv.com