"Supernatural" Season 15 "Proverbs 17:3": Chuck Tests the Heart [LIVE-TWEET TAKEAWAYS]
Hot damn, SPN Family! The gauntlet has been thrown and Supernatural's final season is officially resurrecting the series' greatest hits. Foreshadowing comes to a head in an action-packed, twisty, and gut-punching. Richard Speight Jr. aka Trickster/Gabriel does a brilliant job directing this gripping episode full of poetic parallels and parables.
As my tweets will reveal, "Proverbs 17:3" takes us on a roller-coaster ride. High and lows keep us on the edge of our seats. But by the end, some fans find themselves in an awkward predicament.
Do I love or hate the direction the final season is taking? Is Season 15 an enhanced reiteration of everything creator Eric Kripke established in the early years of Supernatural? Will revisiting "the greatest hits" elevate this series as it ends? Or will it be a watered-down nostalgic revival of the show's glory years?
So far, I'm seeing a lot of the Kripke Era aka SPN Classic – which is Supernatural at its best, arguably. Honestly, I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it when I put my critical thinking hat on. I want to focus more on enjoying #TheLastRide while it lasts.
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"Supernatural" Live-Tweet Reactions [MAJOR SPOILERS]
Time for #Supernatural ❤️😬👏🏻
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
More like you're getting eaten… #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Classic #Supernatural beginning!
Awww Sammy doesn't know about THE BREAK UP 😢
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
🤣🤣🤣 solid gagging gag @JensenAckles
Holy 🤬! I can't handle Sam's nightmares 😬😢🙏🏻
Awww I was waiting for "clowns or midgets" #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Loving the callbacks!!!
They do look like babies in those photos.
I'm the sheriff 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Okay so knife thimble not a werewolf nail…she won't turn then.
Great work @dicksp8jr!
On the edge of my seat, giggling and trying not to tear up. And it's still the beginning…#Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Silver pen. Nice move.
Ooooh werebros at odds.
Won't be easy to kill Ashley now…
Sleepy Bear Inn Lol #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
I can't imagine Dean just watching a girl fall asleep 😉 #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
I can't imagine Dean just watching a girl fall asleep 😉 #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Was Dean drugged? #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
I couldn't even tweet cuz it was so GOOD…
Did not see that twist coming 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😬😳🙌🏻🤬
Hot damn this #Supernatural episode is awesome!@dicksp8jr @JensenAckles @jarpad @cw_spn
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Dean was acting paternal with a college grad…our boy has grown up.
Now the destiny talk made sense!
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
And there it is…Dean could've been seduced.
Chuck really did get to work in Becky's #Supernatural den. Bringing back Lilith to taunt the boys and get the Equalizer.
No way Dean will give it up.Also didn't know L was in the Empty 🤔
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
And there it is…Dean could've been seduced.
Chuck really did get to work in Becky's #Supernatural den. Bringing back Lilith to taunt the boys and get the Equalizer.
No way Dean will give it up.Also didn't know L was in the Empty 🤔
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
First Samifer, now the Mark of Dean Cain…WTF is up with these nightmares??? 😬😬😬 #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
One brother killing the other.
Dean always killing Sam.
Eff Chuck's foreshadowing!#Supernatural will not end with that BS.
Devil's Trap bullet…nice.
Ugh dammit!
Can't they kill her with Equalizer?— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Oh so melting Equalizer actually happens? No tricks? #Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Sam better set Dean straight about Cas. I hate the fighting.
Ooooh yay yes for greatest hits…
🤬 Chuck! 🤬 his ending!!!
About time Sam and Dean discuss this now.
Hell yeah, use that Sammy! Mess with Chuck's head.#Supernatural
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Boring, canceled…Dean can call it whatever but we know #Supernatural is going out on it's own terms. The boys will too.
Which means no brother killing brother BS.
— Tiffany Tchobanian (#TiffsTake🎬) (@TalkTVwTiffany) November 15, 2019
Given my reactions in the moment, I totally enjoyed this episode and am relishing every nostalgic retro-Winchester Bros moment.
Case Full Of Callbacks
The boyish ID photos, old-school undercover, monsters targeting a damsel in distress, Dean (Jensen Ackles) switching from silly gags to swoon-worthy hero, and Sam (Jared Padalecki) remaining sensitive and cautiously pragmatic. The perfect combo of cheers and fears kept us glued to our screens. But then things take an unexpectedly dark turn.
We've seen responsible monsters with a conscience before. When the Werewolf Bros were fighting it out with the Winchesters, something felt a little different than usual. We've never had a case end in murder/suicide. On the heels of teen vamp's death, this sight is extra jarring.
Then the truth is revealed…
Chuck's Endgame
The "victim" Dean surprisingly didn't seduce is actually Lilith. What?!? Chuck (Rob Benedict) brought her back and wrote this screenplay to send the boys a message. Chuck will have the ending he planned, the one in which one brother kills the other.
For 15 seasons, Sam and Dean have been fighting against this morbid fate Chuck keeps creating for them. Much like "Mystery Spot," "Changing Channels," and other iconic Supernatural installments, Chuck is trying to orchestrate the Winchesters' lives and writing the ending he wants.
Proverbs 17:3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
The Winchesters' hearts have been tested and no matter how horrifying circumstances seem, their love conquers all. Dean and Sam's bond is too strong to break. That has been proven over and over and over again – like in every premiere, cliffhanger, and finale.
With that said, it's time for Dean to forgive Castiel (Misha Collins) and welcome him back onto Team Free Will. The boys are stronger when surrounded by the people they love and trust. Castiel may not be perfect, by he doesn't deserve this from Dean. He's family and it's going to take that kind of familial bond to beat Chuck in the end.